Taxi of Tomorrow

Say goodbye to the bland Ford Crown Victoria taxi and meet the future New York cab, a minivan by Nissan called the NV200, which won "The Taxi of Tomorrow" competition:

... the announcement by Mayor Bloomberg that within the next few years, all new taxis in New York will be a special model, manufactured by Nissan, called the NV200. Nissan won an official city competition to design a new prototype to replace the Ford Crown Victoria, the banal, inefficient, and uncomfortable sedan that for the last decade or more has been the vehicle of choice for most taxi-fleet owners.

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These better at least be made in America. Not that I am really all that patriotic, but really, this vehicle is to represent the American can-do spirit that made New York the international powerhouse it is today. And, 'second' to the gas-burner swing and miss. Personally, I have no problem with the design itself as it seems to be a case of form following function. Since I don't live in New York, all I really care about is if it works for me when I visit. On a sentimental level, I do miss the old Checker Cab. Maybe Detroit should have stepped up and placed bids following the neo-retro looks of the new Dodge Challenger, Chevy Camaro or Chevy SSR. Ultimately, as a designer, I know the bids had to follow very specific guidelines of functionality, so maybe that route was ruled out before the first sketches were rendered.