Hot rodding is an iconically American phenomenon. Hot Rod magazine defines a hot rod as "an early American car that has been modified for improved looks and performance." Hagerty adds that the term ...

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 ...

GM's 292 inline-six was a bolt-in fit for the 1967 Camaro, but corporate policy kept it buried in trucks to protect ...

Where: Gas City Park, Gas City (Grant) Information: This car show draws more than 50,000 visitors and more than 2,500 vehicles. This four-day automotive festival is for passionate collectors, builders ...

The hot rod dates way back to the 1920s, but found its cultural footing in post-World War II America. Soldiers armed with mechanical training picked up cheap Ford Model Ts and found ways to make them ...

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 ...

We have a tendency to consider the American muscle car as the undisputed king of the quarter-mile, and indeed, it was the drag strips of America where many of these V8-powered icons built their legend ...