***German Taxis*** - Page 2

donau · 08-04-2006, 09:01 PM

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Originally Posted by bmer

And E-Class is unrivaled at the top of the list. Every other taxi that goes past you seems to be an E-Class at least in the bigger cities in Finland.

Don't the taxi owners in Finland get some tax breaks on those cars as well? I seem to remember that there was something like that to help them out.

Until I left Finland in 74, Mercedes and Volvo always dominated the taxi scene there as long as I can remember. Of course in the late 50's and 60's there were a lot of Volgas and Popedas as well.

siko · 08-05-2006, 12:33 AM

Reminds me of when I was in Munich... the junkiest cab I saw in all my stay there was a Volvo station wagon. The rest were A6/E/5er and above.

We took a ride from the airport in a E-class cruising at 180 km/h.

MikeJ · 08-05-2006, 04:12 AM

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Originally Posted by donau

Don't the taxi owners in Finland get some tax breaks on those cars as well? I seem to remember that there was something like that to help them out.

They can reclaim VAT (22%) but I think the break on the car tax is no more.

cawimmer430 · 08-05-2006, 08:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Just_me

Horrible colours Caw

Don't blame me, blame the German Taxi Administrators.

cawimmer430 · 08-05-2006, 08:02 AM

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Originally Posted by JaBriX

Wimmer surely Germany has the best fleet for taxis

, BTW Im just curious is the taxi charge rate is the same between say a S class / 7 Series taxi with lesser model taxi ?

The prices are actually pretty close. I once rode in a BMW 320d Touring from a Munich subway station to a Mercedes dealership during an internship (I was late). The next day, I was late again and took another taxi, a Mercedes S320 CDI. They both charged the same price, but I recall the Mercedes being a few cents costlier.

cawimmer430 · 08-05-2006, 08:10 AM

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Originally Posted by AlxAmg

Those taxi drivers must be making some decent money to drive such cars.

Mercedes, BMW and other German car companies (except Porsche) offer so-called "taxi packages". Cars that are specifically made for taxi services. Stripped down of all uncesessary things.

This W221 S320 CDI for example was probably much cheaper than a regular stripper S320 CDI intended for the civilian market.

cawimmer430 · 08-05-2006, 08:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Giannis

PS. In the third pic there is a Bentley Continental GT. Did you notices that Christian?

PS. Didn't we have a same thread in the past?

YES. I have a picture of it somewhere too.

I might have posted some taxi pictures before, but these are NEW.

Yaz · 08-20-2006, 10:07 PM

The pictures are not working anymore Chris.

Wish we had a W221 Taxi - I'd flag it everytime I see one

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Almost all NYC taxies are Ford Crown Victoria's & Chevy Impala's. They recently started adding Ford Escape Hybrids to the fleet.

There are some privately owned Toyota Prius, Toyota Sienna, and one Lexus RX400h. The other day I saw my first 2007 Camry as a taxi LOL. Looks like the Japanese are trying to take over

Yannis · 08-21-2006, 12:44 AM

While i was on vacation last month i had a ride in a previous generation S class Taxi.

cawimmer430 · 08-21-2006, 06:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Yaz AMG

The pictures are not working anymore Chris.

Wish we had a W221 Taxi - I'd flag it everytime I see one

.

Almost all NYC taxies are Ford Crown Victoria's & Chevy Impala's. They recently started adding Ford Escape Hybrids to the fleet.

There are some privately owned Toyota Prius, Toyota Sienna, and one Lexus RX400h. The other day I saw my first 2007 Camry as a taxi LOL. Looks like the Japanese are trying to take over

I exceeded the 10 GB bandwidth limit from Photobucket.

08-05-2006, 12:33 AM	#12
siko Super Moderator Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Montreal, Canada Posts: 4,577 Thanks: 1,655 Thanked 1,573 Times in 736 Posts	Re: *German Taxis* Reminds me of when I was in Munich... the junkiest cab I saw in all my stay there was a Volvo station wagon. The rest were A6/E/5er and above. We took a ride from the airport in a E-class cruising at 180 km/h.

08-20-2006, 10:07 PM	#18
Yaz Advocate Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: New York City Posts: 815 Thanks: 394 Thanked 70 Times in 32 Posts	Re: *German Taxis* The pictures are not working anymore Chris. Wish we had a W221 Taxi - I'd flag it everytime I see one . Almost all NYC taxies are Ford Crown Victoria's & Chevy Impala's. They recently started adding Ford Escape Hybrids to the fleet. There are some privately owned Toyota Prius, Toyota Sienna, and one Lexus RX400h. The other day I saw my first 2007 Camry as a taxi LOL. Looks like the Japanese are trying to take over

08-21-2006, 12:44 AM	#19
Yannis Trendsetter Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Greece Posts: 8,281 Thanks: 1,886 Thanked 1,800 Times in 1,025 Posts	Re: *German Taxis* While i was on vacation last month i had a ride in a previous generation S class Taxi.

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