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Old 11-03-2016, 01:21 PM   #9
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Default Re: Taxi Vehicle Replacements.

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Originally Posted by AUXRII View Post
There was a Taxi operator in Brisbane who went against the Camry tide and bought a fleet of VW Passats.

The Passats had a similar platform to the Skodas and used the DSG transmission (as opposed to the Subarus CVT).
DSG in a taxi! The oil for those things is something like $50 a litre. Ford got rid of them in the latest Focus due to reliability issues.source Wheels mag. We had MANUAL taxis to save money!
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