Nissan scores cab coup, will become New York fixture.(Brief article)

Start spreading the news, Nissan. You're going to be a part of it in old New York.

In fact, a big part of it. Look down Park Avenue in a few years and there will be a sea of bright yellow Nissan vans. That's because Nissan has won a 10-year contract to make its new NV200 van the official New York City taxi.

Nissan had to beat Ford and a small Turkish competitor, Karsan Otomotiv, for the 13,000-vehicle deal. Karsan, a clear underdog in the competition, had triggered a groundswell of public support in the Big Apple when it vowed to assemble its taxis in Brooklyn, from kits.

Ford had proposed supplying New York with its Transit Connect van, which …