New York City Announces Taxi Design Finalists

The sedan is out, the van is in. Three mini-van like automobiles are finalists for the city's next official taxi design. Car makers Ford, Nissan and Karsan USA have all made the cut.

New York city's iconic taxi cab is about to get a makeover, as the city prepares to select a new taxi design.

The Cooper Hewitt Design Museum's Paul Herzan thinks the designs are an improvement over what's on the road now.
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uaw_lax - 11/16/2010 10:13:07 AM

+8 Boost

why do they have to be so ugly?

veyron1001 - 11/16/2010 8:58:16 PM

+1 Boost

Like a GM product is visually pleasurable to look at.

kuvakas1 - 11/16/2010 10:39:50 AM

+2 Boost

It carries on the grand tradition established by Checker!

Bmw8ter - 11/16/2010 12:16:52 PM

0 Boost

I'd like to see a Toyota Hiace in the running. Best looking commuter transport in the world.

AlleVier - 11/16/2010 12:23:33 PM

+4 Boost

Ugly, indeed. That said, I'd have to go with the Karsan. Sure it looks like a golf cart, but it also looks cleaner and more futuristic. The Nissan looks like a garden-variety mini-van and the Ford looks like typical European utility transport (no chance of either becoming iconic).

IhavearedS2000 - 11/16/2010 2:38:57 PM

+4 Boost

Karsan all the way - it's a Turkish company (way to go my peeps!) and it provides wheelchair access - nifty touch :-)
...plus it looks slightly bladerunner-ish

OBSERVER1984 - 11/16/2010 4:12:52 PM

+1 Boost

Transit Connect is made in Turkey for european markets too.