One of 286 built, a preserved 1969 Checker Marathon wagon resurfaces with vintage appeal and surprising factory options.

Checker is familiar even to those who are not particularly interested in the history of the automotive industry. These are the same iconic yellow taxis from New York that appeared in films from the ...

Checker even produced a stretched version of its ubiquitous Marathon called the Aerobus. As the name implies, the limousine taxi was intended to be used as a shuttle to the city's international ...

A more upscale taxi, if you’ll pardon the term, was the A-11E, which featured a 9-inches-longer wheelbase and rear doors, a standard 350-cubic-inch GM V-8, and optional forward-facing auxiliary seats ...

In the 2000s, when you saw a cab in New York, it was a Ford Crown Victoria. This model replaced the legendary Checker Marathon, which had been the face of New York cabs from the late 1970s until 1999.

Also at the park will be a vintage 1969 Checker Marathon taxi, sponsored by Metuchen Taxi, for photo opportunities. Other features include a wheel with the opportunity to win gift cards to local ...

MOORHEAD — A 20-year-old who helped her ex-boyfriend rob a taxi driver will spend five years in prison for her part in causing the motorist’s death. Kristy Thi Vo of Fargo cried Wednesday, Aug ...

arlington, texas aug 19, 2023 (issuewire) - in the latest press note, the administrative executives of texas yellow cab & checker taxi service disclosed the facts that made this yellow checker cab ...

The Checker Marathon was the defacto taxi cab of New York for decades. The seller on eBay says that this body is specifically from a 1981 example.

The sister car to the Checker Taxi, the Marathon was aimed at the company car market. Despite being ugly and slow, it was fit for purpose, living up to its name with a marathon 12 years of ...