• First owned by Sultan Qaboos of Oman • Many special features • Fully serviced annually with service and MoT history (up to 2020/2021 ) Trading as 'The London Taxi Company', LTI (London Taxis International) manufactures and sells London's famous back taxicabs.

For many years the classic London 'black cab' was the Austin FX3, introduced in 1948 and built by Carbodies of Coventry, which in 1958/59 was superseded by the Austin FX4.

Manganese Bronze Holdings took over Carbodies in 1973 and later reorganised the taxi-making part of its business as LTI.

By the mid-1990s the ageing FX4's replacement was long overdue and a new design - the TX1 - was submitted to London 'cabbies' for their approval.

As well as an improved interior, the TX1 incorporated several design cues linking it with its much-loved predecessors and was accepted as continuing the marque's traditions.

In 2002 it was replaced by the TXII, which used the 2.4-litre Ford Duratorq diesel engine as found in various 'Blue Oval...