Love our picks or hate them—we rank the best cars of 2024 and throw in a few extras. Did your favorite ride make our list?

Louvers galore, LS power, tons of retro-modern touches, and a mile-deep paintjob elevate this once-humble hauler to new heights.

HOT ROD MAGAZINE: Your adventure in car building started at an early age with your pink ’66 Chevelle at the HOT ROD ...

It’s the full-on street-legal version of the rear-deck-wing/aero-nosecone car that brought stock car racing legend Richard ...

The region used to be a hotbed of drag racing activity, but one facility after another closed—the original Irwindale Raceway ...

Fast-forward to 1977, and Marhefka decided the time was right to find a 1967 Z/28 of his own, so the search started. After searching endless classifieds, he found one located in Wappingers Falls, New ...

When you combine an iconic car with an iconic paint scheme and add in some movie history, you end up with something truly special.

Father Time and a couple of tasteful Indiana hot-rodders conspired to create this one-of-a-kind, wabi-sabi workhorse.

GM claims the new 2025 Corvette ZR1’s quarter mile and 0-60 times. How does 9.6 seconds in the quarter and 2.3 seconds to 60 ...

GM’s third production overhead-valve V-8 engine in five years, the Buick “nailhead” was the warmup act for the small-block Chevy, and a classic in its own right.

This vintage 427 side-oiler racer is arguably the winningest Cobra of all time. Hot-rodding has long been tied to racing and motorsports. As the saying goes, “Win on Sunday, sell on Monday.” Seeing ...