For as long as there have been cars, there have been people modifying them to make them go faster and look better. Auto racing goes way back to the 19th century. Hot rods—as we know them—came along ...

Hot-rodding is an iconic American automotive pass-time, but such a specialized hobby has no shortage of jargon and lingo — ...

This is the most unusual issue of HOT ROD you've ever seen, as it only has one story outside of the monthly editorial departments, and we've pushed aside several of those to save as many pages as ...

Its big eyes goggle at you from hats and T-shirts, from the back glass on station wagons and the inside of toolboxes. The Mooneyes logo has graced the side of land speed streamliners, nitro funny cars ...

In a competition that "took hot-rodding back to its SoCal roots," the SoCal Speed Shop--the entity founded by original hot-rod hero Alex Xydias and now helmed by Pete Chapouris--finally won the AMBR.

How will the bleeding-edge technology of the most bonkers Corvette ever affect hot rodding? Is this the beginning of something new or the beginning of the end? Cryptic? Well, yeah because these are ...

The Triple Crown of Rodding, held annually in Lebanon, was ranked the No. 2 car show in the country as part of the USA TODAY 10Best Reader's Choice awards for 2025. This is the third consecutive year ...

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 ...