It seems that some start up business owners in India are looking towards the Tata Nano as a godsend. Sure, they may not appeal to every business, but to up and coming taxi businesses, they are.

It seems that Autocar recently learned from an Indian man that a large portion of Tata Nano orders were from those who are looking to use the extremely cheap car to start their own taxi businesses. They point to the fact that due to the car’s 4-person capacity and sure-to-be low repair costs, it is the perfect alternative to a fullsized sedan.

In India they may be the perfect taxi alternative but just imagine someone with a truckload of bags after a day of shopping in New York City trying to squeeze into one of these things.

Tags: Budget, India, low cost, repair, tata nano, Taxi

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When you combine space with speed, chances are you maybe thinking twice on what type of vehicle can perhaps fit into this category. But for Eva Toftum, this concept which combines the mass transit attributes of a bus with the mobility of a taxi is possible with this new Taxi Tokyo concept.

The Taxi Tokyo concept marries cab and bus in a way to maximize motive power. The base taxi can run about town, shuttling passengers like a traditional car, but when the situation presents itself, it can hook up to an awaiting bus frame with many more passengers and move them toward their programmed destinations.

This concept is based on theories by Ford Motors, David Sperling and others, considering the future city and how the society has to deal with the great amount of new vehicles that put on the street everyday. Motorization is soaring everywhere, with the fastest growth occurring in Asia and Latin America.

The number of motor vehicles other than two-wheelers in the world is expected to double in the next 15 years to 1.3 billion. One solution to the problem will be to revolutionize public transport and design for disassembly.

Taxies, as we know them today, have no specific form or emotional design that shows its different purpose than a private car. Nevertheless the taxi works as a transport which is public, yet it creates a “private” public space.

(Source) Yanko

Tags: eva, ford motors, latin america, motive power, motorization, new vehicles, private car, public space, public transport, Taxi, taxies, Tokyo, traditional car

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Where else than Muscat, Oman, will you be able to find this monstrosity? This Ferrari Enzo is doing what no Ferrari should do. It’s boldly going where no Ferrari should! It’s a taxi. Yes you heard me right.

Two questions for you:
1) How much does it cost to go around Muscat in this brutalized baby?
2) Does the driver really need the money?

Waiting anxiously for your answers!

via autoblog

Tags: Enzo, Ferrari, Taxi

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