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 ...

It was 1991, mere hours before 24-year-old David Freiburger went to interview for a staff writer job at HOT ROD magazine. He walked into a “long-hair, rock ’n’ roll kind of hair-cutting place” on ...

Hosts Brian Lohnes and John McGann talk with former Car Craft and HOT ROD editor Jeff Smith on a lifelong career working for car magazines.

Hot rods have left an indelible mark on automotive history, evolving from post-war curiosities into enduring symbols of creativity and freedom. Their journey from the fringes of the automotive world ...

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.

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) The HOT ROD Power Tour, featuring thousands of custom cars and pickups, makes a return visit to Fort Wayne on Wednesday with the potential for traffic problems on roads near ...

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 ...