>Bulletproof engine >7 seats >Iconic look >Great

It probably handles like dog poopy

Oh and it looks like a hearse, or a scaled up PT cruiser

>>17214955
Tbh the turning circle is tiny, I should have listed that as well

Yes, they do look outdated like shit. Boris taxicabs when?

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There was an old Checker Marathon for sale on my craigslist a few years ago, in very good condition for its age and occupation. I still regret not buying it.

Move over UKuck, this is a man's taxi. Does YOUR city transportation have structural I-beams for a frame? Could you hit a horse at full speed and come out unscathed? Didn't think so.

>>17214985
I like the checker marathon as well, I think I just have a thing for traditional taxis

>>17214997
That IS a traditional taxi. It was THE taxi. The whole company existed for the sole purpose of producing taxis.

>>17214938
>>Can use any bus lane without breaking the law
Only if you have a hackney carriage license and actually pick up fares occasionally.

>>17215011
No, OP's pic is the traditional taxi. >>17214985 is just a YELLOW CAAAAR that you scream at while falling drunkenly off the kerb and nearly killing yourself as you land headfirst in the street, and then steal instead of getting into the back of because the controls fail to work right.

They cost a fucking fortune.
90% of black cab drivers rent their cabs, and usually share them with other drivers.

>>17215864
this desu
LTIs are like £35,000 new, if you want to buy them outright.
not even joking.
It's actually a scam. It's to force drivers to take bad finance deals where they are paying £800/month and end up giving the taxi back to LTI anyway because they can't afford to pay off the difference at the end of the contract.
This is why everyone's switching to those wee minibus things.

Enjoy the diesel taxes coming in now everyone's realised that diesel's soot and CO emissions are way worse for people's health than CO2 emissions from petrol/gasoline is for the planet.

>>17215049
Hey moron, >>17214985 is the American taxi. Checker Motors was the company, and that was they built.

>>17214938
I actually asked about these awhile ago. I'd love an older one with a metal dash. Cute as fuck.