1981 Peugeot 505 Taxi Diesel [551A]
1981 Peugeot 505 [551A] in Hanky Panky, Movie, 1982
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![1981 Peugeot 505 Taxi Diesel [551A]](/i001168817.jpg)
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Vehicle used by a character or in a car chase
Comments about this vehicle
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◊ 2018-08-15 15:02 |
Now this is a nice find. |
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◊ 2018-08-15 15:21 |
![[Image: snap14088.1.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/12851/snap14088.1.jpg) ![[Image: snap14089.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/12851/snap14089.jpg) |
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◊ 2018-08-15 15:22 |
1981+ |
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◊ 2018-08-15 18:09 |
could be the first try of a foreign car brand tried to be a NY taxicab..... |
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◊ 2018-08-15 20:43 |
Ex Wikipedia “In 1907, following the collapse of the Electric Vehicle Company, horse-drawn cabs once again became a primary means of transport around New York City. In early 1907 Harry N. Allen, incensed after being charged five dollars ($131.32 in today's dollars) for a journey of 0.75 miles (1.21 km), decided "to start a [taxicab] service in New York and charge so-much per mile." Later that year he imported 65 gasoline-powered cars from France and began the New York Taxicab Company. The cabs were originally painted red and green, but Allen repainted them all yellow to be visible from a distance. By 1908 the company was running 700 taxicabs.” |
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◊ 2018-08-15 21:11 |
Peugeot had some success with initially 504 and then 505 Diesels as NY and LA taxis as they were much more economical than the usual petrol-engined US candidates - "Peugeot's sales manager for the United States, Anthony J. Aldarelli, predicts that by the end of the year [1981] 1,200 cars, or 10 percent of the 12,000 taxis servicing New York, will be Peugeots." - Link to "www.nytimes.com" . Also http://fcia.proboards.com/thread/86/yellow-peugeot-cabs , http://www.french-cars-in-america.com/2013/10/yellow-peugeot-cabs.html , Link to "curiositesautomobiles.blogspot.com" . And we have another - /v186323.html |
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◊ 2018-08-16 09:09 |
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◊ 2018-08-16 22:42 |
Some apparently made it as late as 1989-1990: /vehicle_638356-Peugeot-505-551A.html /vehicle_86779-Peugeot-505-551A-1981.html /vehicle_186323-Peugeot-505-551A-1981.html |
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◊ 2019-05-28 14:20 |
According to the brochure, the model name of these is "Peugeot Diesel Taxi," with no mention of 505. http://www.french-cars-in-america.com/2016/08/nyc-peugeot-taxi-brochure.html |
