As gearheads, as lovers of speed and even as human beings, people like Isky truly are precious. That's why we'd like to ...

Every car has a story, but so does the garage it’s built in. In the Spring 2025 issue of HOT ROD, Editor-in-Chief John McGann toured five radically different home and private garages that tell the ...

The American hot rod craze is believed to have originated in Southern California during the interwar years and into the early Cold War period. A time when the playbook detailing how to shove large ...

We check out this year’s huge fat fender hot rod display at the 2026 Grand National Roadster Show to see what these big rides are all about.

Original hot-rod hero, founder of the So-Cal Speed Shop, WWII veteran, and one of the founders of SEMA and the SEMA Show, Alex Xydias passed away this morning in Southern California. He was 102.

American Hotrod takes a close up view of one of the premier hotrod builders, Boyd Coddington. He is an automotive industry legend, whose work embodies the American hotrod. From his families' small ...

Not many people get the chance to live 97 years, but Gene Winfield did. The creator of hot rod and Kustom icons born in 1927, passed away Tuesday after spending time in a professional care facility.

Deucari is a one-of-one 1932 Ford hot rod built in 1979 by Ferrari dealer Brian Burnett, using a Ferrari 365 GT 2+2 4.4L V12 reportedly sourced from William Harrah. It runs a manual gearbox, custom ...

Original hot-rod hero, founder of the So-Cal Speed Shop, WWII veteran, and one of the founders of SEMA and the SEMA Show, Alex Xydias passed away this morning in Southern California. He was 102.