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

We’ve been scanning the offerings at Hemmings.com again, scouring the listings for deals but also a little inspiration. It’s the usual gearhead daydream modus operandi: What would we buy if it were ...

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 NHRA California Hot Rod Reunion opened its three-day run on Friday at Famoso Dragstrip in impressive fashion with the quickest eight qualifiers in Nostalgia Funny Car history. Shane Westerfield, ...

A catastrophic engine explosion in a National Hot Rod Association Funny Car is a serious matter. We’ve seen two such explosions in the last month. John Force, the greatest driver in NHRA history and a ...

It's not like the roads are littered with hot rods, far from it. In fact, each time you see a hot rod out in the wild, it's a cool experience — even the best factory hot rods are few and far between.

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 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 ...

As Craig Callum approaches his second anniversary as Design Manager at Hot Wheels, I caught up with him to discuss his personal car collection and what inspires him as a designer. Trinity Francis: ...

Some of the very first self-propelled vehicles were products of engineers and the curious in private garages and workshops. Within a few decades of the invention of the first car, companies were ...