Is This The End For the London Black Cab?

London’s Black Cab’s are probably the best known cabs in the world. Their distinct style, comfort and notoriety make them as synonymous with London as Buckingham Palace, The Tower of London and Harrod’s.

 

But those famous cabs may soon disappear.   The company that makes those popular vehicles has gone into insolvency and stopped both sales and manufacturing.

Let’s hope someone steps in and gets the company rolling again.

Comments

[Alan B]

I heard part of an interview about this vehicle on BBC which I get via XM Satellite Radio. Their most immediate and acute problem is a steering box issue, that has taken a lot of the existing cabs out of service, and beyond that, precludes them from selling their available stock of four hundred cabs. These cabs as you may know have a proprietary steering system which allows them to make very tight U-turns on London's narrow streets. IF they can get past this problem, interestingly, they have a large order pending from...Azerbijian...and may be able to survive.

[Frank@OBOW]

Yes, all of that as mentioned in the article I linked to in the original post.

Did you know you can listen to all BBC radio stations for free over the internet?