Karsan, a small Turkish contract manufacturer, has caused a stir with its eye-catching V1 hybrid van
Toronto,ONT,CAN -FT (UK), by Bernard Simon -February 28 2011: -- Anyone hailing a yellow cab in New York in years to come will have a better than even chance of stepping into a vehicle built not in one of the global carmaking centres of Detroit, Japan or Germany, but in Turkey... Turkey has strong connections to two of three finalists in a contest known as Taxi of Tomorrow, under which the city will mandate a single model for all its 13,200 cabs, starting in 2014... Karsan, a small Turkish contract manufacturer, has caused a stir with its eye-catching V1 hybrid van, whose features include a panoramic glass roof and wheelchair ramps on both sides of the vehicle. Ford Motor’s entry, an adaptation of its popular Transit Connect van, is also currently assembled in Turkey... The third finalist is a North American version of Nissan’s NV200 van, already available in Europe and Asia... New York taxis are owned by private operators, who are required to buy their vehicles from a list of models approved by the city’s Taxi and Limousine Commission... Accessibility has played a big role in the Taxi of Tomorrow contest, hence the absence of a conventional sedan among the finalists. Fuel economy, safety and value-for-money are also high on the list. Other features offered by the finalists include WiFi accessibility, power sockets, television screens and credit card machines... Karsan was favoured by two-thirds of 22,000 New Yorkers who voted in a recent commission poll on the three finalists’ visual designs. Nissan came second and Ford third. (Image from hotelsinbursa: Karsan taxi New York) Labels: busmakers news worldwide, public transportation services
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