The joke is that the passion for cars begins with a toy and since 1968, Hot Wheels has been the hot rod toy car brand for millions of kids. Today, Mattel continues that tradition with wild creations ...

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

What is a street car? That appears to be a simple inquiry, but the answer can get quite spicy depending on the crowd you hang around. HOT ROD went looking for an answer in 1992 with its Fastest Street ...

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 ...

When the term “Street Rod” came about many decades ago, the scene was filled with T-Buckets, fat-fendered Fords and obscure combinations of engine, body and suspension that only a gearhead could dream ...

The Hot Rod Power Tour, a long-standing national traveling car show featuring over 6,000 custom vehicles for its 30th year, is making two stops in Kentucky this week as part of a five-city cruise.

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, ...