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 ...

If you asked an American today to picture a taxi cab, they might think of a Toyota Prius or a Ford Crown Victoria. If you’d asked that same question in the early ‘60s, however, the image everyone ...

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, ...

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 ...

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Chicago, Boston and, most notably, New York, Checker-brand taxis ceased production in 1982 and the cabs have since been replaced by ...

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 ...

When I was younger, I assumed everyone who was cool, rich, or famous rode exclusively in stretch limos. In fact, just being in a limo automatically made you cooler, richer, and more famous than plebs ...

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 ...