New Altima Sedan Look

[08Coupe]

Sorry I saw this and had to post it.lmao

[mcheddadi]

Sorry I saw this and had to post it.lmao

hybrid mania cracks me up lol

[Mr_Coupe]

ha ha i see that guy all the time when im in midtown when i first saw him i was like my cousin and i were dying of laughter

[ducz24]

hahahha LOL... looks weird seeing a 4th gen nissan taxi....

[Sacky2.5]

heh looks kind of unorthodox but if you think about it, people all around the world use different cars for taxis - take germany with their mercedes taxis for example...

[dangeris]

hahahha LOL... looks weird seeing a 4th gen nissan taxi....

What's weirder is seeing a 50K+ mercedes benz as a taxi and I see that all the time abroad!

[LongBeachCoupe]

Yeah... NYC TLC approved many cars to be on the street... The funny thing is it will be modded like the DOC's... They have to have a credit card reader in the back, along with a touchscreen navigation thing... i think its a 17" screen This is NOT one of them lol

[D-Roll]

WOW! thats noice

[wild willy]

would make a cool cab................Especially if I were the driver and it was a 3.5 Manual:)

[der0419]

Ha, yeah, I was in Brooklyn today and saw that cab, actually. At first I saw the shape and thought it was a regular 4th Gen sedan, but then it was taxi cab yellow. Did a bit of a double take, but yup, it was a 4th gen sedan taxi. As for the Mercedes taxis abroad - I know that there are a lot of Mercedes taxis around in Israel, at least (and a lot of Mercedes', VW's and BMW's around in general), because as part of the German government's Holocaust reparations deal, they have to subsidize car exports to Israel. So you end up with dirt cheap Mercedes, Bimmers, etc. Well, cheaper than any "cheap" American car anyway.

[rjdmmfl1]

Ha, yeah, I was in Brooklyn today and saw that cab, actually. At first I saw the shape and thought it was a regular 4th Gen sedan, but then it was taxi cab yellow. Did a bit of a double take, but yup, it was a 4th gen sedan taxi. As for the Mercedes taxis abroad - I know that there are a lot of Mercedes taxis around in Israel, at least (and a lot of Mercedes', VW's and BMW's around in general), because as part of the German government's Holocaust reparations deal, they have to subsidize car exports to Israel. So you end up with dirt cheap Mercedes, Bimmers, etc. Well, cheaper than any "cheap" American car anyway.

yeah, me and some colleagues took a relaxation trip to the Netherlands last year and ALL of the taxis were mercedez benz (wagons, cars, minivans)

in regards to the Hybrid 4th gen taxi in NY, I thought they only sold Hybrid Altimas in California, I guess I was wrong! Oh yes, I have also seen a mercedez benz taxi in Ny, but that was like 7 years ago!

[AltimaJoe]

I think what a lot of people in North America don't realize is that for Europe BMW, Mercedes and Audi are like Chevy, Dodge and Ford for us here. I lived in Italy for 2 and a half years and knew an Italian dude that bought a '06 Chrysler 300 V6 for 60,000 Euro. That's a lot of money for a base 300!

[jmicha3l]

ha ha i see that guy all the time when im in midtown when i first saw him i was like my cousin and i were dying of laughter

haha same here. they're bulky bumble bee looking cars.

[Sertelegger]

I think what a lot of people in North America don't realize is that for Europe BMW, Mercedes and Audi are like Chevy, Dodge and Ford for us here. I lived in Italy for 2 and a half years and knew an Italian dude that bought a '06 Chrysler 300 V6 for 60,000 Euro. That's a lot of money for a base 300!

Oh no dude you got it all wrong. The European equivalents of Chevy, Dodge and Ford are Opel (Which is owned by GM and called Vauxhall in UK, which are actually rebadged as Saturns in the US), Seat, Volkswagen, and Ford (which sucks in Europe even more than here). BMW, Mercedes and Audi are top brands and especially with all the taxes over there hella expensive.

Yes they use them for taxi cabs because taxis in Europe are expensive and supposed to be luxury rides, not near death experiences

The only reason why someone would put down €60k for a car is the "grass is greener on the other side"-effect, American cars are a novelty and basically "exotics" in Europe, so if you want to have it you need to show the doe, and for the longest time it was difficult to import them because the European emissions standards were too tight (until we caught up), which is why you'll never see some '67 Impala over there

[AltimaJoe]

I dunno... I know that they have the Opel (Vauxhall) in Italy, Alfa Romeo, Fiat, and other cheaper cars, but what I was trying to get at was that BMW, Mercedes and Audi all offer some pretty "base" models that aren't available in the states. I could have gotten a 2003 BMW 318i with a little 4 banger for $3500 a couple of years ago. I went with the $800 Volvo 460!Like Ford, Dodge and Chevy, you can get cheap(er) economy versions of the BMW, Mercedes and Audi. All I was saying is that they were the "big 3" of Europe.

Off-topic, have you guys seen the Alfa Romeos they're bringing to the States? Some of the models are pretty sweet, but will be waaay overpriced on this side of the Atlantic.

[SHIFT_2.5S]

Looks nice as a taxi.

+1 for using a Hybrid...help the air!

[bembol]

LOL Love it.

Nissan should've offered Yellow on the 3.5SE/Premium Package.

[ssjones]

We have to sign this guy (or gal..) up and track his repair records! That would be real interesting.