London Cab

The London Cab is a standard car introduced in Midtown Madness 2. It is unlocked by default. It is the car used by the player in London Crash Course lessons. It is based on the real-life Austin FX4.

In-Game Description
"Small enough for the narrow alleys of London, but its limited durability means you gotta avoid the walls!"
 * -|Midtown Madness 2=London Cab

Details
The London Cab is a black London taxi cab that is unlocked by default in Midtown Madness 2. Although the vehicle itself is intended to be fictional, it is modeled after the real life Austin FX4 from the '50s and '60s. It has only one default paint job, Black. It has another custom paint job that is earned after the player sucessfully completes Midterm 2 of the London Crash Course, which the London Taxi Cab is presented as a default vehicle.

History
The Austin FX4 was successor to the Austin FX3 taxi and has been the classic black cab since 1958. It was fitted with a Land Rover 2.2L engine and adopted indicator lights from the Austin 1100 family car. In 1968, there was a minor facelift, but following that, no styling cues were ever changed. Although originally produced by Austin themselves, Carbodies and LTI started producing their own in the early 1980s before the FX4 was replaced by the LTI TX1 in 1997. Since then, the LTI has received two minor updates. The first was in 2002, where it was upgraded to the TXII, and the second was in 2007, when it became the TX4.

Races As An Opponent
All races with the London Cab as a computer-generated opponent:


 * -|San Francisco (MM2)=All races with the London Cab in San Francisco:


 * -|London (MM2)=All races with the London Cab in London:

Stats

 * Top Speed: 127 mph
 * Horsepower: 63 bhp
 * Mass: 3,675 lbs
 * Durability: Medium

Sounds
All in-game sounds for the London Cab:

Quotes
All in-game commentary pertaining to the London Cab:
 * -|San Francisco (MM2)= All San Francisco quotes that apply to the London Cab, provided by various announcers:


 * -|London (MM2)= All London quotes that apply to the London Cab, provided by various announcers:

Trivia

 * The Vehicle Showcase screen for this vehicle calls it "London Black Cab," although an unlockable custom paint job for it exists.
 * In the alpha version of Midtown Madness 2, this car temporarily reused sound effects from the Panoz GTR-1 as it didn't have its own sound effects yet. This has been noticed in the game's trailer. This also applies to the Double-Decker Bus.
 * A low-poly version of this car was used in London as one of the traffic vehicles, but for unknown reasons, they're only seen in the Blitz and Checkpoint race events and the Crash Course events. Fortunately, they've been added to London's cruise mode in MM2 Revisited V5.

Classic Madness
The London Cab is the only vehicle not to be replaced by an alternative vehicle in HQTM Team's Classic Madness. Instead, it is literally a high-quality remake of the same car, with clear windows, a clear windshield, and a driver inside, plus it drives faster than the original version. Both its default paint jobs have been remade, along with two bonus colours, Red and White.

MM1 Mod Version
This is the London Cab converted from MM2 to MM1. It includes the original dashboard and sounds, appropriate tuning, MM1-style headlights (compatible with MM1 Revisited V3 mod), and the 2 colors from MM2.

Midnight Club London Taxi Mod
The Midnight Club London Taxi mod was released by MysteryDriverX on December 15, 2019 on Midtown Madness 2 eXtreme. It replaces the standard London Cab with a slightly modified version of the London Bonus Black Cab model from Midnight Club: Street Racing. Its performance, dashboard and colors are the same as the standard ones.