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1990 Chevrolet Caprice

1990 Chevrolet Caprice in The Pelican Brief, Movie, 1993 IMDB

Class: Cars, Sedan — Model origin: US

1990 Chevrolet Caprice

Pos: 01:32:08 [*][*][*] Vehicle used by a character or in a car chase

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Saturn Simon UK

2005-12-17 16:04

1988 Chevrolet Caprice

matt trakker

2005-12-18 05:14

yeah it's a caprice

cieraguy US

2008-02-09 17:59

What makes is specifically a 1988? It looks like it has the door mounted front seatbelts that were exclusive for a 1990

CougarTim US

2008-02-09 19:20

Operated by Capitol Cab Cooperative Association of Washington, DC.

Ford_Guy US

2008-02-09 21:50

cieraguy wrote What makes is specifically a 1988? It looks like it has the door mounted front seatbelts that were exclusive for a 1990


What can I say? Some people on here like to guess. I'll change it to 1990 then.

taxiguy US

2008-02-10 00:12

CougarTim wrote Operated by Capitol Cab Cooperative Association of Washington, DC.


I love DC cabs. There is so much variety in the models used and there are frequently cabs that are 10-15 years old (I like older cars). In most cities cars such as the Chevrolet Caprice are all but gone as taxis since they are now 12+ years old (my city's cab company only has 2 left in service), but in DC they are a common sight. When I visited DC in January 2007, I even saw a 1981-1985 Caprice Taxi still in service! That's more than 21 years old! It was run by a company called "silver cab" or something (it was painted silver of course). Have you ever heard of that cab company CougarTim? (You seem to know quite a bit about DC taxis ;) )

Ingo DE

2008-02-10 00:33

You wanna have a real authentic taxi-feeling? Then I suggest to travel around a bit. I had a lot of fun to cross the town of Cairo with something like this:
http://www.travel-images.com/photo-algeria27.html
Yes, the photo is from Algeria, but the Cairo-taxis don't show many differences :)

CougarTim US

2008-02-10 00:43

I only know DC taxis because I grew up in the Washington area. There are a lot (probably dozens) of small companies that operate in the city, covering every color of the rainbow and then some. There is a lot of variety in the kinds of cars they use in the area, especially in the suburbs. Most are Crown Victorias, but I've seen a Toyota Echo, a Scion xB, a Subaru Outback, and more serving as taxis.

EDIT: I just found the District of Columbia Taxicab Commission online database. It lists 114 "taxicab and limousine companies" that are based in Washington. And they all have unique liveries.

The link, if you're interested: http://app.dctaxi.dc.gov/taxilist.asp?page=1&search=

-- Last edit: 2008-02-10 01:00:32

Ingo DE

2008-02-10 20:47

In the past (40ies to 70ies) in Germany the most taxis had been Mercedes Benz Diesel (sometimes up to 90%). This has changed. The majority is still Mercedes, but at least nearly all kind of cars with four doors an Diesel-engine (not all, a few few fuel-cars were all times in use, too) and in the last year gas-engines you can see as taxis over here.

In the last years I've seen some Chrysler PT Cruisers as a taxi. And since a few months some taxi-companies are trusting in Romanian products. They choose the Dacia Logan Estate.


I'll look for Washington D.C.-taxis in two weeks, on my vacations. We're travelling with a rental-car, so I will not use them.

-- Last edit: 2008-02-10 20:51:31

Ingo DE

2008-02-10 20:49

A propos taxi: this movie is important for taxi-freaks, because nearly all shown (and destroyed) cars were used as taxis before:
/vehicle_35386-Rumpler-Tropfen-Auto-1924.html

garco NL

2008-02-10 20:57

We still have some W124 MB's in Holland.

Ingo DE

2008-02-10 21:07

We too. The taxi-drivers liked the W 123 more, and much more it's predecessors, but the taxi-W 123 are mostly gone. In Stuttgart is a W 123 240 D still running as taxi - one year ago it had 1,8 million km on the clock.

This taxi: /vehicle_82200-Mercedes-Benz-190-D-W110-1962.html
is an (restored) authentic one, nowadays in use in Hamburg. A friend of mine, also a taxi-driver, knows the owner.

-- Last edit: 2008-02-10 21:08:16

Ford_Guy US

2009-10-10 06:07

Upon closer examination, this definitely does not have door-mounted seatbelts, making it a 1987-1989 model.

police car fan NL

2015-01-17 19:27

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-- Last edit: 2015-01-17 21:31:49 (karoomay)

karoomay SY

2015-01-17 21:31

HD images show that it has the 1990 door mounted seat belts.

mister car from 971

2015-01-18 20:28

I can see a BMW 7-Series (E23) on the right.

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