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 ...

From turbo LS builds to boosted Coyotes and nitrous 392 Hemis, here are eight smart, streetable ways to make 700 horsepower ...

His influence can be felt in every form of motorsport today,” Car and Driver magazine wrote of the man who powered some of the fastest cars of his era with his innovative engine camshafts.

Its HOT ROD magazines 65th anniversary in 2013, and to celebrate, the staff hosted a once-in-a-lifetime car show: a collection of 300-plus cover and feature cars from the pages of the mag, dating all ...

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 ...

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 ...