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Nissan NV200, habemus new taxis to New York

in New York are used to seeing a variety of cars to play the work of taxi, but the legendary Ford Crown Victoria up the bulk of New York's taxi fleet. Currently there are 16 different models that they can choose the drivers, but that will end after 2013, the year that taxis will only Nissan NV200. The Nissan NV200

won the contest organized by the City of New York to choose the Taxi of the future, competition in which competitors were Ford and Karsan, a Turkish manufacturer who was favorite to present a very promising vehicle, but was ruled out because of doubts about its future. The contract worth 1,000 million dollars and will last 10 years (until 2023) has gone into the hands of Nissan. he sees and their light passenger van will be part of the urban scene of the Big Apple in the coming years.

Although many of us living in the automotive industry in Spain we have begun to rub their hands on the news, the possible piece of cake that might come to the Nissan plant in Barcelona, \u200b\u200bwe had to stop to frotárnoslas know that the Nissan NV200 modified to serve taxi in New York will be built at the Cuernavaca plant in Mexico, so that potential profits are across the pond.

will be somewhat different to those sold in Europe or Japan, will other "four pot" (four-cylinder) and two liters of displacement, although not specified in the press release, probably the newest ride MR20DD of 147 Current horses bearing the Nissan Serena in Japan.

Inside, all geared to habitability, plenty of space, rear air conditioning, ceiling transparent USB ports ... a long list of amenities for passengers, without giving the security side, stability control, airbags side sliding doors to prevent accidents with the typical bike messengers in New York ...

The end result is that each unit will cost $ 29,000 (19,800 Euros). There is nothing affordable considering the alternatives. Because now you can use a taxi in New York, cars like the Chevrolet Malibu Hybrid with a base price of $ 21,975 (15,000 Euros), the Prius sold from $ 23,000 (15,700 Euros) or the Nissan Altima Hybrid with a base price of $ 26,800 (18,300 Euros), cars that are cheaper and equally capable of carrying people from one place to another, which is the use of taxis. We're talking

replace over 10 years a fleet currently consists of 13,000 taxis to travel 805 million miles annually, playing to 62,000 annual miles per car, a real challenge to the reliability and livability, "is the Nissan NV200 up?