Checker: The Only Real Taxicab
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Kolkata, India
Yerevan, Armenia
Sudan
Tokyo, Japan
Riva, Latvia
Hong Kong
Kolkata, India
Soviet Union
Dakar, Senegal
Kotsu, Japan
If the social inept techies continue to sway public opinion, the urbane experience of hailing a taxi may soon become a thing of the past. Here’s a photoset of people getting into cabs throughout the ages…
(I also wrote a column about hailing taxis for the S.F. Examiner. You can read that here.)
The work of Autonova caught the attention of Fiat designer and engineer Dante Giacosa who commissioned Pio Manzù to design this compact prototype for a taxicab with “limited external dimensions, accessibility, visibility, manageability, security and recognizability.”
The prototype which was built in 1968 and exhibited at the Turin Motor Show had one long sliding door on the right and a normal opening door for the driver on the left. It could seat three passengers but was a mere 10.5 feet long.
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Somewhere…
London
Kotsu, Japan
Sweden
Tokyo
Sierre Leone
Akihabara, Japan
Japan
Calcutta
Hong Kong
Russia