Calling all taxi designers....get busy NOW!!

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Tue 13 Apr 2010 21:12
Calling all taxi designers....get busy NOW!! - Sofa Spud

If this abomination from Geely becomes a reality it will probably hand the London taxi market to any rival manufacturer on a plate! www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/geely-reveals-new-london-taxi/248783/pictures/geely-reveals-new-london-taxi.aspx

The interior looks good though. Geely are taking over manufacture of the current London taxi design from Manganese Bronze, so it seems this chubby thing is possibly the planned replacement for the TX1.

Edited by Sofa Spud on 13/04/2010 at 21:18

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Tue 13 Apr 2010 21:43
Calling all taxi designers....get busy NOW!! - b308

It looks like a cross between a MINI and PT Cruiser... hideous...

And just how can a disabled person get into it?

Worse piece of design for a taxi I've ever seen...

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Tue 13 Apr 2010 21:52
Calling all taxi designers....get busy NOW!! - Sofa Spud

I thought it also had a bit of the look of the early 1950's Austin Somerset and Hereford designs, which were not really very beautiful.

There was a London taxi called the Winchester, with a glass-fibre body, produced in the 60's, which was possibly as ugly as the Geely. After a few years Winchester replaced this with a much nicer looking taxi.

Edited by Sofa Spud on 13/04/2010 at 21:55

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Tue 13 Apr 2010 22:07
Calling all taxi designers....get busy NOW!! - b308

As the MINI and those PT C's are based on 50s looks then I suppose that figures!

I stand by what I said before, though, as a taxi cab design its useless!

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