Instead of a traditional black cab, Mr Mears' taxi is covered in brightly coloured livery and has already caught the attention of passengers.
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Prosecutors claim Mr Worboys spent 18 months preying on young women he picked up outside nightspots across central London in his black cab.
The accident happened when a black cab was turning from Great Ancoats Street into Redhill Street at about 22:45 BST on Friday, police said.
Black cab drivers in Coventry are continuing their strike in a dispute with the council over the number of available ranks in the city.
Stephen Nolan, 48, from Edinburgh, had denied chasing and murdering Ebrahim Aryaei Nekoo, 41, with his black cab in Saughton Park on 24 March 2012.
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Jurors at the High Court in Edinburgh were shown tyre tracks which prosecutors claimed showed how Mr Nekoo was chased by Stephen Nolan, who was driving his black cab.
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Traditional beers such as London Pride and London Black Cab have also benefited from what's been dubbed "the London-effect, " that came with hosting the Olympics, celebrating the Jubilee and the royal wedding.
Jurors at the High Court in Edinburgh were shown tell-tale tyre tracks which prosecutors claimed showed how Mr Aryaei Nekoo was chased by Stephen Nolan at the wheel of his black cab.
Yet, jump in a black cab -- London's iconic taxis -- anywhere in the city, and the driver will get you to where you want to go via the shortest possible route.
"To find someone who is in a position that is generally regarded as almost being one of trust as a black cab driver who abuses that trust, this is highly unusual, " he said.
The court heard marks which could have been caused by clothing were found under Nolan's black cab although forensic scientists were unable to say how Mr Aryaei Nekoo might have come to be under the wheels.
Peter Johansen, vice president of Geely UK's black cab operation, said that the Coventry factory would be supplying vehicles for the UK while others will be made in the sister factory in Shanghai for the left-hand drive market.
Donning a pair of sunglasses, he left the courthouse with his mother about 20 minutes later and was met by a mob of photographers and TV cameramen, causing some struggle as the pair walked across the road to a waiting black cab.
Work for Parker pens, the 1997 redesign of the London black cab and the Adshel bus shelter are among his other designs but he says the InterCity 125 high speed train has had "the most impact on the general life of the public".
The front of the BMW was smashed but the black Toyota Camry cab was left a mangled wreck.
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For now, cab drivers can pick up multiple passengers, black cars can pick up passengers.
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Born in Mississippi in 1910, Hinton moved to Chicago in the late '20s, played with Cab Calloway for many years and ended up in New York as one of the city's first black session musicians.
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