Hot Rod

Start running with HOT ROD - the biggest, baddest, car-guy magazine in the business! We bring you the broadest performance car coverage you'll find anywhere. From one end of the smoking¹ rubber road to the other. Barn finds, hot rods, rat rods, race cars, home-built super cars, land speed racers, the latest Detroit iron, and classic muscle - if it¹s hitting the streets, you¹ll read about it here first!

Hot Rod Masthead

A C10 Point of View

The HOT ROD Archives

Remembering Gasser Legend “Ohio George” Montgomery

Enduring • Perseverance Amid Nature’s Setbacks

Faces Of Bonneville

Hot Rods Gather at the Nugget Casino for the Start of Bonneville Speed Week

Elegant Performance • Sean Smith Designs and Driven Speed Shop create an award-winning 1969 Camaro SS.

Is Your Hot Rod Traditional? Says Who? • Hot rods, street rods, traditional rods, and other definitions we’ll never agree on.

Trucks On Track! • Dozens of Chevys, a few GMCs, and two lonely Fords battle it out at the 6th annual Pro Touring Truck Shootout!

Chipping Away • The Corvette C8.R fought a fierce battle at IMSA’s Northeast Grand Prix.

Movie Car Master • Dennis McCarthy’s personal passion for cool rides led him to create Vehicle Effects and build the cars from the films you know and love.

Rust Busted • Project T-top Coupe: We decided to inspect the engine, and it’s a good thing we did.

Dash Pizzazz • We show you how to add an engine-turned dash panel to personalize your hot rod

Big Cubes, Big Power • Valley Performance builds a 540 cubic-inch Hemi that makes 914 horsepower.

Ditch The DOD? • When installing a performance cam, many owners lose the engine's cylinder deactivation feature. Here's why you may want to keep it active.

Mail-Order Makeover • We pair up with Amazon to completely rebuild a ’65 Dodge Coronet to debut at Roadkill Nights in Detroit

The First Bonneville Nationals