Outside of the London Black Cab, there may not be a more famous taxi cab than the yellow NYC Ford Crown Victoria. The yellow Crown Vic has been featured in countless movies, music videos, and various ...

But Ford pulled the plug on the Crown Vic a couple of years ago, and the taxi industry needed a successor. Enter the new Nissan taxi, based on their compact NV200 van. "We have a roomier, more usable, ...

Ford has stretched the USA’s most popular taxi, the Crown Victoria sedan, to produce a 2002 model year long wheelbase version. The stretched ‘Crown Vic’ has an extra 7.7 cubic feet of space for rear ...

After 100,000 hard miles in police use, many Ford Crown Victorias were sold to cab companies, which ran them many times that mileage. Even though it’s been spotted on the roads before, one such car ...

Two cars come to mind when you think of New York City yellow cabs: the Checker Taxi, and the Ford Crown Victoria. Just as the former aged off the Big Apple’s streets, so shall the latter, as the final ...

When Ford finally phased out the Crown Victoria, police departments stockpiled as many of these cars as they could. At first, it's difficult to see why: at the end of its life, the Crown Vic was as ...

The Daimler Victoria was the world's first taxi. Built in 1897 by Gottlieb Daimler, the Victoria was fitted with the world's first taximeter, which measured time and distance traveled. It didn't go ...

Carmakers probably do not understand why, but traditional passenger cars are not really a dying breed. At least not in the hearts and minds of virtual automotive artists. Especially if they are ...

One Tuesday afternoon last January, I was crossing the street — with the light in the crosswalk, mind you — when a white Crown Vic taxi came barreling around the corner. I did what city folk usually ...