Went to Berlin, check out these "luxury" E-class beauties!
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Went to Berlin, check out these "luxury" E-class beauties!
I'm in Berlin,running the 40th Berlin Marathon tomorrow morning and today at the Airport this is what I saw within 2 minutes time:
Then This one pulled up:
Then I noticed this one in the rear:
And finally I got all 3 of them in the shot:
Then I turned the other way and saw these two waiting for those executives to take them home:
I also went to the Mercedes Benz Gallery, I'll post those photos up tomorrow. Far less beige there...
Then This one pulled up:
Then I noticed this one in the rear:
And finally I got all 3 of them in the shot:
Then I turned the other way and saw these two waiting for those executives to take them home:
I also went to the Mercedes Benz Gallery, I'll post those photos up tomorrow. Far less beige there...
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Ahh that reminds me of Frankfurt (I would have rather been in Berlin). A sea of pee-yellow E Classes. Interestingly those are vinyl wraps not actual paint colors.
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Just out of curiosity K-A...how many years have they been using E classes/S classes for taxis. Can you explain the agreement between MB and the German taxi governing authority. What is the financial agreement between the two. I'm sure they have some sort of a financial agreement. I'm interested in knowing.
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Thanks for the pics, that color shade is kinda quirk compared to the NY taxi cabs but still cool
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Just out of curiosity K-A...how many years have they been using E classes/S classes for taxis. Can you explain the agreement between MB and the German taxi governing authority. What is the financial agreement between the two. I'm sure they have some sort of a financial agreement. I'm interested in knowing.
I knew Mercs were used as taxis, but seriously, these are new mercs.
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Just out of curiosity K-A...how many years have they been using E classes/S classes for taxis. Can you explain the agreement between MB and the German taxi governing authority. What is the financial agreement between the two. I'm sure they have some sort of a financial agreement. I'm interested in knowing.
I don't think the taxi governing authority in Germany sets the rule what car make you must have. There are plenty of other than just MB cars doing taxi but sure most of them are MB E-class.
I think the authority sets some sort of limit for the minimum size for the taxi car and that it has to be that ugly yellow color.
Lots of taxis in Europe are MB just because they can be bought with very low or no tax at all for taxi use.
MB has been the most popular taxi in lots of European countries even before they had the E-class. The big boat used be called C-class. A good one was a C300.
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Just out of curiosity K-A...how many years have they been using E classes/S classes for taxis. Can you explain the agreement between MB and the German taxi governing authority. What is the financial agreement between the two. I'm sure they have some sort of a financial agreement. I'm interested in knowing.
I don't think the taxi governing authority in Germany sets the rule what car make you must have. There are plenty of other than just MB cars doing taxi but sure most of them are MB E-class.
I think the authority sets some sort of limit for the minimum size for the taxi car and that it has to be that ugly yellow color.
Lots of taxis in Europe are MB just because they can be bought with very low or no tax at all for taxi use.
MB has been the most popular taxi in lots of European countries even before they had the E-class. The big boat used be called C-class. A good one was a C300.
I think the authority sets some sort of limit for the minimum size for the taxi car and that it has to be that ugly yellow color.
Lots of taxis in Europe are MB just because they can be bought with very low or no tax at all for taxi use.
MB has been the most popular taxi in lots of European countries even before they had the E-class. The big boat used be called C-class. A good one was a C300.
Taxis - regardless of make - fall into their own tax brackets.
I'm not sure where you got the notion about the C300. MB taxis traditionally have very small diesel engines (certainly not a C300). In the 50's, you'd see MB 170's (W136), then 180's (W120) and the W110 and W115.
Mercedes was one of the first to have the taxi division installing heavy duty interior materials (MB-Tex), larger cooling systems, taxi meters and the like.
Here is a W110 in summer livery
and in winter gear
In that era, the BMW 501 was another major player in the taxi scene in Europe
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All this, yet it doesn't hurt brand equity at home, even though some in NA will whine. Love it.
FWIW, there are BMW taxis in Germany, too - just a lot less common (as the model range is less diverse).
FWIW, there are BMW taxis in Germany, too - just a lot less common (as the model range is less diverse).
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I am glad they have many of these of the road, that means parts are easy to come by and if there are problems out there, it will not be too difficult to duplicate and resolve.
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I live in England and any car that is bought to be used as a taxi will not have VAT paid on it. Thats a saving of 20% on a base spec 4 pot diesel engine Mercedes. I believe the drivers like Mercedes as they are known to cover hundreds of thousands of miles with little or no problems.
I drive a silver (the most common color) W212 and I always hate driving through central London as there are a thousand and 1 E/S class taxis going through there at any one time.
I drive a silver (the most common color) W212 and I always hate driving through central London as there are a thousand and 1 E/S class taxis going through there at any one time.