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Cab Chat Radio Show E189 23-11-2018

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Taxi trade to be ‘decimated’ by Clean Air Zone in Birmingham – warning

Birmingham's iconic black cab trade will be 'decimated' by the Clean Air Zone, drivers have warned. According to city council figures, only 72 of the 1,265 Hackney Carriages licensed to operate in the city will be compliant with the emission standards being imposed by...
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Taxi! Metrocab prototype number one up for grabs

Offered on behalf of its late owner, this unique survivor is no ordinary taxi. Built in 1969 to showcase a new direction of generational cab design, powered by a 1760cc S4 diesel engine churning out 52bhp and mated to a four speed all-syncromesh gearbox; this is...
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An ode to the London cab : Austin FX4 taxi at 60.

The Austin FX4 is a taxicab that was produced from 1958 until 1997. It was sold by Austin from 1958 until 1982, when Carbodies, who had been producing the FX4 for Austin, took over the intellectual rights to the car. They continued production until 1984 when London...
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Taxi! Metrocab prototype number one up for grabs

Taxi! Metrocab prototype number one up for grabs

Nov 22, 2018

Offered on behalf of its late owner, this unique survivor is no ordinary taxi. Built in 1969 to showcase a new direction of generational cab design, powered by a 1760cc S4 diesel engine churning out 52bhp and mated to a four speed all-syncromesh gearbox; this is...

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