Pretty rare to see a modern vehicle and have zero clue what I'm looking at

"AestheticsInMotion" (aestheticsinmotion) 07/15/2020 at 18:48 • Filed to: None

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Any of you familiar with these? Without google-fu, of course!

Nibby > AestheticsInMotion 07/15/2020 at 18:51

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https://jalopnik.com/the-car-built-specifically-for-disabled-people-is-back-1543868854

see these in NYC all the time

ttyymmnn > AestheticsInMotion 07/15/2020 at 18:52

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_Production_Group

The local bus company uses these for individual and special mobility needs transport.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Nibby 07/15/2020 at 18:52

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It’s a very slick ride, actually.

CB > AestheticsInMotion 07/15/2020 at 18:53

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MV-1. Built specifically as a way to move people in wheelchairs/purpose built taxi. I believe it has a Ford 4.6 V8 up front?

I also think the company is dead.

Only Vespas... > AestheticsInMotion 07/15/2020 at 18:54

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Yeah, never seen one civvies. All the ones around town are blue and white.

AestheticsInMotion > CB 07/15/2020 at 18:55

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Awesome idea. I wonder if the owner would let me take it for a few days for an oppo review... 

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > AestheticsInMotion 07/15/2020 at 18:55

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I’ve seem a couple in VanCity

AestheticsInMotion > Nibby 07/15/2020 at 18:55

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Neat! 

ranwhenparked > AestheticsInMotion 07/15/2020 at 18:58

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I rode in one in Chicago as a taxi a couple of times, crazy amounts of legroom and very smooth (probably because it weighs as much as an armored personnel carrier).

There’s a used car lot near me that has one for sale for around $5500, but with 226,000 miles. I was sorta interested, but not really, I’d expect its lead a rough life. 

vondon302 > AestheticsInMotion 07/15/2020 at 19:01

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I thought the same thing first time I saw one.

Not a bad idea too bad it didn't take off. Those jacked up minivans for the disabled don't look safe.

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > AestheticsInMotion 07/15/2020 at 19:02

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I see these pretty regularly.  Most US oppos, other than my posts and the one Jalopnik post, probably have not.

Nibby > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 07/15/2020 at 19:09

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they’re based on the tahoe

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Nibby 07/15/2020 at 19:11

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How can that be? The MV4 is FWD, IINM, and uses a Ford V6 engine.

facw > AestheticsInMotion 07/15/2020 at 19:19

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MV-1. I hadn’t seen one in years until Monday when one cruised through my apartment parking lot.

Nibby > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 07/15/2020 at 19:19

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wait i was wrong but i swore reading that some years ago

Dead_Elvis, Inc. > AestheticsInMotion 07/15/2020 at 19:20

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I’m surprised you haven’t noticed them before. There was a private transport service in the Seattle area that had a bunch of them (may have gone out of business, haven’t seen them since 2017) , and I’ve seen a handful with King County Metro livery, too.

Chariotoflove > AestheticsInMotion 07/15/2020 at 20:02

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The MV-1 was a nice idea, but my impression when it came out was that in execution, it wasn’t as good as a well-done van minivan conversion.

SmugAardvark > AestheticsInMotion 07/15/2020 at 21:27

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Pretty sure it’s a Tartan Prancer. It’s like the Honda of Albania.

InFierority Complex > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 07/15/2020 at 23:59

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DId you ever end up test driving one of those? Didn’t you go to a launch event for them or am I completely misremembering.

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > InFierority Complex 07/16/2020 at 00:19

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I've sat in one, and I meant to test drive one, but life's gotten in the way. I should soon though

DipodomysDeserti > AestheticsInMotion 07/16/2020 at 01:09

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I remember seeing these in the back lot of the Chevy dealer while getting our NPR serviced, and just trying to figure out what the fuck I was looking at.