Iconic London Taxi to be replaced...
Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 2:34 pm
Just seen this on the London evening news. The new one is quite bulky and is the size of a people-carrier. In addition to the stanard front-wheel steering, it has rear-wheel steering which can only be operated when the vehicle is going at less than 5 miles an hour. It is so the turning-circle can be very small.
It is black, but has 'taxi' written on the side in lettering about 6 inches high in the middle of the door. The passenger doors open by a switch in the drivers area (no handle!). It's made by Mercedes-Benz and is passable as 'the new London taxi' - in that it's black - but it looks more like a van than a car.
Is anyone sad to see the current one go? I think it's a shame, if for no other reason than the current one, and the one before it, was made in England (Coventry). This new one will be made in Germany! Yikes!
It is black, but has 'taxi' written on the side in lettering about 6 inches high in the middle of the door. The passenger doors open by a switch in the drivers area (no handle!). It's made by Mercedes-Benz and is passable as 'the new London taxi' - in that it's black - but it looks more like a van than a car.
Is anyone sad to see the current one go? I think it's a shame, if for no other reason than the current one, and the one before it, was made in England (Coventry). This new one will be made in Germany! Yikes!