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(82,333 posts) Fri Dec 13, 2013, 09:15 PM Dec 2013

I Took Nissan's 'Taxi Of Tomorrow' For A Spin, And It's Clear New Yorkers Will Love It

By Alex Davies
December 12, 2013 10:14 AM

The Nissan NV200 "Taxi of Tomorrow" has hit New York City streets.

In May 2011, Nissan was selected to create and supply the vehicle that would be the exclusive New York City taxi.

That plan hasn't worked out so well. A series of court decisions have blocked the City from approving the NV200 as the only taxi model, in part because it's not a hybrid, according to the New York Times.

But Nissan still has the right to bring its taxi to the streets of New York, and it sold the first one at the end of October.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/took-nissans-taxi-tomorrow-spin-151403338.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/11/nyregion/a-new-obstacle-to-the-taxi-of-tomorrow.html?_r=0

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Does it have jump seats like the Checker Marathon? longship Dec 2013 #1

longship

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1. Does it have jump seats like the Checker Marathon?

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Fri Dec 13, 2013, 09:21 PM

Dec 2013

Made for years in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

If Nissan succeeds, that's cool. But the Checkers were wonderful in their day.

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