Thread: Makers of London Taxi in administration
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Old November 1st 12, 02:41 PM posted to uk.transport.london
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Default Makers of London Taxi in administration
On Tue, 23 Oct 2012 08:54:00 +0000 (UTC), d
wrote:

On Tue, 23 Oct 2012 00:42:55 +0100
Bruce wrote:
The LTI cabs are built like Army trucks. I have a feeling that it

Translation: Its a road car in 2012 still being built using a ladder frame
chassis.

The company really only has itself to blame for its downfall for charging
silly money for an antique because it had a monopoly. Well, not any longer
and when they realised they'd have to up their game what did they do? Improve
the taxi? Design something modern? Nope, they used cheap **** components from
china. Genius.

According to Wikipedia these are supplied from China as semi-complete
knock-down kits so the British 'management' may have had little say in
the matter.
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