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 ...
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 ...
Q: Greg, I remember fondly going to Horn & Hardart food luncheonettes with my parents many times in New York in the 1960s and we always took a Checker Cab to get there. I also remember seeing those ...
Q: Greg, I enjoyed the article on the USPS delivery vans and wonder if you can shed some light on those great Checker Taxi cabs from the 1970s. Thanks, Bob L., Pennsylvania. A: Bob, I have to admit ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...