Because rear-wheel-drive vehicles have a disadvantage running in snow-covered regions, there are a few taxis based on front-wheel-drive stock cars (up to 1999, front-wheel-drive Mitsubishi GALANT_SIGMA that uses liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) was used exclusively as a taxi, and even today, taxis using this vehicle can be seen in Hokkaido, Tohoku, and Chugoku region on rare occasions).
積雪地ではFR車は走行しにくいため、FF車の市販車をベースにしたタクシーもまれに見られる（1999年までは三菱自動車の三菱・ギャランΣにFF・LPGのタクシー専用車が設定されていた。なお、現在でも北海道や東北、中国地方でごくたまに見られる）。