Taxi of the Future (Feb, 1946)
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Source: Mechanix Illustrated ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Feb, 1946
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Source: Mechanix Illustrated ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Feb, 1946
| Buy on Ebay
Taxi of the Future as sketched by industrial designers Martial and Scull, will maneuver more easily in city traffic and be cheaper to use. This one holds 4 or 5 people and has sliding doors, and outside indicator to show when it is not being used. Another marked improvement is a shorter wheelbase, giving it a narrower turning radius.
That’s a pretty accurate prediction. Although the picture makes it look a little screwy. Only two doors on a taxi?
Comment by Eamonn — July 27, 2009 @ 6:38 pm
AND it makes a swell bumper car.
Comment by hans — July 27, 2009 @ 6:41 pm
It appears the driver is a factory installed option, since he doesn’t get a door.
Comment by Toronto — July 27, 2009 @ 10:30 pm
If a car design was based on a man’s Red Wing shoe…
Comment by rsterling78 — July 28, 2009 @ 12:04 am
Hey–it’s a minivan! Family car and not a taxi, but that was a pretty good guess–better than what I’d come up with to predict how people will travel 40 years from now.
Comment by Beagledad — July 31, 2009 @ 1:46 pm