The future of the London Taxi | Black Cab | London taxi | Wheels
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- Опубліковано 18 кві 2020
- 'Wheels' reporter Tony Bastable takes a look at what the future holds or the iconic London black cab. He speaks to Grant Lockhart of carbodies the makers of the Black cab.
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It's good watching with hindsight, he's talking so confidently about it being on the roads in three years and we all know differently.
I don't. What happened with this car?
Interesting videos of the past UK.
love that intro music from Thames TV.
in Ireland it was great when your parents got "the channels", meaning an aerial that allows you have BBC ETC
Another superb presentation by Tony
So in other words...a Range Rover of the time suitably modified??
Looks a lot like a Metrocab
It does yet never went forward with this design, went with a design that mimics the fx4
@@jusb1066 What year did they come out? I remember them in the early '90's as my mates dad was a cabbie and had one of those square-ish shaped ones.
I never liked them either, not much better that the one in this video really. They should have kept the old design imo, and just redesigned what was need to improve economy and performance where needed.
@@HalfdeadRider carbodies have a Wikipedia page , knows more than I do
@@HalfdeadRider 1987
@@MrNobbyify Thanks 👍
Can't beat the old fx4 shape,but the new txe has got to be the best made cab ever and it looks fantastic!
Grant Lockhart.. All he really wanted to do is blow the bloody doors off!
He's Grant Lockheart not a lot of people know that
Wish you would put date of recording and broadcast but love your clips - Bring Back Thames TV as a FreeviewChannel!!!
Oh my God he predicted the future absolutely spot-on. Oh right, sarcasm does not come through via text.
Whoa, check those glasses frames out!
But this never happened wonder why
Its an iconic vehicle, the vehicle he was proposing looked horrendous and its hard to imagine that picking up the rich and famous from their business lunches and goomahs houses
the cab is not as bad as his glasses. omg
Did it ever come out? There was one that looked like it was built out of ford parts. That wasnt built by carbodies was it?
Triton? Green SD1 V8-S just in shot at the end.
Any idea what year this was recorded?
For those interested in further details: www.aronline.co.uk/concepts-and-prototypes/austin-fx4fl2-proposed-replacements/
Please tell me folks, I am from Norway. Who or what killed that cab if it was not uglyness it self.
Grant Lockhart disliked this video.
Hahaha!
What year is this?
1980
@@ronanrogers4127 ok thanks
Trade ruined by TFL who licenced an ilegal car outfit cut the age limit to 12 years and made cabbies buy a cab that cost 77 grand on the drip.....no help from anyone ,now most gone broke because of lockdown ,R.I.P trade
Gig economy = Uber = cheap.....= TFL....ruined the cab trade in london
Where does the yellow cab come from?
I think about 50 years from the time of him saying three years..lol
Say something about Uber
A range rover body shell in a vomit beige colour, very strange.
was that thing real?
Beige was possibly the predominant colour of 1980 - cars to PCs.
@@GaryJohnWalker1 surely it was
@@GaryJohnWalker1 very true, plenty of beige Ford Cortina's, Triumph Acclaim's & Metro's in that era
Chinese owned now
That Rover Taxi was so ugly I never rode the damn thing
The MCW London taxi was just as ugly and unfortunately actually produced.
just because the damn thing never realised???
Micheal Caine.......
Black cabs will run out of business soon because of crappy uber.
No Uber in London
@@jusb1066 there's plenty here in South London
@@mh20162 uber lost its licence to operate in London last year
Ive been hearing that since i got my badge 5 years ago , so far i am doing really well thanks
Actually covid plus the age limit and tfl and xrail will kill us
i miss british television when it was white people. now we just have diversity qoutas who resemble nothing to our culture or history
when it was britain, not britainistan!!!
or britaindia!
I genuinely feel sorry for people like you, must be such a sad existence.
Fuck off with your nonsense
@@Thecrazyvaclav cry more. god forgives no traitor. those who favour diversity over safety of their fellow citizens should be treated as enemy forces
Subtitles required
Why ? Its distinct spoken english
Clean out your ears.
by whom and for what?
Seldom does one find a person so eager to signal their own inadequacies.