Probably just as well known as the London Black Cab, the 1959 to 1982 Checker Motors A series Taxi Specials were the ubiquitous cabs seen in any American movie of the era. And they are truly legendary ...

Checker Motors Corp., the parts supplier that gained fame in the middle of the last century with the Checker Marathon taxi cab, has filed for bankruptcy protection after 87 years in business. Checker ...

There was no other car like it in Baltimore, my father’s 1964 metallic blue Checker Marathon. It could hold 14 children — plus parents. It was devoid of style. I was embarrassed to be picked up in it.

Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. Say the name Checker and most people think of the notable Checker cab. Found across America, and dominating the ...

Checker Motors Corp. made the Checker Marathon between 1961 and 1975. Thanks for the question, because in order to find the answer we were directed to the National Automobile History Collection, an ...

The Checker Cab—an exemplar of four-wheeled Americana—owes its existence to Russian emigrant Morris Markin. Born in Smolensk in 1893, Markin immigrated to the United States in his late teens. He ...

KALAMAZOO-- Checker Motors Corp., as the Kalamazoo area has known it for 87 years, will likely cease to exist this week.The auto-parts supplier, which stopped manufacturing taxicabs in 1982, is ...

After 87 years of operation - some of which were spent building one of the world's most famous taxi cabs - Checker Motors Corporation filed for bankruptcy this week. The company, based out of ...

Getting in an Uber or Lyft service car can feel about as memorable as walking onto a dusty city bus. At least the bus won’t charge you 15 dollars for the privilege of traveling five minutes to the ...

Once again we return to the streets of the Island Of Old Car Survivors, and look at what we've spotted today! Yes, folks, that there car is a Checker Marathon in a color other than yellow. Some folks ...

New York City nostalgists and retrophiles rejoice: Checker, the brand behind the city’s most iconic fleet of taxi cabs, plans on rolling out new cars for the first time in more than three decades.