KALAMAZOO — When 62-year old New York resident George Laszlo thought about purchasing a classic car to fix up, there were many options to consider. Yet — after talking over the purchase with his ...

Whenever I hear the word limousine, I usually think about fancy stretched sedans or presidential vehicles. But needless to say, the term is not restricted to these types of cars. Any long-wheelbase ...

Produced for more than two decades with minor updates, the Checker Marathon is America's most iconic taxi. Praised for its durability under heavy use, the Marathon is now a collectors' item. Granted, ...

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 ...

You know the economy must be in good shape when auto companies that were formerly left for dead begin to rise like Lazarus. Last week it was the boutique automaker formerly known as Fisker that was ...

We're always told not to dwell on the past, but sometimes it can be kind of fun. Paying tribute to the Checker Motor Cars cab is one of those times. New vehicles from Checker could soon be on the road ...

The cabs in New York are still yellow, but they are no longer the bluff, tough, boxy Checker Marathons of fond memory. Checker, of Kalamazoo, Michigan, stopped building them in 1982, the dated 1956 ...

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Chicago, Boston and, most notably, New York, Checker-brand taxis ceased production in 1982 and the cabs have since been replaced by ...