LTI Fairway

LTI Fairway in Love and Other Disasters, Movie, 2006

Class: Cars, Sedan — Model origin:

00:42:13 Vehicle used by a character or in a car chase

Author	Message
Ingo ◊ 2007-09-03 21:11	Classic London Taxi. What was the base originally, an Austin?
chris40 ◊ 2007-09-03 21:44	Way back in the 50s, yes: Austin cooperated with coachbuilders Mann Egerton in developing it. Over its 40-year production its intellectual ownership changed hands, ending up with LTI - who replaced it with the current TX series. Engines and transmissions came from a variety of sources, latterly Nissan Diesel. Wikipedia tells the whole story if you're interested; enter 'hackney carriage' and follow the link for FX4. (Sorry, I haven't figured out yet how to provide a link.) BTW this is probably an FX4 Fairway with the Nissan Diesel. -- Last edit: 2007-09-03 21:51:24
G-MANN ◊ 2011-08-18 13:34	R758MCY doesn't appear on the plate check sites.
humungus ◊ 2024-09-22 17:58	editing and continuity suggest it begins life as a different taxi (LK03 GGE, also seen elsewhere in the movie): other similar stuff (the left one in thumb 2 has plate F254 RJD):