Russian aristocrats travel in luxury cabs
It's a brilliant marketing come-on, really. Who wants to climb into a GAZ-24, however appealing it might be to obscure-car guys, when you could sink into the all-enveloping sumptuousness of a Maybach 62? Need to get to Gorky Park quickly? A Porsche Cayenne outfitted with a meter and checkerboard detailing awaits at the curb. It's not just a fancied-up VW, still carrying the VR6 behind the Porsche crest, either. No, this Cayenne is a TechArt Magnum, packing enough horsepower to light Long Island. Shaking that covey of shifty-eyed men in the shiny black Zil won't be a problem. It's not known if the fare is commensurate with the price of the vehicle, however.
[Source: englishrussia.com]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
catgirlshyla 3:50PM (4/06/2008)
slowpoke.jpg.
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Mike 9:45PM (4/06/2008)
WIN
Apu 4:02PM (4/06/2008)
april fools. duh.
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DomManganelli 4:43PM (4/06/2008)
imagine how mad this cabbie would be if you threw up in the maybach after a night of clubbing
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Pat 5:46PM (4/06/2008)
The colour scheme and the dome light kind of take the prestige away ...
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madgamer 5:56PM (4/06/2008)
I was inclined to say its a joke as well, but if you click through there are a ton of pics of them both moving, parked, and at night, so all I can say is wow. I wonder how much more than a regular cab they cost?
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Zane 6:05PM (4/06/2008)
Guess you guys never watched the Top Gear episode where Jezza makes some startling revelations. There were 50-odd supercars and ultra-luxury barges registered as taxicabs in London last year, so I wouldn't be surprised if this were real.
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Dan Roth 6:17PM (4/06/2008)
Top Gear? What's that? ;)
Shoaib 7:38PM (4/06/2008)
If I remember correctly, those where minicabs. They did that since they didn't have to pay as much for registration or something like that.
mole 8:48PM (4/06/2008)
those are just registered as cabs..but not used as cabs.. they don't have the cab signs on them
catgirlshyla 1:06AM (4/07/2008)
Their used as "For Hire" cars. Here is an example of a "Hire" Range Rover being nicked for 42 unpaid parking tickets.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RV-BHMJ4NUE
alginin 6:53PM (4/06/2008)
From what I've read, the Cayenne costs ~$120 per trip, and the Maybach is ~$300. Call +7-495-777-47-77 to order.
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madgamer 8:34PM (4/06/2008)
If thats right, then that's actually not that bad given what it is. If you had to be stuck in Moscow traffic or something on the way to the airport, I can think of worse ways to spend that time than in the back of a maybach 62. Certainly not cheap, but probably the cheapest way you will ever get to ride in a car like that.
Guenther 11:40PM (4/06/2008)
I regularly pay $100 to ride around in the back of a DTS or TC- that's a bargain
B 6:53PM (4/06/2008)
I never thought I would see the day autoblog mentioned the VR6.
That makes my day!
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klitorisaurus 12:00AM (4/07/2008)
It's one thing to register them as taxis and charge for rides, that's all well and good but painting them like that with the giant taxi lights on top? I always thought rich people wanted to be more discreet.
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