Tsikot.ph PHUV Prototype

[varga]

hi to all

some more design ideas/concepts to inspire.

attachments:
skoda yeti concept
dodge hornet concept
2009 std NY taxi
renault scenic

[drey]

i would love to see minivan taxi around MM. But I guess that wont be possible since the avanza wasn't allowed.

[OyiL]

2009 standard new york taxi??

[safeorigin]

atleast it's yellow

[drey]

ha! so what happens if its white mate?

[architect]

*Lio, Drey,

Look at the Blue Yeti photo posted by Varga. Perhaps we can incorporate the roof rail(?) design as an option? IMO, it adds a certain character to the vehicle.

[OyiL]

isports car

[Auto_Xer]

Pwede ba sumali dito?

[OyiL]

Pwede ba sumali dito?

sure! why not? go ahead and post suggestions, ideas, whatever....you have. even your dissatisfaction or you disapproval...everything...with, of course, rational reasoning and respect. All your posts will be regarded as valuable inputs to the project.

"on your mark, get set, GO!"

[OyiL]

Hey look! the american real world utility vehicle.....thanks varga.



source:http://www.caranddriver.com/autoshow...dard-taxi.html

[SIZE=3][SIZE=4]2009 - Standard Taxi[/SIZE]
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[SIZE=3]Never before has form so doggedly followed function. And Warren Mosler had nothing to do with it.[/SIZE]



by Jared Gall, Photography by Jared Holstei, April 2007



There is no better place in America to debut a taxi than in New York, its streets clogged with mobs of identical yellow Ford Crown Victorias differentiated only by their battle scars and unique smells. How New Yorkers will react to the thought of streets crowded with the offensive Standard Taxi is yet to be seen. We’re thinking the day U.S. streets are packed with these mutants is the day we move to London.

Our first thought on seeing the Standard Taxi—since gagging is a reflex and not a thought—was that the thing is huge, but its perceived size is actually a function of its 75-inch height. A Crown Vic is 16 inches longer and only one inch narrower.

Marc Klein is the president of the Vehicle Production Group, the company responsible for the Standard Taxi, and he tells us taxi drivers and fleet managers are excited about his car. We waited for the punch line when he started talking about the door handles, and how you can buy them at Napa, but he was serious. To control costs, many interior and exterior details are generic, off-the-shelf parts.

Klein tells us that many people in the taxi industry had input on the vehicle’s design, which worries us. With the way cab drivers can thread a Crown Vic around pedestrians and bicyclists, we’ve rarely suspected they have bad eyesight—behavioral issues, maybe—but we do now. Hey, did anyone notice how many taxis are damaged? We’re taking the subway.

Standard Taxi’s CEO is the owner of Chicago’s Yellow Cab Company and he set out to build not just a better taxi but the best taxi. To create the perfect (in one sense) cab, the company started with a list of qualities that should not be compromised: room for four passengers and a wheelchair or scooter; absolute ease of ingress and egress; ample luggage space; simple, reliable running gear; and a body made of cheap, easy-to-replace parts, since taxis do such an excellent job of staying in contact with one another.

What they came up with is a vehicle with rear door openings that measure 56 inches high by 32 inches wide, a ramp hidden under the right rear door for wheelchair access, 27 cubic feet of trunk space—enough, Klein claims, to hold the four golf bags requested by Las Vegas cabbies and a full-size spare tire—a 4.3-liter GM V-6 familiar to anyone who’s ever driven that other utilitarian pin-up, the Chevy Astro van, and interchangeable body panels. The lower halves of the doors are the same front and rear, the fenders can be swapped between corners, and the front and rear bumpers are the same. All lights can be replaced cheaply from most auto parts chains, and all glass is flat so that it, too, can be replaced at low cost. We understand the logic here, but it doesn’t make this cubist pill any easier to swallow.


We do get safety, though. Drivers with holes in them don’t make anybody much money, and passengers pancaked on the pavement are not good advertising. To that end, the Standard Taxi cocoons the driver in a safety-glass cockpit completely separated from the passenger compartment. A switch under his leg activates distress flashers on the exterior of the car, the flashing of which the assailant will surely notice reflected in the rump of the vehicle ahead, giving him ample time to escape. To keep his passengers safe, the side doors can be individually locked and unlocked. When a door is unlocked, an exit light above it tells passengers it is the safe side to disembark, and lights mounted above the back glass warn passing cars and bicyclists from which side of the taxi passengers are exiting.


Passengers crossing the threshold into the Standard Taxi’s spacious interior will see what could be described as three-plus-one-plus-one seating. A bench seat across the back holds three passengers, while a fourth seat backs up against the driver’s seat and faces backwards, severely limiting legroom for two riders. The space next to the fully enclosed driver’s capsule is reserved for passengers in wheelchairs or scooters. Since down time costs everybody money, the seats and flooring can be hosed out for quick and easy cleaning after a round of Saturday night bar runs.


All seats in the Standard Taxi, including the driver’s seat, are bolt upright. Klein claims that the driver’s seat is meant to minimize fatigue during long shifts, but we suspect the seat is upright to minimize drowsiness. Riding back to our hotel in a cab after the show, we paid close attention to our butts and backs and couldn’t figure out how the Standard Taxi’s seats were any better.
If you are as horrified at the prospect of streets crammed with these mutants as we are, then you’ve got some time to vocalize your concerns to your local cab company, as production is set to begin at the end of 2008. We never would have thought we’d say this, but long live the Crown Victoria!

[drey]

Pwede ba sumali dito?

diba sir may shop kayo? its great to have you on board... I will be very happy to hear your post to add myself some knowledge.

[architect]

More pics of the Standard Taxi -

[Auto_Xer]

Yup, you can check some of the stuff we do sa site namin, www.speedlab.com.ph
Meron ako ginagawa ngayon dito kit car replica for Alfalfameister. Try ko post picture nung chassis.
Haven't really read thru the entire thread except for the first few pages. Dami kasi e and I don't come online as much as I used to.
Meron na bang core group na nag meet?

[architect]

[architect]

[architect]

[rmb]

enough of auvs,we have been producing these kind of cars for more than three decades.what we need now are cars at par with those of malaysia and korea.three decades and still auv there something wrong,tsk,tsk,tsk...

[architect]

*rmb,

Kindly read the entire thread before posting side comments that are at best tangential to the discussion. Thanks.

[dprox]

enough of auvs,we have been producing these kind of cars for more than three decades.what we need now are cars at par with those of malaysia and korea.three decades and still auv there something wrong,tsk,tsk,tsk...

Hi rmb.
Suggestion lang. This thread started out and will finish with a PhUV prototype. The vehicle being designed in this thread is an affordable, multi-functional, all-around, urban-rural vehicle in four variants.
However, you may have a valid point that may merit starting a new thread on the relevance of AUVs in the Philippines. I just came back from the province and it struck me that commuter and cargo functions might be going separate ways already. While the PUJ is still there as a mainstay multi-workhorse, passengers are increasingly being transported by multicabs and elf-mounted microbuses, and merchandise is being loaded on specialized vans and cargo trucks.
Anyway, since this is a Design & Research Forum, there is no objection for you to start a new thread describing your preferred OPV (Original Pilipino Vehicle). There may be more tsikoteers and aficionados out there who are raring to participate in designing it.

[rmb]

im sorry,alam ko naman kung para sa phuv ang thread na ito.gusto ko namang makita ang pilipinas na magproduce ng original car at par at least with those countries i mentioned to show them that we can.although auvs we have are products of filipino ingenuity but let us face the fact we have been left behind miles by these countries in car industry and still we're stucked on this kind of technology.