Motoring Discussion > Nissan NV200 van and MPV - Taxi - NY Yellow Cabs go Greener
Thread Author: Falkirk Bairn Replies: 10
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New Wed 4 May 11 09:24 
 Nissan NV200 van and MPV - Taxi - NY Yellow Cabs go Greener - Falkirk Bairn
New York taxis to change to Nissan NV series - £600m contract for Nissan Mexico Factory.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-13276404

Looks a bit odd but more functional and better mpg than the Ford Cabs of today
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New Wed 4 May 11 09:45 
 Nissan NV200 van and MPV - NYC going Japanese/Mexican - R.P.
You think they'd back an American product - if of course there was one in contention.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-13276404
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New Wed 4 May 11 10:00 
 Nissan NV200 van and MPV - NYC going Japanese/Mexican - jc2
And a big selling van in the US is the Transit Connect(built in Turkey)-it's imported as a passenger vehicle(5% duty)rather than as a van(25% duty) and has the seats removed before it is sold.I hired a car in the US and was given a Chevrolet but found it had been built in Canada!
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New Wed 4 May 11 10:02 
 Nissan NV200 van and MPV - NYC going Japanese/Mexican - Iffy
The California Highway Patrol (CHiPs) used Kawasakis tricked up with footboards and so on to look like Harleys.

The reason given at the time was the Kwackers didn't break down, but the Harleys were off the road as much as they were on it.

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New Wed 4 May 11 10:11 
 Nissan NV200 van and MPV - NYC going Japanese/Mexican - Pat
Harleys are only meant for posing....we all know they don't really do the business!

Pat
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New Wed 4 May 11 10:18 
 Nissan NV200 van and MPV - NYC going Japanese/Mexican - Boxsterboy
So New York gets crappy and cheap little Nissan cabs whereas London get posh expensive Merc Vitos (or even more expensive London taxis). I wonder why cab rides in London are so dear?

I seriously wonder how long these Nissans will last on the streets of New York?
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New Wed 4 May 11 10:35 
 Nissan NV200 van and MPV - NYC going Japanese/Mexican - Alanovich
Well BB, crappy, cheap Crown Victorias seem to have lasted.

Bit of a shame aesthetically speaking that they've gone for a van shaped cab. I love the sight of long, low slung saloon taxis snaking through NYC.
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New Wed 4 May 11 10:42 
 Nissan NV200 van and MPV - NYC going Japanese/Mexican - R.P.
I suppose they're that shape as there is a requirement for wheelchair access.....
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New Wed 4 May 11 10:57 
 Nissan NV200 van and MPV - NYC going Japanese/Mexican - bathtub tom
>> Harleys are only meant for posing....we all know they don't really do the business!

He's not biting!
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New Wed 4 May 11 11:38 
 Nissan NV200 van and MPV - NYC going Japanese/Mexican - Iffy
...He's not biting!...

He'll be offloading a couple of pallets of feed in some smelly farmyard in Welsh Wales.

Should put him in the humour to deal with a Harley basher.
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New Wed 4 May 11 12:25 
 Nissan NV200 van and MPV - NYC going Japanese/Mexican - Routemaster
IIRC correctly when in NY last March there are already non-Ford minivans being used for taxis. I recall the one we got back from NYC to JFK being some form of Mazda.

RM
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