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 ...

KALAMAZOO, MI --Ever since reporting last week that U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge James D. Gregg threw out Checker Motors Corp.'s request to eliminate its labor contract, I've been looking for ...

Checker Motors Corp., the parts supplier that gained fame in the middle of the last century with the Checker Marathon taxi cab, has filed for bankruptcy protection after 87 years in business. Checker ...

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 ...

View post: Today’s Top Car News: Hyundai’s Latest Recall, The Impending End Of The Chevy Bolt, And More Checker Motors Corp. stopped making taxicabs over two decades ago, but the company has soldiered ...

The roomy Checker cab, one of the few taxis left that passengers can climb into without awkward gymnastics, is a familiar sight on many U.S. streets; of the nation’s 135,000 taxicabs, some 35,000 are ...

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 ...