1964 Mercury CometYou expect to get a history lesson when reading a 50-year-old HOT ROD magazine, but who knew it would also come with a geography lesson? You expect to get a history lesson when reading a 50-year-old HOT ROD Read more
Fred Carrillo’s Reborn RoadsterAfter running Bonneville in ’51 and ’52—and appearing on the cover of HOT ROD in July ’52—this old racer was relegated to a field behind an Indianapolis race shop, where it slowly rusted in peace. This relic Read more
Over the last few weeks, we’ve heard quite a bit in the national media – again – about how kids just don’t care about cars. As somebody still in that oh-so-desired 18-to-35 demographic, I cringe just about every time any Read more
Filed under: Sedan, Performance, Videos, Mitsubishi Ladies and gentlemen, meet Maggie Stiefvater, professional artist and musician, New York Times best-selling author and Mitsubishi Evo owner. Because, as she writes, “In my latest novel, The Dream Thieves, a character drives a Read more
I don’t know exactly what it is that I love about this tiny rotary van doing such a massive burnout. Read more…
Filed under: Coupe, Performance, Nissan, New Car Reviews Chasing The Legend There are only a handful of vehicles in existence that can change you permanently – ones that have the power to rewire your concept of speed to fit their Read more
The all-new 2013 Toyota RAV4 has a problem with crashes. No, it’s not that it’s so boring that it puts its drivers to sleep behind the wheel, it’s that despite some safety improvements made this year, it keeps flunking a Read more
Apparently George Pattison Pontiac was a sort of landmark in New Orleans, situated on the corner of Canal and Galvez streets (2120 Canal Street, to be specific) in a handsome two-story building. As we see in this 1963 photo we Read more
In the 1970s and into the 1980s, custom vans were all the rage across the United States. Though colors and themes differed, all carried common elements such as porthole windows (tinted, so passers-by didn’t have to witness the debauchery going Read more
1966 Pontiac Tin Indian GTO with Arlen Vanke. Photo courtesy Merle Green, Jr. History wasn’t at the forefront of Merle Green’s mind when he purchased a 1966 Pontiac GTO in need of a full restoration in 1979. He bought it Read more