What you’re looking at is the Nissan NV200, the winner of New York City’s competition to find a new taxi cab. The new design will be officially unveiled today before rolling out in October 2013. As you can see, it’s bright yellow, and it’s vile, even by minivan standards, but it does have quite a few redeeming features. Nissan has fitted charging ports in the back to charge your electronics on the move, and the interior fabric is odor-reducing and anti-microbial. City Taxi and Limousine Commissioner David Yassky thinks that the new taxis will be a hit:
Meet the new NYC taxi cab
Nissan is unveiling its new NX200 taxi cab, which has won the contract to be the new taxi for New York City.
Nissan is unveiling its new NX200 taxi cab, which has won the contract to be the new taxi for New York City.
"New Yorkers are pragmatic but they also appreciate quality. This is a higher-quality taxi ride than what they're getting today."
The new design also improves on the outgoing models with a sliding door for easy access, GPS navigation, and floor lights. The NV200 is set to cost around $29,000, with partitions included, and the current models will be phased out by 2018. While it does look practical, it’s hard to see the new design finding its way into the hearts of New Yorkers — perhaps NYC could have done better to revive the iconic design of the 1950s.
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