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"  Michael Bloomberg, New York City&amp;#039;s mayor has surprised many people by announcing that the city&amp;#039;s Taxi and Limousine Commission has selected a custom version of the Nissan NV200 minivan as its choice for the &amp;quot;Taxi of Tomorrow.&amp;quot; There were three finalists in the bid to become the exclusive supplier of taxi cabs for ten years, starting in 2013. It appeared that the public&amp;#039;s favorite was the attractive looking cab from Karsan, a Turkish manufacturer. The problem is the company has not yet built the vehicle and it has no experience of selling vehicles in this country. So it would be starting from scratch, making reliability an obvious concern. Ford&amp;#039;s Transit Connect, ironically also built in Turkey, was then expected to be the choice, especially as Ford is an American company and the Transit Connect has been chosen as a cab in other cities. In the end the Nissan NV200 got the contract. The NV200 has garnered good reviews and won several awards in Europe and Asia, since going on sale in 2009. The cab version for New York will be built in Nissan&amp;#039;s assembly plant in Mexico, which actually makes it more American than the current Ford Transit Connect. The NV200 taxi will be powered by a 2.0-liter 4-cylinder engine driving the front wheels. It can easily seat four people in comfort and carry their luggage. It is obviously far more practical as a taxi than a sedan thanks as much as anything to its sliding doors. The custom Nissan NV200 will include a transparent roof, two USB plugs, 12-volt charger, standard navigation system and a low-annoyance horn. Needless to say the choice has met with displeasure by many commentators posting on forums. However in the end it appears New York opted for a proven vehicle that offers much more room than the inefficient Crown Victoria and is three feet shorter to boot.    Related posts:   2014 Nissan NV200 Taxi \u2013 2012 New York Auto Show New York City Taxi Battle Turns into War of Words Nissan NV200 London Taxi  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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