New York City picks Nissan minivan as next taxi cab
Discussion
sday12 said:
What's wrong with a Crown Vic?
It has a 4.6 litre V8 and gets about 12mpg in the city, which is where it does most of it's driving.Not to mention ford is shutting down production of the panther chassis after 30+ years with no equivalent replacement.
This was fords idea of a replacement.
I thought that the Turkish Karsan offering was the better one - innovative, different and a breath of fresh air. Shame they went with a damn Nissan one!
http://www.autoblog.com/2011/02/15/turkish-taxi-of...
http://www.autoblog.com/2011/02/15/turkish-taxi-of...
Papa Hotel said:
I was really surprised by the choice of Nissan, I thought the Yanks would be far more inclined to go with a slice of Americana closer to the Crown Vic than a Japanese people carrier built in Mexico.
The Ford was designed and is imported from Europe, the Turkish car was well... Turkish, albeit to be built in Brooklyn.The Nissan isn't really any worse than the other proposals IMO.
It won on capability and price.
jbi said:
The Ford was designed and is imported from Europe, the Turkish car was well... Turkish, albeit to be built in Brooklyn.
The Nissan isn't really any worse than the other proposals IMO.
It won on capability and price.
I don't know if you're missing the point or what, if you read my highly cryptic post you'll see I was surprised at the Nissan winning because it isn't American. Despite where the CV is built, it is perceived as an American car, Ford is an American company and I'd have bet good money on patriotism taking precedence over price.The Nissan isn't really any worse than the other proposals IMO.
It won on capability and price.
jbi said:
There has never been an official hybrid crown vic. It would probably defeat the purpose of them anyhow (simplicity and durability)
Very true, but I thought I'd seen somewhere that NY wanted so many of it's taxis to be hybrid by a certain date and that Ford were trialiang a hybrid Crown Vic, but obviously not as Google only seems to come back with articles about cab companies switching to hybrids from Crown Vics.Still, this is a proper NY taxi if you ask me
BigS said:
Very true, but I thought I'd seen somewhere that NY wanted so many of it's taxis to be hybrid by a certain date and that Ford were trialiang a hybrid Crown Vic, but obviously not as Google only seems to come back with articles about cab companies switching to hybrids from Crown Vics.
Still, this is a proper NY taxi if you ask me
indeed... it would have been great to see them soldier on with a more modern power-train, such as the London taxiStill, this is a proper NY taxi if you ask me
Papa Hotel said:
I don't know if you're missing the point or what, if you read my highly cryptic post you'll see I was surprised at the Nissan winning because it isn't American. Despite where the CV is built, it is perceived as an American car, Ford is an American company and I'd have bet good money on patriotism taking precedence over price.
Perhaps if more american companies had bothered to submit proposals things would have been different.
Of the three choices i have to say that i feel that the Nissan looks to be the best solution.
The Transit connect would be too small, that Turkish offering doesn't look all that great either leaving the Nissan as the best of a bad bunch.
It does look very bland though, can't help feeling that something a bit more bespoke than a yellow minivan would be more in keeping with the history of the NY cabs.
Checker cab will forever be the icon that wont be forgotton.
The Transit connect would be too small, that Turkish offering doesn't look all that great either leaving the Nissan as the best of a bad bunch.
It does look very bland though, can't help feeling that something a bit more bespoke than a yellow minivan would be more in keeping with the history of the NY cabs.
Checker cab will forever be the icon that wont be forgotton.
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