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 ...

HOT ROD has been in the street car drag racing business for 32 years, influencing the street car market every step of the way. Freiburger’s vision of the ultimate street car competition included ...

The free annual event returns in May with a Friday Night Cruise, Saturday Show & Shine, vendors and thousands of Old Town ...

The weather didn’t cooperate at Saturday’s Honey and Hot Rods Car Show, which had brought vendors, car enthusiasts and 24 classic cars to downtown Orland – that is, until the heavens opened ...

Internationally renowned builder of bespoke customer cars, Paul Bacon, has completed his most ambitious project yet – a ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

OAK CREEK, Wis. - Treat dad to some hot rods, good music, food, drinks and more at the Route 41 Hot Rods and Heroes 5th Annual Car Show in Oak Creek. The show runs from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday, ...