Kiev, the capital of Ukraine is eagerly awaiting the arrival of a much anticipated new model. No, not the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG (which is rumoured to be coming soon to Malaysia by the way) but the legendary London Taxi as Kiev is set to become one of the first cities in the world to introduce the iconic vehicle.
The London cab is built by the same company who designed it over 60 years ago. “We know more about taxi design and manufacture than anyone,” said Matthew Cheyne, LTI Vehicles’ International Market Development Director, “and it’s that expertise that we are bringing to Kiev.”
Today’s version of the black cab is built in China by LTI and their joint venture company Geely. “We have been working for a long time to produce a cost effective vehicle that doesn’t lose any of the values that the taxi has in the UK. It is the same design and is as robust as the one we build in Britain but is a lower cost,” adds Cheyne.
LTI Vehicles claims that it has numerous advance enquiries from Ukraine, and is looking for a partner who will import the vehicle and provide sales and aftersales back up.
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It looks so much better than a Bufori!!
cars from china performed poorly in crash tests due to "cost cutting". with so much scandals in China industries including tainted milk and using rubish as building materials… hopefully this car won't have sticky pedal problem.
inb4 first
oh my, to think something as iconic as the london cab is built in china… I guess as Donald Trump said, "it's nothing personal, it's just business."
Putrajaya should get them too….. :D
;) ;) ;)
we have iswara as our iconic taxi
If its still manufactured the same way it was 60 years ago, then it is not made with machines and computers, instead with hand and hammers. I have seen a documentary about this taxi where taxi drivers just keep reparing the taxi rather than replace it because its too expansive to buy in the first place and how the dimensions of the car are not the same on the left and right side of the car.
We should change our iconic taxi's to the new saga. Kelantan iconic taxi's are Old diesel mercs.
love the new saga, reminds me how good this country is.
singapore, taxi is mercs,
china, taxi is VW,
hongkong, is toyota crown.
malaysia is not perdana, but the cheapest, smallest saga. why not use Viva?
turbo said,
March 11, 2010 @ 5:31 pm
love the new saga, reminds me how good this country is.
singapore, taxi is mercs,
china, taxi is VW,
hongkong, is toyota crown.
malaysia is not perdana, but the cheapest, smallest saga. why not use Viva?
GOODONE
why we use saga…
cause its the cheaper to run and cost efficient and furthermore the price quite cheap for a huge space…. so what the problem using the saga..even the foreign use charted new saga to go around the country..
another copycat?
death carriage, avoid at all cost.
China doesn't or refuse to adhere to safety standard.
So many people in China, so what 3,000 dies, that's their tagline.