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

THE ALLURE OF THE OPEN ROAD

CRUISING THE CENTURY HOT ROD POWER TOUR TAKES ON ROUTE 66

THE BEST OF 2025 HOT ROD’S TOP 10 CARS OF THE YEAR • THE TRENDSETTING BUILDS AND INNOVATIONS THAT CAUGHT THE ATTENTION OF THE HOT ROD STAFF IN 2025.

HURRICANE HUSTLER • MORGAN EVANS’ 800-HP DODGE RAM D150 REDEFINES THE STREET-DRIVEN DRAG TRUCK

DRAMATIC WITHOUT THE DRAMA • CHEVROLET PERFORMANCE BUILT A STUNNING 1,000-HP ’73 CHEVELLE LAGUNA

ART AND SCIENCE • A FORGOTTEN ’35 PLYMOUTH AND A RETIRED GT1 CORVETTE RACE CAR COLLIDE IN RUFFIAN CARS’ MOST DARING CREATION YET

AI Keeps Entering the Drag Racing Conversation

ALL MOTOR, NO MERCY • GLEN SHEELEY’S 8-SECOND 1962 CORVETTE CONQUERS HOT ROD DRAG WEEK THE HARD WAY

THE TWIN-TURBO RAMBLER NOBODY SAW COMING

THE 3,500-HP CORVETTE THAT REMINDED US WHAT UNLIMITED REALLY IS • ROUGH ROADS, HEAT, RAINSTORMS, MOUNTAIN GRADES, AND 3,500 HORSEPOWER —THIS CORVETTE HANDLED IT ALL.

NO GLOSS REQUIRED • HOW A FORGOTTEN ’74 NOVA SS BARN FIND WAS REBORN WITH 427 CUBIC INCHES AND A FUN-LOVING ATTITUDE TO GO CRUISING WITH FRIENDS.

SIX SPEEDS TO GLORY • GEARSTAR SHOWS US HOW TO BUILD A 6L80E TO HANDLE BIG POWER.

Come Celebrate With Us • It’s the 100th anniversary of Route 66, and we want you to come celebrate with us.