Re:Sony launches a taxi-hailing app in Tokyo
by mlacks on Thursday June 20, 2019 @10:17AM
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It’s not the Century, it’s the Comfort.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Comfort
The Century was designed for CEOs and heads of state, the Comfort was designed as a general purpose Taxi.
I love that quote about Yakuza. It’s so Japanese.
Reminds me of mobsters in America driving Cadillac’s and how much that probably helped sales. I know my dad loved watching mob movies and bought a Cadillac in the 90s that was straight out of the movies.
I’m curious if there was a badass motivation there similar to middle class suburbanites owning a Harley style motorcycle.
Re:Sony launches a taxi-hailing app in Tokyo
by jessaustin on Thursday June 20, 2019 @09:05AM
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Are we sure that's the same car used for taxis?
Re:Sony launches a taxi-hailing app in Tokyo
by kalleboo on Thursday June 20, 2019 @09:55AM
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He's answering the question "How much more premium than that can you go"
Re:Sony launches a taxi-hailing app in Tokyo
by cattlefarmer on Friday June 21, 2019 @04:02AM
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Those background checks don't seem to be working. Lots of 'yankees' running around in pimped up centuries.
https://www.google.com/search?q=%E3%83%A4%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AD%...
Re:Sony launches a taxi-hailing app in Tokyo
by roystonvassey on Thursday June 20, 2019 @08:18AM
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Wow. That’s a fine looking car.
Toyota Century :)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/japans-new-emperor-picks-his-ri...
Edit: Super short TL;DR from the article
> Introduced in 1967, the Century isn’t for the flashy or hasty. Prospective customers can wait months because Toyota hand-builds each one. Background checks ensure the buyer is of an appropriate caliber, and not a member of an “antisocial organization”—a Japanese euphemism for the yakuza crime syndicates.
It's only sold in Japan.
Edit 2: Some more information courtesy of Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Century