A collection of the good, the bad, and the weird people carriers.
rose to prominence? Yeah, me too. And though we may be hailing them less today, we still have a soft spot for the humble taxi cab. Not every one looks like ours here in the States, though. You’ll see that other areas of the world have very different interpretations of the best way to get people from point A to point B—with “best” sometimes not being very good at all.
Built on the underpinnings of Ford’s Crown Victoria, these workhorses are affordable, reliable, and simple to wrench on. That’s not to mention there are already millions in existence, making replacement parts easy to find; 10 million Ford Crown Victoria, Mercury Grand Marquis, and Lincoln Town Cars—built on the so-called Panther Platform—were built after their introduction in 1979.
This means companies can run taxi services with fleets of high-performance vehicles piloted by professional drivers. Customers can pay to be chauffeured around the track, allowing them to experience the thrills of the Green Hell without risking life, limb, and car. The Porsche 911 GT3 RS you see above is a popular candidate for duty as a “Ring Taxi,” given its reputation as one of the greatest sports cars ever made.
Becoming a cabbie in the U.K. necessitates passing “the knowledge,” an infamous litmus test that requires drivers to memorize all 25,000 of London’s city streets along with any businesses and landmarks that line them.
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