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Chicago, Boston and, most notably, New York, Checker-brand taxis ceased production in 1982 and the cabs have since been replaced by ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

An accomplished industrial designer, Dick Thomas has designed stylized golf carts and even a futuristic gigantic over-the-road truck called the "Windclipper." But his heart still belongs to his bright ...