{"id":78244,"date":"2026-08-21T14:34:02","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T06:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=78244"},"modified":"2026-08-21T14:34:02","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T06:34:02","slug":"car-resembling-old-school-hong-kong-taxi-goes-on-sale-for-168888-lifestyle-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=78244","title":{"rendered":"Car resembling old-school Hong Kong taxi goes on sale for $168,888, Lifestyle News"},"content":{"rendered":"


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If you love retro Hong Kong taxis, this could be your chance to own one.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A Toyota Corolla 1.3M, modified to look like a Hong Kong-style cab, has been listed on Sgcarmart since Aug 15 for a cool $168,888.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The car has been painted in the iconic red-and-silver colour scheme, complete with the word “taxi” emblazoned on its sides.\u00a0<\/p>\n

For added authenticity, the vehicle comes with a removable lightbox mounted on the roof.\u00a0<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DcIIULkG84V\/?img_index=5<\/a><\/p>\n

Inside, there’s even a taxi meter designed to “calculate” fares at 50 cents for every 30 seconds.\u00a0<\/p>\n

If purchased, the vehicle’s number, SCJ54G will come with the car. The seller notes that 54g sounds like “I am driver” in Cantonese.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The car’s registration date was in July 1982 and has six years 10 months left on its Certificate of Entitlement (COE). It has a mileage of 368,999 km and had three owners.<\/p>\n

On the listing, the owner, Jack Yong, shared that he is looking for someone to take over and appreciate the car because it is under utilised by him.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This is not the first time the vehicle has made headlines.<\/p>\n

It went viral in 2024 after Jack was issued a warning from the Land Transport Authority (LTA)<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The notice, which Jack discovered tucked under his car’s windscreen wiper, said that drivers are not allowed to modify their vehicles to look like taxis.\u00a0<\/p>\n

To avoid trouble, he removed the taxi sign from the top of the car.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Jack had spent a year refurbishing the entire car after he bought it second-hand in April 2023 from a relative of its previous owner for a five-figure amount.<\/p>\n

He ordered decals resembling those on Hong Kong taxis and had them applied to his car in Johor Bahru.<\/p>\n

After receiving the notice, he shared that he had considered exporting the vehicle to Malaysia as a collectible and had submitted an appeal to the authorities to allow him to keep some of the taxi-related props in the car.<\/p>\n

AsiaOne has reached out to Jack for more details.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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melissateo@asiaone.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n