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« Nouvelle flotte de taxis Peugeot 505 à Philadelphie (USA)...



Eric703
June 1, 2022
When I see 505 diesels of this vintage, I’m reminded of Philadelphia taxicabs. Back around 1980, Philadelphia’s largest taxi company decided to replace much of its fleet of Checkers with Peugeot 505’s – spurred on by fuel costs, Peugeot’s advertised durability, and undoubtedly by some clever lobbying from a local Peugeot dealer (Fred’s Foreign Cars), from where Yellow Cab placed its order.

Yellow Cab made a very big deal of this, even arranging for a police-escorted parade of new Peugeot cabs around downtown (picture below). But the Peugeots quickly became pariahs – they were loud, slow, dirty, and didn’t quite live up to the hoped-for durability claims.

I do still recall a few very well-used 505 taxis in the early 1990s, but needless to say, Philly’s taxicab companies stuck with tried-and-true domestic models after this episode. »

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