Taxi livery

The most iconic Egyptian taxis are those of Cairo (navy blue and white) and Alexandria (yellow and black), although a new Cairo livery (white with a black-and-white checkered stripe along the centre) has arisen in recent years, indicating those taxis with working meters.

In Kuala Lumpur, well established meter taxi companies with more than 7500 units have bright orange colour liveries with approval from the government.

[citation needed] There are also some privately owned companies which are running very good and latest model cabs in metropolitan areas such as Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad.

These private companies use latest model locally assembled Toyota Corolla and Suzuki liana.

Most taxicabs in the Philippines are white with black text, the exception is for airport taxis which are usually yellow.

In Germany, taxis are beige, a look that was officially stipulated by law as Elfenbein ("ivory") a light ivory-color in 1971.

By 2016 six states (Baden-Württemberg, Lower Saxony, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland, Saxony-Anhalt and Schleswig-Holstein) lifted the mandate, but most taxi drivers' associations and companies still prefer the unified look and visibility of beige.

The cars used most as taxis are Mercedes-Benz C- and E-Classes, VW Passat, Škoda Octavia and Toyota Avensis.

The vehicle also needs to have a green and blue "TAXI" or "TACSAÍ" sign on both front doors in a specific design.

In Italy, taxis used to be green and black since the time of World War II, but were eventually changed to a bright yellow color.

In Madeira, during the 1980s, the black and green livery of the taxis was replaced by a yellow scheme with a stripe of light-blue in the middle.

Only approved vehicle models that meet certain conditions for passenger headroom and turning circle radius can be used as taxis, such as the LEVC TX and Mercedes Vito.

Smaller towns and rural areas allow more varieties of passenger cars, which may require taxis to be painted in a particular livery as a licence condition.

Hartlepool proposed a two-colour scheme with a standard manufacturer colour such as white, silver or black as a base, and retain yellow only on the bonnet and boot, but abandoned plans after a consultation.

In the 1920s, a famous company named "Brown and White" lost a lawsuit to prevent other taxi drivers from painting their cars these colors.

[5] This sometimes led to confusion for New York visitors to Toronto, where police cars had yellow livery from the 1960s until they were phased out starting in 1986.

Mexico City's ubiquitous VW Type 1 (Beetle) cabs were green and white (a change from earlier yellow) by law until early 2003.

However, the tiny cars had been displaced by bigger four-door sedans, the Nissan Tsuru, a Sentra MkIII (B13) based saloon and recognized for their red/white (or silver) body color.

[8] In contrast, in Queensland and New South Wales livery is dependent on which company is operating the dispatch system the taxi uses.

In the Australian Capital Territory All taxis are white while only recently (early 2011) upon request by some operators, the two main operators are moving from rear window and the old boot-lid mounted advertising to body-wrap advertising while both corporate and limousine services have silver livery on their cars.

The most common combination in major cities is yellow and black in different proportions (Buenos Aires, Rosario, Mendoza, Mar del Plata, Río Cuarto, Córdoba, San Salvador de Jujuy, among others), but throughout the country, white is predominant, sometimes combined with other colors (cities like La Plata, Berazategui, San Juan, Bariloche).

These taxis can be identified by their roof sign and can be found in cities like Ushuaia, Formosa, Corrientes or Catamarca.

Brazilian taxis are colored red in Porto Alegre and Londrina, orange in Curitiba, yellow in Rio de Janeiro and white in São Paulo, as each city defines its own regulation.

Basic taxis are colored black (bearing the licence plate number on both front doors) and yellow roofs.

So-called "Executive Taxis" may be red, silver or white liveried but must wear an orange licence plate with black letters and numbers.

"Tourism Taxis" are dark blue livered with orange licence plates with white letters and numbers.