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Written by Stephen Dobie
Meet Japan"s new taxi. If Toyota has its way, anyway. It"ll be launched in time for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, and the idea is it gives Japan a new taxi icon, one to rival London"s black cab and New York"s yellow taxi.Which suggests the current Nissan Cedric and Toyota Crown saloons, with their net curtains, doily seats and hydraulically opening back doors, aren"t icons. Something we"d beg to differ with.Anyhow, this one is definitely more forward thinking than those Eighties-esque saloons, with an LPG-hybrid powertrain, power-sliding rear doors (for better wheelchair access) and lots of new safety tech, including anti-crash stuff and curtain airbags. There are even LED seatbelts for when it"s dark and/or you"re drunk.
Date written: 24 Oct 2017
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 9683
Meet Japan"s new taxi. If Toyota has its way, anyway. It"ll be launched in time for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, and the idea is it gives Japan a new taxi icon, one to rival London"s black cab and New York"s yellow taxi.Which suggests the current Nissan Cedric and Toyota Crown saloons, with their net curtains, doily seats and hydraulically opening back doors, aren"t icons. Something we"d beg to differ with.Anyhow, this one is definitely more forward thinking than those Eighties-esque saloons, with an LPG-hybrid powertrain, power-sliding rear doors (for better wheelchair access) and lots of new safety tech, including anti-crash stuff and curtain airbags. There are even LED seatbelts for when it"s dark and/or you"re drunk.
Date written: 24 Oct 2017
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 9683
