Taxis

[Quackdave]

RE: Taxis
Can anyone offer any insight as to why private hire taxis seem to be disproportionately registered down south? I've noticed that several of the geographical prefices - especially G, but also to some extent R, W, O and E - seem to show up noticeably more often on PHVs than on private cars, and I couldn't think of any obvious reason why the distribution should be any different.

On the hackney side, another new marque has made its debut, the Vauxhall Vivaro. This is of course essentially the same vehicle as the Renault Trafic, which was already represented; however the Vauxhall, being 65- 67-registered, is of the newer generation than the Renaults (or at least than six of them, I'm not certain about the 15-reg).

Fords continue to gain popularity, with 34 Tourneos now licensed; the Mercedes Vito and Peugeot Expert are at 90 and 151 examples respectively. Only one Metrocab now remains, the white N-reg. Both FX4s are still going strong.