The popular yellow cabs of New York city will now be phased out and will be replaced by a new model of taxi cab. Wait, taxi “vans” would be more appropriate.
New York city mayor Michael Bloomberg announced on Tuesday, May 3, 2011 that the Nissan NV200 will be the next taxi model of New York City – complete with the recognizable “yellow” car paint.
Nissan NV200? – yep, its the Nissan Vanette.
The Nissan NV200 van will be New York city’s new yellow cab starting 2013 after Nissan Motor Co. won a 10-year-$1 billion deal to the city of New York.
The new yellow van (it still doesn’t sound good though 
) is a first in New York city’s taxi scene not only on aesthetics-wise but also safety-wise. It’s the first taxi in the city that has passenger airbags and pass the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) crash testing.
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“We started this process to leverage our taxi industry’s purchasing power to get the highest quality taxi, one that that can expand and redefine the legendary image of New York City taxicabs.” Mayor Bloomberg said on the press conference.
“The new taxis will be custom-designed to meet the specific demands of carrying 600,000 passengers a day in New York City traffic and the vehicle meets the top priorities identified by the public in our on-line survey.” The mayor added.
Source: news.yahoo.com
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