NISSAN wins NYC Taxi Contract

m4a1mustang · 05-03-2011, 11:58 AM

Nissan wins NYC taxi contract: Daily News - Yahoo! News

Big news for NISSAN. Shares are trading up around 14% on the news.

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Nissan wins NYC taxi contract: Daily News
2 hrs 18 mins ago

.NEW YORK (Reuters) – Japan's Nissan Motor Co Ltd won New York City's 10-year contract to build the next generation of taxis for the city, a deal estimated to be worth more than $1 billion, the New York Daily News reported on Tuesday, citing unnamed sources.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the city's Taxi and Limousine Commission were due to announce the winner later on Tuesday.

The other two finalists for the concession were Turkish manufacturer Karsan Otomotiv and U.S. automaker Ford Motor Co.

The "Taxi of Tomorrow" would replace the 16 models now authorized. The 10-year contract is expected to begin in 2013.

Nissan's bid was based on its NY200 minivan, the Daily News reported.

Karsan's bid had gained notice because of its design for a transparent roof for better sight-seeing and a ramp that would make it wheelchair accessible off the factory floor.

Karsan also hoped to gain favor with city officials by promising to assemble the cars in Brooklyn, vowing to use union labor. The plant would have marked a return of auto-making to the city for first time in about a century.

(Reporting by Daniel Trotta; editing by Gerald E. McCormick and Maureen Bavdek)

christian370z · 05-03-2011, 12:27 PM

Saw this on Jalopnik, I thought the design of the interior was really neat and a nice improvement over the Sienna/Escape/Crown Vics that are currently in service. That is a huge contract too!

phelan · 05-03-2011, 12:28 PM

Now they'll all be stuck in NYC b/c of high oil temperatures

I kid, I kid

Dammit I knew I should've done a speculative purchase of Nissan last week!

Isamu · 05-03-2011, 12:33 PM

good news for Nissan...

Red__Zed · 05-03-2011, 12:37 PM

very nice!

TreeSemdyZee · 05-03-2011, 01:08 PM

What's Nissan's stock symbol. There's multiple ones and I'm newb enough that I can't figure out which one is right.

djpathfinder · 05-03-2011, 01:56 PM

No Miata doors.

c41006 · 05-03-2011, 02:19 PM

only $1,000,000,000

Elvis@Vossen · 05-04-2011, 07:00 PM

Now that is a contract!

Isamu · 05-05-2011, 07:41 AM

lol taxi cab is kinda goofey looking... but as long as it's comfortable, and gets me from a to b, it's legit

m4a1mustang · 05-05-2011, 08:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Isamu

lol taxi cab is kinda goofey looking... but as long as it's comfortable, and gets me from a to b, it's legit

I think it looks good for a city taxi. Makes a lot more sense than the big Crown Vics. Even the Escapes a lot of the cab companies are using now don't really offer a lot of interior capacity given their exterior dimensions.

Isamu · 05-05-2011, 09:55 AM

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Originally Posted by m4a1mustang

I think it looks good for a city taxi. Makes a lot more sense than the big Crown Vics. Even the Escapes a lot of the cab companies are using now don't really offer a lot of interior capacity given their exterior dimensions.

fair enough... I guess i was looking at it from a would I drive it perspective... lol

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