Grand Taxi – What Happens to a Mercedez Benz When It Dies

Grand Taxi – Is Always A Mercedez Benz

A Grand Taxi is a popular form of transport in Morocco and they are all over the place there!

They’re a bit different to the Taxis westerners are used to, such as the interesting shennanigans that occur with New York Taxis, but a Grand Taxi can be a good option if you don’t like riding around in barely roadworthy buses.

Grand Taxis are mostly used for city-to-city or village transport.

Like many other transport options, Grand Taxis only depart when full.  Full is defined as 4 passengers on the rear seat, and two on the front passenger chair – meaning 7 people are squashed into a car designed to transport 5, including the driver.

But if you ride in a Grand Taxi, chances are that you will only ride in one brand of car – an old Mercedez Benz.

The entire country of Morocco is littered with old, diesel powered Mercedez Benz vehicles, which are often found in large car parks like this, ready to transport people from point A to B.

Grand Taxi Car Park!

These Grand Taxi car parks usually form a symmetrical pattern throughout many town centres, and will drive a fixed route to a set destination.

While a Grand Taxi is usually cheap, it may not be necessarily comfy – long trips in summer without airconditioning convince many travellers to charter a taxi to themselves!

Especially if you’ve just had a big feed of Morocco Meat!

I wondered if Morocco was the end-point of the Mercedes-Benz recycling scheme, or if this northern African country actually was clapped-out Mercedes-Benz heaven.

I guess there’s no shortage of parts going around.

The ultimate in world recycling!

Now you can add the Grand Taxi to the list of World Transport Options!