New York City may have the Taxi of Tomorrow these days, but a new take on the classic Checker cab could soon be on the road. Checker Motor Cars of Haverhill, Mass., is planning to manufacture two ...

Nearly 35 years after the Checker automotive assembly lines in Kalamazoo fell silent—and almost 20 years after the last of the famous New York City Checker cabs retired—the Checker automobile is ...

Commentator Daniel Pinkwater recalls a Checker cab he once owned. He rode around with his large dogs. Occasionally, people would mistake the car for a real taxi. He tells about one old woman who ...

It seems that every other movie that gets a general theatrical release is set in New York City these days. Ever since the introduction of 'talkies' during the last century, the five boroughs have ...

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 ...

Once a vital part of day-to-day transportation in major cities like Chicago, Boston and, most notably, New York, Checker-brand taxis ceased production in 1982 and the cabs have since been replaced by ...

"I've loved Checkers ever since I was a little kid," Joe Fay says. The Naperville resident isn't referring to the board game. Fay has a passion for the Kalamazoo, Michigan, taxi-building company. One ...

Today’s taxi is most likely a Ford Crown Vic. No other manufacturer builds a fleet-ready sedan of the type favored by cabbies. Some automakers have tried to push minivans for taxi service, but ...

Checker Cab Manufacturing Co.’s first cab rolls off the line in Kalamazoo, Mich., on June 18, 1923. The company was founded by Morris Markin, a Russian immigrant, in 1922 as Checker Cab Manufacturing ...

The Checker cab is coming back. Well, at least the brand is. A Massachusetts-based car parts company has secured the rights to use the classic trademark on cars, and it sounds like it’s going to do it ...