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unusual facts about Checker Taxi


2000 United States Grand Prix

With ear plugs distributed by the team, a huge Manhattan crowd saw Irvine in an F1 test chassis and Herbert in a Yellow Checker Taxi cab "race" down Broadway.


2008 Paris Motor Show

In this edition, the subject was "Taxis du Monde" (Taxis from around the world), and it featured a variety of taxi vehicles from different cities and eras, such as a New York Checker cab, a Chicago Yellow Cab, London Black cabs, a Manila Jeepney, a Bangkok Tuk Tuk, etc., as well as several Parisian taxis, starting with the classic Renault Taxi de la Marne and ending with the proposed future taxi Peugeot Expert Tepee.


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