Austin FX4

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Austin FX4
A 1976 Austin FX4 in Lunteren, The Netherlands
Overview
Manufacturer	British Motor Corporation (1958–1968) British Leyland (1968–1982) Carbodies/LTI (1982–1997)
Production	1958–1997
Designer	Eric Bailey
Body and chassis
Body style	4-door saloon
Dimensions
Wheelbase	2,810 mm (110.6 in)
Length	4,570 mm (179.9 in)
Width	1,740 mm (68.5 in)
Height	1,770 mm (69.7 in)
Kerb weight	1,600 kg (3,527 lb)
Chronology
Predecessor	Austin FX3
Successor	LTI TX1

The Austin FX4 is a hackney carriage that was produced from 1958 until 1997. It was sold by Austin from 1958 until 1982, when Carbodies, who had been producing the FX4 for Austin, took over the intellectual rights to the car. Carbodies only produced the FX4 for two years, until 1984, when London Taxis International took over rights and continued producing it until 1997. In all, more than 75,000 FX4s were built.^[1]. Over its lifetime, the FX4 increasingly became regarded as a design classic, and a visual icon of London recognised throughout the world, to the point where its eventual successors - the TX-series and the current LEVC TX - continue the FX4's basic styling cues and overall aesthetic.