In the Summer 2025 issue of HOT ROD, we celebrated home-built cars—built not bought, as some would say—and that is a large part of HOT ROD’s legacy. Since the first issue, our mantra has been to ...

The Peterson Museum in Los Angeles is clearing out some space in their vault and is auctioning off five very cool examples of ...

It feels that every other hot rod is a 1930s Ford, so it's worth thinking outside the box. Here are five cool alternatives to ...

The new Charger R/T runs a twin-turbo inline six that smokes the old car's Hemi V8, but there's more to this machine than ...

Our exclusive render design makes this Ford rat rod meaner than everything else.

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) – On Sunday morning, the Community Hot Rod Project hosted their Cars & Coffee event for the first time on Stearns Wharf. Folks enjoyed coffee, donuts, and the beautiful ...

If you can name a make and model of a car, odds are you could find it in the Memorial Coliseum parking lot Wednesday as part of the 31st annual Hot Rod Power Tour. “To put it simply, it’s car Nirvana, ...

SANTA CRUZ — The smell of exhaust and motor oil filled the air alongside the loud growls of powerful, souped-up engines at the 26th annual Hot Rods at the Beach car show across from Neptune’s Kingdom ...

Every car can’t experience the Corvette effect. Immediate icon status upon initial introduction isn’t guaranteed. And yet, not every dud remains doomed permanently either. Some cars started out lame ...

THE SMARTPHONE MARKET. THE LARGEST TRAVELING CAR SHOW DROVE INTO LOUISVILLE TODAY, THE 30TH ANNUAL HOT ROD POWER TOUR BROUGHT THOUSANDS OF VINTAGE HOT RODS TO ELLEN AND STADIUM. THIS IS A LIVE LOOK ...

The 2025 Shiny Rust Hot Rod show took place over the weekend at the Oakland Expo Center in Waterford, Michigan. It focused on classic cars, and shiny or rusty, big or small, they had them all on ...

FEELING I’VE EVER HAD LONG BEFORE. FAST AND FURIOUS TURNED MODERN STREET RACING INTO A MOVIE FRANCHISE. THE TIE RODS WERE BURNING RUBBER FROM CONCORD MASS TO THE WEST COAST, EILER RUNNING IN CIRCLES ...