Hot rodding on a budget. That’s what rat rods are all about. Rusty, loud, sometimes smoky and always out of place, rat rods have somehow won the hearts of a new generation of car lovers. Chopped and channeled, with sometimes outrageous exhaust systems, these cars are built to be driven and not shown. Paint is [...]

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Mercedes-Benz is a German manufacturer of luxury automobiles, buses, coaches, and trucks and is currently a division of the parent company, Daimler AG (formerly DaimlerChrysler AG), after previously being owned by Daimler-Benz. Mercedes-Benz has its origins in Karl Benz’s creation of the first petrol-powered motorcycle in January 1886, and by Gottlieb Daimler and engineer Wilhelm [...]

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Saturday was a very special day for the boys in the family as we were all able to get together and attend the Cycle World International Motorcycle Show at the Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, Illinois, just a stone’s throw from O’Hare Int’l Airport. Inside, it was packed with humanity. Maneuvering was a bit difficult [...]

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What’s so funny about funny cars? If you saw them back in the ’60s, with their altered wheelbases and injector stacks, you’d definitely think they looked funny. Today, with an NHRA class all their own, funny cars are here to stay. These are the second fastest runners down the strip. The top fuel dragsters take [...]

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Many of us have dreams of owning a hot rod, whether it’s a ‘34 Ford or ‘57 T-Bird or classic ’60s Corvette. But to but these cars today, you’d need a couple of wheelbarrows full of cash. One alternative to owning an original would be to build your own replica car.
Today, there are many manufacturers [...]

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Jaguar is celebrating its 75 anniversary this year and there could be no better candidate for photo gallery than a collection of Jaguar automobiles.
Jaguar was founded as the Swallow Sidecar Company by Sir William Lyons in 1922, which originally made motorcycle sidecars before switching to passenger cars. The name was changed to Jaguar after [...]

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The one car chosen by the Hollywood celebrities in the 1930s was the legendary Duesenberg. Duesenberg cars were considered some of the very best cars of the time, and were built entirely by hand. In 1914, Eddie Rickenbacker drove a “Duesy” to finish in 10th place at the Indianapolis 500, and a Duesenberg won the [...]

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George Barris gained popularity in the ’60s for the outrageously customized cars that he built. Living in Los Angeles, he was quickly sought after by movie moguls and television producers. Many of his custom cars became quite famous such as the General Lee, the Batmobile, the Monkees Pontiac and the cars of the Munsters.
We’ve collected [...]

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Today we’re doing something a little bit different. Rather than present a nice gallery of a featured auto, we will instead offer you a video featuring the Top 10 Muscle Cars ever made as judged by the folks at Hot Rod TV. You may not agree with their selections or the order in which they’re [...]

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The Woodward Dream Cruise is a classic car event held annually on the third Saturday of August. The WDC Event spans much of Woodward Avenue from Pontiac through Ferndale in Oakland County, Michigan, all the way to the State Fair Grounds inside the Detroit city limits, just south of 8 Mile Road.
Today, the Woodward Dream [...]

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The Buick Turbo cars from 1978-1987 are some of the finest looking and best running cars to come out of Michigan in many a year. The Grand Nationals from 1984 and up, have outrun just about everything at the dragstrip, in almost any class. Up until these Grand Nationals, big block power reigned supreme on [...]

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