Relive a Modern Day Classic Film With the Peugeot 406 From Taxi

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Relive a Modern Day Classic Film With the Peugeot 406 From Taxi

This article was published by Joe Donaldson (@Joey D) on September 5th, 2018 in the Car Culture category.

 

[TexRex]

Ugh.

Enjoyed the write-up, though.

 

[faburisu]

Typical french tuning taste !

 

[DJTHEKING]

That's nothing compared to the Véga Myssil.

 

[MockngBrd]

Ninjaaaaaaaaaaa

 

[submaniac93]

Fun fact: for the first movie (and maybe the second as well, as long as they kept the 406) they used a BTCC chassis for the more race-y shots in the movie. Obviously was fitted to look more like the road car though.

 

[Auditore]

The car is over the top and i love it,there is some serious 2000s ricer bodywork going on but the white color helps alot at making the car unique(instead of the puke colors from the fast and furious movies)

 

[-Fred-]

The intros to Taxi and Taxi 2 are magistral.

 

[Auditore]

Ninjaaaaaaaaaaa

A french masterpiece

The intros to Taxi and Taxi 2 are magistral.

And Taxi 3 with a outta nowhere Sylvester Stallone cameo

 

[ImaRobot]

So, for some reason I was thinking of Taxi Driver and was absolutely confused for a bit.

 

[-Fred-]

And Taxi 3 with a outta nowhere Sylvester Stallone

It's iffy whether that actually was Stallone or just a doppelganger of some sorts... he didn't really look the part in some shots. The 3rd one in general was pretty terrible all things considered. They're not great movies, but the first one might be the best one of the series. Also featured Marion Cotillard's boobs.

Taxi 2's intro, for those interested:

 

[Auditore]

It's iffy whether that actually was Stallone or just a doppelganger of some sorts...

It is him,his name is in the credits but Taxi 3 came around that time Stallone's face was all puffy like he was attacked by a army of bees

 

[submaniac93]

Taxi 2's intro is memorable if only for the 306 Maxi <3

 

[Bale45r]

6 to 8 Taxi have been used for the movie including one with a V6 boosted to 280 hp. They even used a real 406 Super Touring for some sequences. On these pictures The car has some holes on the sides to be able to put the wings, in the movie the Taxi don't have these holes so it's can be a stunts car or something else.

The taxi was exposed at the Paris Motor Show in 2008

 

[TexRex]

Halle Berry's boobs?

Marion Cotillard's boobs.

 

[-Fred-]

Might as well throw in the naked girl on the bike in Vanishing Point.

 

[MockngBrd]

I had to google

 

[Nuschel01]

I gotta admit I really like the movies (1-4) and absolutely love the car

That there was a 5th part completely got past me but it doesn‘t really look any good..

 

[KingLich]

Wow, I barely remember this. I think there was even a video game of this film series? The car is really nice though.

 

[MatskiMonk]

I thought the first film was fantastic. I liked the way most of the car action was shot, the Merc's were great antagonist cars, I loved the touring car look of the Taxi, Marion Cottilard was/is beautiful, Samy Naceri did a good job and the French hip-hop soundtrack worked really well.

Taxi 2, less so, and everything since, somewhere between m'eh and WTF. The move to the much uglier 407 in the last two films doesn't help either.

 

[TexRex]

Marion Cottilard was/is beautiful

Indeed, but I'm biased. Her current blonde hair, however, is...odd.

 

[kikie]

Never saw this movie and I'm never going to.

 

[LeGeNd-1]

I had good memories of watching Taxi 1-4 (borrowing DVDs from a local rental store at that time - ah what a simpler time without internet). I remember hating the new bulkier 407 in Taxi 4 when it replaced the boxy 406. Also watched the US version of Taxi, which I didn't think was too bad at the time (but again, I was like 12 ). Looking forward to Taxi 5, but the problem now is finding a way to watch it

There was also a PS1 game, but it was terrible


I ended up just booting up GT2 and using a fully race modified 406 and pretending it's the real deal

 

[CSMDuty11]

There was also a PS1 game, but it was terrible


I ended up just booting up GT2 and using a fully race modified 406 and pretending it's the real deal

There's also a 406 sort of in Shutokou 01, and by extension the localized version Tokyo Xtreme Racer 3, that has a fair amount of the Taxi bodykit. The problem is that you have to cheat to get the car in the first place

 

[submaniac93]

Ho wow indeed