— -- John "Hot Rod" Williams, one of the NBA's best sixth men in the 1980s and '90s, has died of cancer at his home near Sorrento, Louisiana. He was 53. Williams' agent Mark Bartelstein confirmed ...

Hosts Brian Lohnes and John McGann sit down with longtime friend and co-host of HOT ROD Garage, Lucky Costa, to learn about his wild life in cars and television. You can say that Lucky Costa has seen ...

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 ...

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 ...

The origins of HOT ROD Drag Week Presented by Gear Vendors Overdrive aren't a mystery; the magazine's editor-in-chief in 2005, David Freiburger, sought to build a new kind of street-legal drag race.

The last time we heard from Automoblox was over a year ago when company owner and designer, Patrick Calello, debuted an all-new type of his unique toy cars: hot rods. A great way to introduce a child ...

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 ...

Detroit — Forget “Barbenheimer.” This weekend, “Barbieformers” is coming to Huntington Place. Barbie’s Pink Cadillac convertible and the "Transformer" movie-inspired Megamorph Giant Robot Car are ...

PXG expands its Zero Torque line with a tunable, high-MOI mallet built to keep the face square and improve roll consistency.

Building custom cars to a certain aesthetic and performance has been a favored pastime since not long after Karl Benz puttered out of his garage on the Motorwagen. Ever since that fateful day, ...