Toyota Crown vs Nissan Cedric
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Hello art0925 , Nice to meet you.Originally posted by art0925:Hi, I'm a Hk taxi owner/Driver previous driven for Comfort in Singapore 4 years ago (returned to live in HK). In Hk, almost all taxis are Toyota Crown Comfort LPG 85hp with a few Nissan Cedric (Used to be 60% toyota, 40% nissan) but now is like 98% toyota. This is because the dealer of Toyota HK have good service and cheap parts for toyota taxi to keep the toyota taxi on the road, as most of the toyota crown LPG have average life span of 6 years (the eariler version are being trade in and replaced with new once) and nissan have like 3 years (this is because the NA20P engine have problems, expensive parts, and poor service of Nissan dealer that cost drivers to turn away from toyota) I was once a Nissan Cedric LPG owner (2000) but since traded in the cab for a Toyota (@ 2004) the nissan was scrapped...I agree that Nissan have better body strength then Toyota, but as a cabbie and owner, I look at running cost, and the maintainence cost of Crown LPG is 35% lower then nissan.
BTW: there are still 10 Diesel Toyota on the road, most Diesel Crown Comfort have been scrapped (with some less then 1 year) by 2003. because Government gave $60,000 (about $ 12,000 SP) for replacing Diesel to LPG cabs.
Also, some people said the cab engine sound of HK cab is different because they used LPG, also, 99% of them are AUTO, something I think Singapore cabbie company should look into for Crown and Cedric. And the seating is different too, we uses bench seats for front seats, therefore all taxis are column shift rather then floor shift, that's why the cab in hk can carry 5 passengers. And if you see a Cedric cab in HK, take a pic la, as Nissan stop selling them last year and soon they will be gone (the newer onces are a more luxtry version compare to the singapore version, as have colour coded bumper and seden version dash, and alloy wheels) -
this corolla look like a old version of the current Altis......Originally posted by Volvo Olympian:
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altis is the new corollaOriginally posted by ceecookie:this corolla look like a old version of the current Altis...... -
I think these are the same versions that uses in MacauOriginally posted by ceecookie:this corolla look like a old version of the current Altis......
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That's why I like the Crown Comfort LPG, they are quiet and fast on starting from a stop too, and it's Auto, which the Singapore Crown Comfort I used to drive doesn't, but I would prefer the floor shift manuel rather then the HK column shift manuel.Originally posted by SGEMP:In my humble opinions, both the Crown and the Cedric are having the same loudness of engine noises, but if in terms of appearance, then Cedric should be the "winner" (being larger in its looks), where Crowns are quite small and narrow, from my sights and all the photos seen in this board.
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one thing why theres still Corona drivers is that they pay a lower/cheaper rental of only $75/day, compare to a new Crown/ Cedric of $92/day.Originally posted by SBS9818A:Coronas are detested by both driver and passenger! Bloody cramped they are.
With the $17 difference.. it makes a lot of effect.. not to forget that Crown or Corona, fares is still the same for the commuter! -
whoa... now then i noticed.. when i went to HK earlier Jan 2004, all i saw was Toyota Crowns.. i never once saw any other type of taxis! Also, Bangkok is also a favourite for Toyota Crowns as well, being them locally made.
So, are the Nissan Cedrics in Singapore going to die a slow death towards extinction anytime in future? -
Corolla Pictures. Same model used in Passenger cars as well.
http://www.sgforums.com/?action=thread_display&thread_id=105759&page=1
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But i think the Toyota Crown looks nicer than the Nissan Cedric....so far...
and also , Crowns looks Nicer in Taxis
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There are 98% crowns in HK is because of the wide available parts for these cabs, remember they used to have 90% of market (The diesel crown comfort), as the Government decided to change the taxi to LPG, alot of those crown got scrapped (ranging from 5 years old to 1/2 year) therefore there are lot of parts to make the new LPG crown alive..(at least it's rare for the LPG crown to written off after an accident, becasue 2nd body are in a thousands..) and such as the doors cost about $1000 HK (roughtly $200 Singpoare dollar for 4 of them....) with this kind of part price, owner will willing to stick with Toyota, even the Nissan LPG are getting scrapped, because no driver are willing to take their cab to fix in a dealer, when a nissan broke down, and the repairing cost more then 2 times a Crown, they simply disposed the nissan, and buy a new Toyota....beside, Nissan decided not to import anymore taxi to hk, their taxi business is finally over after almost 35 years (since middle of 60's) compare to Toyota (which started to import cabs @ 1979).
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Maybe Japan will be the only place where you can find the Cedrics in future.Originally posted by 105090:whoa... now then i noticed.. when i went to HK earlier Jan 2004, all i saw was Toyota Crowns.. i never once saw any other type of taxis! Also, Bangkok is also a favourite for Toyota Crowns as well, being them locally made.
So, are the Nissan Cedrics in Singapore going to die a slow death towards extinction anytime in future? -
ahh yeah....one more thing
Also Toyota Crowns looks much smarter and more modern than the Nissan Cedric.
While the Nissan Cedric looks like old-looking cab of some sort (this is especially true on STTA's Nissan Cedrics). -
Yeah....even the corona are even older...Originally posted by SGEMP:ahh yeah....one more thing
Also Toyota Crowns looks much smarter and more modern than the Nissan Cedric.
While the Nissan Cedric looks like old-looking cab of some sort (this is especially true on STTA's Nissan Cedrics).