It's a brilliant marketing come-on, really. Who wants to climb into a GAZ-24, however appealing it might be to obscure-car guys, when you could sink into the all-enveloping sumptuousness of a Maybach 62? Need to get to Gorky Park quickly? A Porsche Cayenne outfitted with a meter and checkerboard detailing awaits at the curb. It's not just a fancied-up VW, still carrying the VR6 behind the Porsche crest, either. No, this Cayenne is a TechArt Magnum, packing enough horsepower to light Long Island. Shaking that covey of shifty-eyed men in the shiny black Zil won't be a problem. It's not known if the fare is commensurate with the price of the vehicle, however.

Too mad they are wasting the cabs by making them look like crap.

The fuel costs are going to be insane.

Maybach 62 and a tuned Porsche Cayenne in city driving?

I couldn't express myself in words. Thank God for emoticons.

I wouldn't be complaining if I got picked up in one I'd start to complain when I receive the far Oh well it would make a change from a falling to pieces Rover 400