The Standard Taxi was a purpose-built taxicab prototype designed by The Vehicle Production Group LLC of Miami, Florida. It was unveiled at the 2005 IATR conference and later that year at the TLPA annual convention in Las Vegas].
In mid-2008, it was announced that a contract had been signed with South Bend, Indiana-based AM General to build the Standard Taxi taxicabs, beginning in 2009.
Through market feedback, VPG developed a more advanced and user-friendly vehicle known as the MV-1 to replace the Standard Taxi, which never entered series production.
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