Take a taxi from London to Baku: Azerbaijan hails the black cab

The city hosting this year's Eurovision song contest has taken urban transportation inspiration from BritainIf Engelbert Humperdinck is feeling a little homesick in the unusual surrounds of Azerbaijan's capital, he should hail a taxi. Baku will bear a slight resemblance to the streets of London after adopting the distinctive black cab, thanks to the Azeri government ordering 1,000 of the cars ahead of Eurovision.Manganese Bronze, the Coventry-based company that makes one of the UK's most distinc...

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