Checker Motors, today's builder and subcontractor of automotive sheetmetal body components, is still remembered as being the producer of the most recognizable taxi platform in the United States.

KALAMAZOO -- A Canadian automotive supplier may buy Checker Motors Corp. for $1.6 million, according to documents filed in U.S. Bankruptcy Court late this week. Checker Motors, which has been ...

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 ...

Checker Motors Corp., the auto-parts maker that once produced the Checker taxi cab, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, according to Automotive News.Associated PressThe last four-door New York ...

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 ...

Q: Greg, I lived in Chicago for over 40 years and vividly remember three vehicles from back in the 1950s. I remember the International delivery trucks called the Metro, and also the four-door ...

Jan 20 (Reuters) - Auto-parts supplier Checker Motors Corp, which used to make the iconic Checker taxi cab, filed for bankruptcy protection, citing high labor and raw material costs, as well as weak ...

David Markin, an avid tennis player who had played earlier this year, died Thursday morning in Florida at age 82 after complications from an illness that set in about five weeks earlier. Markin was an ...

Q: Greg, I lived in Chicago for over 40 years and vividly remember three vehicles from back in the 1950s. I remember the International delivery trucks called the Metro, and also the four-door ...