There is the right way to tune. There is the wrong way to tune. And there is hot rodding. Since the first speed part was bolted onto a car, we’ve been doing it one of these ways with varying degrees ...

These are the performance parts that changed hot rodding forever, from Holley carburetors, Hurst shifters, MSD ignitions, and ...

Browse the first of three final-day photo galleries from the 2026 HOT ROD Power Tour and see some of the Long Haulers, the ...

Engines are literally the things that drive us; they provide motivation for our favorite cars, and we love building them, working on them, and watching them run on a dyno or engine stand. They get us ...

2026 is America’s 250th anniversary. It’s also old Route 66’s 100th anniversary. America and cars go together like peanut butter and jelly, and together they gave us one of our greatest traditions: ...

If we had to sum up the cars in one word at the 2026 HOT ROD Power Tour Presented by Chevrolet Performance, it would have to be “diverse.” Sure, there’s your usual slew of Camaros, Mustangs and ...

The standout pictures for me are the kid in the back of the Caprice PPV with a huge grin on his face and Viper shades covering his eyes. You know this kid will be back in a vehicle of his own once ...

The 2027 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray has officially joined the 200-mph club, and at $73,495 it may be the least expensive production car ever capable of reaching that milestone. Chevrolet announced ...

HOT ROD is “where it all began,” as the first magazine to cover the hot rod culture. Since that time, HOT ROD has evolved into a brand devoted to everything from hot rods to restomods, barn finds to ...

What started as a parking-lot joke quickly became one of the most entertaining stories of the event. The self-imposed Poorvette Challenge tasked participants with buying, building, and driving a C4 ...

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