"Turkish taxi hopes to take Manhattan
NAOMI POWELL
STOCKHOLM— Globe and Mail Blog
Chances are most New Yorkers have never heard of Karsan. But if the Turkish automaker has its way, its “V1” will soon be whisking them down Fifth Avenue and Wall Street.
The Istanbul-based firm is taking on Nissan and Ford in New York City’s “Taxi of Tomorrow” competition, a bid to replace the city’s standard yellow Crown Victorias with a new generation taxi.
That’s right: a Turkish cab for the Big Apple. It’s not such a stretch.
Karsan’s V1 isn’t the only Turkish-built entry in the taxi competition. Ford’s Transit Connect – already used in Boston and various Japanese cities – is built with Koc Holding at a plant outside Istanbul. "
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