2006 Ford Crown Victoria | Holywell Green and Stainland, West Yorkshire

The 2006 Ford Crown Victoria is a full-size American saloon with a 4.6-litre V8 driving the rear wheels. It is best known as New York's yellow cab, a job it did for over a decade, and as a police and fleet car. Its upright, formal shape carries only restrained chrome. This car is finished in yellow with a black interior, the colours most people link with a Manhattan street. The long body gives the camera a broad, clean side profile, and the cabin has room for five. It is left-hand drive: the driver sits on the kerb side, so the front passenger steps out on the road side, and the layout adds an American look. Film and TV street scenes, music videos and photography suit the yellow paint and tall, upright outline, which read as a New York cab straight away. Events and advertising campaigns with an American theme can draw on the same look. It also makes a distinctive arrival for a wedding. The car is based in Holywell Green and Stainland, West Yorkshire.