Some people come out here on the Jalopniks and insist, I mean really insist, that red is the best car color, hands down. No ifs, ands, or buts about it. Same with yellow. And green. And purple. And all the rest. But no. My personal favorite is a white and Read more
Each year a British aristocrat named Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox, Earl of March and Kinrara, AKA Lord March, is kind enough to have some people over and let them drive all over his house and up his driveway. That event is called the Goodwood Festival of Speed, and my God is Read more
1933 Ford CoupeIt’s weird how the wheels of hot rodding can turn in ways that change lives and create new trends. It’s weird how the wheels of hot rodding can turn in ways that change lives and create new trends. As HOT ROD looks back at 65 years of the Read more
Filed under: Japan, Videos, Honda Honda’s wonderfully simple, fun ads are not in short supply right now. We showed you Hands, the followup to 2003’s The Cog, last week. If you haven’t had a chance to look at those two great videos, we strongly encourage you to head over that Read more
Filed under: Concept Cars, Convertible, SUV, Geneva Motor Show, Land Rover, Luxury Ignoring the lessons learned from the Nissan Murano CrossCabriolet, it appears Land Rover may be about to greenlight production of the Range Rover Evoque Convertible. At least, that’s what Australian website Car Advice is saying. The topic came Read more
I’m not going to get overly sentimental or nostalgic, but a mechanic’s shop is more than just a place where cars are repaired. Read more…
Information is still coming in about Asiana Flight 214. KTVU, a news channel in San Jose, California, aired the names of the flight crew. But there was a problem: The names were actually an incredibly racist joke on the names of the people operating the plane. 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 from roadsterdom’s racing era shouldn’t exist today. After running Bonneville Read more
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 magazine, but who knew it would also come with a 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 car that looks just like mine. Only there’s a knife Read more