The Checker Marathon is an automobile produced by the Checker Motors Corporation of Kalamazoo, Michigan, between 1961 and 1982. It was marketed as a passenger car for consumers, as opposed to the similar Taxi, which was aimed at fleet buyers.
Checker Marathon sedan
1971 Checker Marathon wagon
1972 Checker A12 Marathon sedan
1975 Checker A12 Marathon sedan
Checker Motors Corporation
Checker Motors Corporation was a Kalamazoo, Michigan, vehicle manufacturer and tier-one subcontractor that manufactured taxicabs used by Checker Taxi. Morris Markin established the company in 1922, initially named the Checker Cab Manufacturing Company, in Chicago through a merger of Commonwealth Motors and Markin Automobile Body. The manufacturer moved to Kalamazoo in 1923 and was renamed to Checker Motors in 1958.
Checker Motors Corporation
1923 Checker H-2 at the Gilmore Car Museum
Checker Model Y taxicabs in New York City (1938)
By 1973, the Checker Cab was still common but no longer ubiquitous in New York City