2017 Toyota Taxi*: This is it

"FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem" (fuelstratifiedinjection) 08/09/2016 at 07:06 • Filed to: None

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*I don’t know the official name of this certain model yet. It will replace the Toyota Comfort.

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem 08/09/2016 at 07:13

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This looks kinda like if you mixed a Ford Transit Connect with a hearse.

Leon711 > FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem 08/09/2016 at 07:34

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So no one is gonna comment about how it’s a Toyota pastiche of a London cab?

wkiernan > FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem 08/09/2016 at 07:48

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Love the big windows! I hope they put the hybrid engine in it. (That is the HSD logo in the second picture, right?) Taxicab service and hybrid engines are a good match. If they moved the steering wheel and the rear-view mirrors, I’d rather have one of those than any SUV sold in the U.S.A.

Of course Toyota will never sell that car in the U.S.A., because the majority of American buyers don’t want good cars, they want bloated, butched-up crap.

FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem > wkiernan 08/09/2016 at 07:51

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Hybrid drivetrains have proven to be very reliable and durable. The Prius has become the #3 or #4 taxi cab of choice in Germany.

FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem > Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) 08/09/2016 at 07:51

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My first thought lol

FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem > Leon711 08/09/2016 at 07:52

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Does anyone still produce London cabs in the UK? I’m not too sure about that.

Chinny Raccoon > FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem 08/09/2016 at 08:12

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Yes, but it’s a subsidiary of Geely

http://london-taxis.co.uk/

404 - User No Longer Available > FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem 08/09/2016 at 08:24

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So you’re telling me there will be an influx of cheap decommissioned Comforts that can be used to convert them into TRD Comfort GT-Z clones?

Cé hé sin > FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem 08/09/2016 at 09:50

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They do indeed.

FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem > Cé hé sin 08/09/2016 at 09:52

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I had forgotten about Geely owning them, they do in fact build them in Coventry. Chinny Raccoon reminded me

bhtooefr > wkiernan 08/09/2016 at 10:51

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Based on this shot from the original 2013 concept’s photo gallery (which is of the Gen 3 Prius drivetrain):

As well as some other info, I’m thinking it’s getting a Gen 4 Prius drivetrain, running on LPG. (No point releasing the new product with the old powertrain that’s less efficient.)

TwinCharged - Is Now UK Opponaut > FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem 08/09/2016 at 11:49

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I’m excited to see these replacing the ones we have in Hong Kong. The Comforts are good, but they’re getting quite long in the tooth. And with HK’s terrible pollution, hybrid power would be quite useful in the city as traffic rarely goes fast enough to engage the ICE. And if it does, hopefully it’ll run on LPG.

FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem > TwinCharged - Is Now UK Opponaut 08/09/2016 at 11:57

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I read that Toyota will experiment with different drivetrains.

RT > FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem 08/22/2016 at 17:52

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The Comfort is becoming the new Crown Vic.