Chevrolet Taxi Cab (480)


$76.99

In 1965, Corgi produced an update of the tooling for 1960’s Chevrolet Impala Taxi (Corgi 221) by introducing a Chevrolet Police Patrol Car (Corgi 481) and the brightly coloured Chevrolet Taxi Cab (Corgi 480).The police car was by far the bigger seller, with well over 500,000 produced, making Corgi 480 something of a rarity – especially when accompanied by its original box.

Based on American cars, each model included a driver figure in the left-hand seat. More notably, each had an unusual horizontally split die-cast body – a casting that allowed the top and bottom of the models to be painted separately, without the need for masking.This meant less wastage at the factory due to paint errors and allowed Corgi to create the taxi’s striking red and yellow scheme.

Size: Length: 106mm Width: 42mm Height: 35mm

All our Corgi Toys replicas are authentic and faithful to the originals and come with their own numbered certificate of authenticity.

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jaime cantillo
chevy taxi

nice model

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Paul Marquis
Corgi Chevrolet Taxi Cab

Great job on the Corgi Taxi Cab!!!
Love it!

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marco urena
59 Chevy taxi

Love my new Corgi 1959 Chevrolet Taxi. It sits on my desk at work, my customers comment on it all the time!

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Thomas Verlaan
Review for Chevrolet Taxi Cab 480

Another stellar win - these models and packaging are so awesome, like small time portals back to my childhood. I really love the COA Tin and the retro-catalog from 1966 - it is so much better when you see it in person than the picture. I'm really hoping that Corgi re-releases some of the gift packs and garages, etc. in that retro catalog.

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Robert Cole
Chevrolet Taxi

Great fast service and great product.

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