Toyota Taxis (Altis / Vios / Innova)

[carlocaraddict]

Guys, nakita niyo na ba itong white Corolla Altis J na taxi? I saw one parked kanina sa roadside karenderia near Toyota Makati and Mapua Makati. Too bad may mga cars sa likod ko kaya hindi ko nakunan ng pic.

[CLAVEL3699]

matagal na meron nito Carlo.

huli ka na sa balita

[leinahtan]

No big deal. Sa Singapore, chedeng nga eh.

[carlocaraddict]

matagal na meron nito Carlo.

huli ka na sa balita

matagal ko na nga narinig ito pero kanina ko lang nakita hehehehehe

[squala]

I also saw one at Libis a few weeks ago. Actually, it was flagged down by police, but I didn't exactly know why.

When the Altis was lauched, the dealer told me it's not allowed to be turned into a taxi...

[Belisarius]

I went to Taiwan last year, almost all their taxis were altis, automatic with gated shifter pa, saw a lot of police cars here na altis, even innova are being used as taxis now. Saw a white altis as taxi about a few months ago wonder if its the same one.

[WeaponX]

I went to Taiwan last year, almost all their taxis were altis, automatic with gated shifter pa, saw a lot of police cars here na altis, even innova are being used as taxis now. Saw a white altis as taxi about a few months ago wonder if its the same one.

True. Ako naman Cefiro nasakyan ko.

[rock reyes]

dito satin alam ko recommended ng toyota tung altis lo end for taxi dahil maganda daw ang pang ilalim nya compare sa vios(totoo ba?)

[RVRSSG2.0]

Sometime October of last year at Ford Expo, MOA, I rode an Altis 1.6E taxi (binilang ko pa talaga kung pang ilan yun sa pila para saktong yun ang masakyan ko. Hahaha! )

Naglabas ng saloobin yung driver. Bakit daw hindi na lang Vios o Accent yung binili ng Optr niya, bakit daw Altis pa. Ako naman "Oo nga. Oo nga."


Last week, I went to Toyota Pampanga to check out the Altis 1.6G.
The SA approached me and said, ano pong variant ang preferred niyo? Sabi ko yung G M/T. Sabi niya "Are you aware of the 1.6E having 6-Speed M/T as well?"
I said "Yung pang-taxi?" Then the SA instantly said "AY HINDI PO! Hindi po ginagawang taxi ang Altis, Sir!"

Ako naman () Ahhh. Hindi ba? Ok.

[rock reyes]

dito satin alam ko recommended ng toyota tung altis lo end for taxi dahil maganda daw ang pang ilalim nya compare sa vios(totoo ba?)

[CLAVEL3699]

dun ako bibilib pag innova ginawa taxi dito.

yun ang kakaiba

[j_avonni]

dun ako bibilib pag innova ginawa taxi dito.

yun ang kakaiba

May nakita na ako na Airport Taxi. Didn't see though the variant. Malamang J diesel.

[finchy18]

nyee innova? wow nman.. kaya ba nila gastos nun? hehehe

[nelany]

Sa Bangkok almost ALL taxi ay Altis.

[ILuvDetailing]

yup, sa thailand, Altis yung mga taxi, pero Corolla tawag nila, sa atin lang ata Altis ang tawag.

[gearspeed]

ayan carlo masaya ka na dahil nakakita ka na ng Altis na taxi.Hehehe.Ang lupit naman nila ginawa nilang taxi ang Altis..Nakakita na rin ako niyan sa sucat rd sa may lopez wala pang plate..

[ferraripee]

yup, sa thailand, Altis yung mga taxi, pero Corolla tawag nila, sa atin lang ata Altis ang tawag.

well its really corolla naman eh..

[Bry]

Guys, meron nang few Innovas na ginawang taxi. Tapos AFAIK, pinagbawal na lang ng Toyota gawing taxi yung whole line-up nila altogether, including the Vios. Gusto kasi nila maging 'prestigious', tapos ang pwede lang gawin na taxi ay yung upcoming Avanza.

[delprado]

... Sa tingin ko tama lang na Altis or any other bigger cars ang gawing taxi sa Pinas..
Riding passegers deserve a better car for the amount they pay when riding a taxi.

Like in Europe karamihan nung taxi is Mercedez Benz or in Singapore nakakasakay ka paminsan-minsan sa Chedeng. That's nice(at least for me) kasi can't afford akong bumili nung mga ganung klaseng kotse but since me taxi na ganun... mararanasan ko din kung ano ang pakiramdam na sumakay sa isang "luxury" car.

Just my 2 cents.

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[number001]

Some random thoughts:

*The Innova's I have seen them being used for those "garage service" and no taxis so far. They used the "J" variant.

*Altis "J" taxis, I have seen quite a handful of them on the road. But with the soaring acquisition costs, I doubt if it will ever replace the majority of aging taxi fleets on the road.

*The most common new taxis are the Vios "J" in Silver, Blue or White. I havent seen a "flaxen red" Vios "J" made into a taxi, yet. I have also seen quite a few Vios "E" as taxis also.

*I have seen a Kia Rio being used as a taxi. The Optra is quite suitable for the taxi fleet service also.

*I dont want to see the Ford Focus being used as a taxi, ever! Even if its just their new 1.6L variant.

*In Singapore, they do have quite a number of Mercedes Benz E class being used as taxis. Current model (circa 2002 to present) and previous model (circa 1996 to 2001+) . But the most common taxis they have are the Toyota Crown, which incidentally is the same being used in Japan. The Crown's body is quite dated (early nineties design or even earlier) and as well as the interior which has a manual shifter only.

*The last time I was in Thailand, they Taxis they were using are the Toyota Corona (Excesior and previous model).