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The Toyota Limo is an
File:LimoNCP42Bluebird07.jpg, Toyota Limo taxi (NCP42, Indonesia)
File:ViosLimoNCP93PusakaTaxi10.jpg, Toyota Limo taxi (NCP93, Indonesia)
File:ViosLimoNCP150BBG.JPG, Toyota Limo taxi (NCP150, Indonesia)
Toyota also manufactures the Corolla-based Limo for use as a taxi in Thailand.
* E120 (2003)
* E140 (2008)
The Toyota Limo is an automobile
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offered by Toyota
is a Japanese multinational automotive manufacturer headquartered in Toyota City, Aichi, Japan. It was founded by Kiichiro Toyoda and incorporated on . Toyota is one of the largest automobile manufacturers in the world, producing about 10 ...
in Southeast Asian markets designed for taxicab
A taxi, also known as a taxicab or simply a cab, is a type of vehicle for hire with a driver, used by a single passenger or small group of passengers, often for a non-shared ride. A taxicab conveys passengers between locations of their choi ...
use, primarily in Indonesia, Philippines
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* ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas
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, Thailand and Vietnam
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. It is a robust low cost, low maintenance variant designed specifically for taxi fleet, with longer service intervals that may be yearly or every . It is essentially a scaled-down variant of the base model Vios and Corolla that lacks any extra equipment. It still retains the same engine of either the Vios or Corolla, but with a specially tuned ECU for more fuel efficient and economical use and softer suspension for comfort.
Vios-based Limo
The Vios-based Limo is commonly used as a regular taxi by various taxi firms in Indonesia. Like the Vios for private use, the Limo is also powered by the 1.5-liter '' 1NZ-FE''petrol engine
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.
Prior to the introduction of the Vios in 2003, most taxicabs in Indonesia use a scaled-down version of the Soluna
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, the Southeast Asian variant of the Tercel. Other cars used of its time includes the second-generation Ford Laser
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, first-generation Hyundai Accent
The Hyundai Accent ( ko, 현대 엑센트), or Hyundai Verna (현대 베르나) is a subcompact car produced by Hyundai. In Australia, the first generation models carried over the Hyundai Excel name used by the Accent's predecessor. The Accen ...
and Kia Sephia (known in Indonesia as Bimantara Cakra and Timor S5).
* NCP42 (2003)
* NCP93 (2007)
* NCP150 (2014)
The Vios-based Limo's order had stopped in 2016, in favour to the Avanza-based Transmover.
Corolla-based Limo
Toyota also manufactures the Corolla-based Limo for use as a taxi in Thailand.
* E120 (2003)
* E140 (2008)
See also
*Taxicabs by country
Taxicabs in a single country often share a set of common properties, but there is a wide variation from country to country in the vehicles used, the circumstances under which they may be hired and the regulatory regime to which these are subject ...
* Toyota Vios
The Toyota Vios is a nameplate used for subcompact cars produced by the Japanese manufacturer Toyota, primarily for markets in Southeast Asia, China and Taiwan since 2002. Slotted below the compact Corolla, the Vios serves as the replacement t ...
* Toyota Corolla
* Toyota Comfort and Toyota JPN Taxi
The is a hybrid electric taxicab built to the universal taxi design specifications mandated by the Japanese government. Exhibited as the JPN Taxi Concept at the 43rd Tokyo Motor Show in 2013, it has been produced by Toyota since 2017, mainly fo ...
, similarly designed vehicles for the Japanese market.
References
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