2011 Ford Crown Victoria | Emneth and Elm, Norfolk

A 2011 Ford Crown Victoria, the full-size American saloon with a 4.6-litre V8 and rear-wheel drive. It spent years as New York's everyday yellow cab and as a police and fleet car, so its upright, formal shape is familiar from American streets and screens. This car is yellow with a black interior, the pairing most people link with a Manhattan taxi. It is left-hand drive: the driver sits on the kerb side and the front passenger steps out on the road side, which also gives the car an American look in shot. Its long, flat-sided body and big glass area leave plenty of room in frame and show the cabin clearly. Advertising, photography, music videos and film and TV street scenes can use the yellow paint, which reads at once against city backgrounds. Themed events and fashion shoots get the same taxi look. A wedding arrival or personal hire in a yellow cab makes a lively change. The car is based in Peterborough, Norfolk.