1947 Nuffield Oxford Taxi Series I

1947 Nuffield Oxford Taxi in Due mafiosi contro Goldginger, Movie, 1965

Class: Cars, Sedan — Model origin:

Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene

Author	Message
Lateef ◊ 2013-01-14 21:19	1947+ Wolseley Oxford Taxi
dsl ◊ 2014-07-08 19:31	Renamed as Nuffield Oxford Taxi after discussion at /vehicle.php?id=719464
Sunbar ◊ 2014-07-09 11:53	Date & design features / comments Wheels not visible, open luggage area?, not 'six-light'? and 'taxi' sign removed?
ManuelB ◊ 2022-10-29 20:01	dsl wrote Renamed as Nuffield Oxford Taxi after discussion at /vehicle.php?id=719464 Right, a complicated naming problem solved. Detail of its interesting badge on the radiator > Could it be the only Nuffield badged car ?
johnfromstaffs ◊ 2022-10-29 22:19	AFAIK yes, but there was a range of agricultural tractors sold under that name.
johnfromstaffs ◊ 2022-10-30 00:12	The total production of the vehicle, Mks 1 to 3 was 1926. Roughly half were built at Ward End, the remainder being built at Adderley Park. The Ward End production might account for the inaccurate Wolseley naming. Jon Pressnell says “manufacture went ahead on the basis that Nuffield would take up Beardmore’s allocation of steel, in exchange for which Beardmore’s would sell and service the Oxford cab” Further “it was decided to produce the remaining sanction mostly as hire cars and then get out of the taxi market as soon as the agreement with Beardmore’s had run its course, which would be at the end of 1953.” Pressnell then debunks the idea that the formation of BMC allowed Austin to stop Nuffield from manufacturing taxis in favour of the FX3.