There have been a handful of motorised vehicles that were specifically made to be a taxicab. The two most well known have been the London Cab and the Checker on the other side of the Atlantic. When the Checker Cab ended production, many taxi owners moved to cars such as the Ford Crown Victoria, however in 2011, the New York City Mayor, Michael Bloomberg announced the winner … [Read more...]
Checker Motors Corporation
Checker Cabs are icons of the US industry – everyone knows the image of the Yellow cabs in New York or any major US city. You will have seen them in hundreds of movies from the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. Checker Motors Corporation was founded in 1922 by Morris Markin, an immigrant from Russia when he combined several companies including Commonwealth Motors and … [Read more...]