Dodge Dart Alargado (limo)
Agreed, A stick shift Limo, 1st for me !
A lot of overseas vehicles use manual transmissions. When I went to Ukraine in 2009, only one Chev Aveo taxi had and automatic. The translator did not know what an automatic transmission was. A few Chev Aveo built in Poland, lots of Ladas and a few Volga taxis (Russian Mercedes). Volga had better QC.
Carburetted taxis all popped through the carb starting from a stop, trying to squeeze that last drop for fuel economy. Every one that was injected had the CEL illuminated, likely for tinkering for leaning it out.
The city transit had some trolley buses and some ICE buses. The ICE buses had like oxygen bottles on the roof. I expect they had converted diesel engines to run on natural gas with high pressure compressors in the garage to refuel while not in service. A few 5 ton delivery trucks had similar with 4 bottles up the back of the cab and another 5 under the front of the deck, all mounted sideways.
Most buses were privately owned. Pay a small bribe to an official and get a route. These were all Toyota, Volga or Mercedes 13 or 15 passenger buses. Diesel engines and manual transmissions. People watched for their bus and flagged them down at the stop like hailing a cab. Stopping uses brakes and clutch so they do not stop if you do not hail them. Yellow, green, burgundy and blue seemed popular colors for them. By some bus stops were kiosks selling bottled juice, water and beer. Another section sold smokes and ****.
Just for your information.
