Originally, a Checker Cab was a taxi produced by the Checker Cab Manufacturing Company (later known as Checker Motors Corporation) of Kalamazoo, Michigan, and operating under the name "Checker Cabs" in New York and other Russian immigrant Morris Markin in 1922 and produced taxis until 1982.
Checker Cabs were best known for their yellow livery, the black-and-white checkerboard-pattern stripes that ran down their sides, and their roomy interiors, which in addition to the usual back seat, included small collapsible seats immediately behind the front seats to accommodate extra passengers.
Today, many taxi companies in the United States and Canada operate under the name "Checker Cabs," although they may have no historical affiliation with the original company, and most likely do not have any Checker Cabs (per se) in their fleet.
CheckerMotors Company is a Kalamazoo, Michigan based automotive subcontractor, that was once the manufacturer of the famed Checker automobile, the iconic American taxi cab.
Checker was established by Morris Markin in 1922 through a merger of Commonwealth Motors and Markin Automobile Body.
Checker designs changed infrequently; Markin held onto certain design features long after they were discontinued by major automobile manufacturers, such as open front fenders which Markin retained into the 1940s because it saved operators the expense of repairing minor dings and dents.
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