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 ...

NEW YORK CITY (WABC) -- The last Checker cab took one final fare on the streets of New York City almost 20 years ago, in July of 1999. But today, about two dozen remain on the road -- where they are ...

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like Chicago, Boston and, most notably, New York, Checker-brand taxis ceased production in 1982 and the cabs have since been replaced by ...

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 ...

The 1963 Checker Marathon has a reputation for being almost impossible to kill. Engineered to shrug off abuse that would ...

NEW YORK CITY (WABC) -- Tucked away behind a house on Staten Island is one of the last of a dying breed -- a Checker cab that was once among thousands on the streets of New York City. Robert De Niro ...

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 ...

No vehicle is as engrained into the landscape of a metropolis like the mighty Checker Marathon is with New York City. This broad-shouldered and big-bumpered sedan is as much of an N.Y.C. icon as the ...

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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 ...