The cab lumbers through the mists of time like a yellow-and-black-checked dinosaur, pulling to the curb with the majestic grace of a docking ocean liner. As you hop into a back seat seemingly big ...

Black River Falls’ Roger Castle vividly remembers the rows of cabs waiting for him at the train station in Chicago when he was just 12 years old. He ended up taking a ride in one of those iconic ...

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Chicago, Boston and, most notably, New York, Checker-brand taxis ceased production in 1982 and the cabs have since been replaced by ...

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, ...

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 ...