haha, thanks, Also, as I've talk to a sales person for Toyota
Macau, they said the Corolla are the same spec as the Singapore
STTA once, which is 200XLI Diesels, and also, the Liteace are the
same as the yellowcab once...But the mercedes are little
different..They are the Vito 115cdi (Which in Hong Kong are only
sold as a panel van with 5 seats).
Also, the reason for Macau to introduce these new taxi type is
because of the Hong Kong taxi Changed to use LPG, (which means the
excess unsold cabs cannot be shipped to Macau (as Macau has no LPG
station) therefore, Inchape decided to sale 4 seaters corolla
instead (smaller size so it will fit the market better..) and for a
while there are more 4 seaters then 5 seaters (mostly mid to late
90's Cedric unsold from Hong Kong). However, with the new casino
open up, the demand of 5 seaters cab are high again. However, due
to both Toyota and Nissan doesn't make 5 seaters diesel anymore
(infact, Nissan stop selling LPG taxi cab late 2004 in HK, pulling
out a 36 years old market), they only make Singapore spec. 4
seaters. Therefore, they introduce the Liteace 5 seaters. And
Mercedes also want a piece of the large taxi market due to tourism
rising, they introduce the 6 seater taxis (so far only 2 of them
exists), and Hyundai soon follow with 2 more example...BTW: around
2000 Mercedes did try to market the Mercedes Vito 114 LPG as an
accessible taxi in Hong Kong, but they failed after less then 1
month of trial.
