Metrocab was a British

United Kingdom

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 manufacturer of taxicab

Taxicab

A taxicab, also taxi or cab, is a type of vehicle for hire with a driver, used by a single passenger or small group of passengers, often for a non-shared ride. A taxicab conveys passengers between locations of their choice...

s latterly based in Tamworth

Tamworth

Tamworth is a town and local government district in Staffordshire, England, located north-east of Birmingham city centre and north-west of London. The town takes its name from the River Tame, which flows through the town, as does the River Anker...

 in operation under various owners from 1989 to 2006.

MCW

The company was created by Metro Cammell Weymann

Metro Cammell Weymann

Metro Cammell Weymann was once a major player in transportation manufacturing in the UK and Europe. It was formed in 1932 by Weymann Motor Bodies Ltd and Metro Cammell's bus bodybuilding division to produce bus bodies....

 (MCW) as a taxicab manufacturing enterprise producing the MCW Metrocab

MCW Metrocab

The MCW Metrocab is a taxicab that was manufactured between 1987 and 2000 and as the Metrocab TTT from 2000 to 2006. It was designed and originally produced by the British vehicle manufacturing company Metro Cammell Weymann , with ownership passing to Reliant in 1989, Hooper in 2000 and finally...

.

Hooper

Following the collapse of the Reliant Group in 1991, Metrocab was bought out of receivership by the vehicle coachbuilder Hooper

Hooper (coachbuilder)

Hooper was a British coachbuilding company based in London.-Founding:The company was founded as Adams and Hooper in 1805 and held a royal warrant from 1830, building elegant horse drawn carriages, supplying them to King William IV, Queen Victoria and King Edward VII. The first royal car, a Hooper...

. In December 2000 the company suspended trading, and Leonard Curtis

Leonard Curtis

Leonard Curtis is one of the largest independent firms in the UK specialising in corporate recovery, insolvency and business restructuring.It is a national practice with 14 directors and more than 100 staff based at offices in Manchester, Bury, Blackburn, Wolverhampton, Birmingham,...

 were appointed as administrators.

Kamkorp

In June 2001 Swiss based Kamkorp

KamKorp

Kamkorp is a British-Swiss holding company owned by UK-based Indian businessman Kamal Siddiqi.It owns Frazer-Nash Research, a UK-based company that develops electric and hybrid vehicle powertrain technologies...

 purchased Metrocab's assets from the receiver, and re-started production under the new holding company Metrocab (UK). In April 2005 Metrocab re-started production of the Metrocab

MCW Metrocab

The MCW Metrocab is a taxicab that was manufactured between 1987 and 2000 and as the Metrocab TTT from 2000 to 2006. It was designed and originally produced by the British vehicle manufacturing company Metro Cammell Weymann , with ownership passing to Reliant in 1989, Hooper in 2000 and finally...

after a 14 month suspension. Production at Metrocab finally ceased in April 2006.