New South Wales
The state of New South Wales, Australia is served by a fleet of around 6000 taxis. The industry employs over 22,700 taxi drivers. This state has the largest number of taxicabs and drivers in Australia.
Most taxis are Ford Falcons, although a smaller number of Holden Commodores, Ford Fairlanes, Holden Statesman/Caprices and Toyota Camrys, Toyota Taragos, Chrysler Voyagers, Holden Zafiras, Volkswagen Multivans, Toyota Hiaces and Mercedes Benz vans are in service. In general, taxis owners choose to run on liquid petroleum gas fuel.
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