http://www.autoblog.com/2011/02/15/turkish-taxi-of-tomorrow-design-beats-nissan-ford-proposals-amo/

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Around 66 percent of respondents either liked or loved the design of the Karsan V1, and that was enough to seal the vehicle´s fate as the people´s choice for the Taxi of Tomorrow. The V1 boasts a number of appealing unique features, including a panoramic glass roof and wheelchair ramps on both sides of the vehicle for easy access. It´s also a hybrid, which means that cabbies can expect to save fuel in the future if the commission picks the V1 as the city´s new cab, and it is easily adaptable to other fuel sources as needed, including diesel, natural gas or fully electric.

Yes but would they prefer a Turkish taxi driver??? 

Why not if they are suicidal?

Anyone hailing a yellow cab in New York in years to come will have a better than even chance of stepping into a vehicle built not in one of the global carmaking centres of Detroit, Japan or Germany, but in Turkey.

Turkey has strong connections to two of three finalists in a contest known as Taxi of Tomorrow, under which the city will mandate a single model for all its 13,200 cabs, starting in 2014.

Karsan, a small Turkish contract manufacturer, has caused a stir with its eye-catching V1 hybrid van, whose features include a panoramic glass roof and wheelchair ramps on both sides of the vehicle. Ford Motor’s entry, an adaptation of its popular Transit Connect van, is also currently assembled in Turkey.

The third finalist is a North American version of Nissan’s NV200 van, already available in Europe and Asia.

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