Discover HOT ROD’s Top 10 Cars of 2025—our third year reviving this iconic list. See the trendsetting builds, top builders, ...

Utilizing a not-so-late-model Volkswagen, Bud Whitfield has produced a real terror for the rough, tough oval! track circuit. Strap from rear fender to bumper is ...

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: ...

Building custom cars to a certain aesthetic and performance has been a favored pastime since not long after Karl Benz puttered out of his garage on the Motorwagen. Ever since that fateful day, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...