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Karsan Taxi of Tomorrow Is The People's Choice
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Garth Johnston
Published Feb 15, 2011
Modified Feb 15, 2011
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Last week the TLC released its Taxi of Tomorrow survey [pdf] and in our excitement over people's mutual hatred of Taxi TV we let slip one interesting development. New Yorkers love the "Taxi of Tomorrow" design from Turkish manufacturer Karsan (y'know, the one with the glass roof). 65.5% of responders liked or loved the airy design versus 38% for the Ford design and 42.4 for the Nissan look. When the TLC makes its final decision the winner will have exclusive selling rights to the NYC taxi market for ten years. Meanwhile, Karsan's stock price is doing quite nicely.
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