HOT ROD’s “Where It All Began” tagline is literally true in the case of land speed racing at the Bonneville Salt Flats. In 1947, a year before he launched the magazine, Robert E. Petersen joined a ...

Discover HOT ROD’s Top 10 Cars of 2025—our third year reviving this iconic list. See the trendsetting builds, top builders, and innovations shaping car culture. The HOT ROD staff had a busy 2025, to ...

The 1932 Ford might be the classic hot rod vehicle, but there are many more vintage cars out there that would make great hot rods if modified correctly.

EXHILARATING 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, RUNNING IN ...

The Plymouth Duster doesn’t get enough love. If you think about it, how could it? It was built at the same time as the ‘Cuda, Road Runner, and the GTX. By comparison, the pint-sized Duster, while ...

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 ...

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 ...

For One Eleven Vintage Cars owner Bob Arzano, collecting and selling vintage cars is a family affair — and a lifelong passion ...

The 1970s were a transformative decade for muscle cars, marking both the peak of raw power and the beginning of a shift toward more regulated performance. The 1960s set the scene for the golden era of ...

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 ...