If you’re a custom motorcycle builder and there’s one event where you fantasize about showcasing your build, it has to be ...

These hot rods, customs, and hot rod trucks were Builder’s Choice Award contenders—and winners—at the 2023 Goodguys Summit Racing Nationals. Car show enthusiasts love going to big national events to ...

Every car at the first Sacramento Autorama was a traditional rod or custom, but nobody knew it—in 1950, nobody called their cars traditional. It would take 50 years and a bunch of styles and trends ...

With a Master's degree in English Literature and six years of writing experience, Aayush has been contributing to TopSpeed for over two years. Since 95% of his personality is motorcycles, he goes ...

Hot Wheels has announced the number-one build at the 2025 Legends Tour Las Vegas, handing top honors to a fully custom 1949 Chevy hot rod built by Calvin Calp and his team. With more than 140 cars ...

Royal Enfield showcased two striking custom motorcycles - VITA and Carolina Reaper, at Japan’s Yokohama Hot Rod Custom Show 2025. VITA, based on the Classic 650, blends metal and wood craftsmanship, ...

Hot-rodding is an iconic American automotive pass-time, but such a specialized hobby has no shortage of jargon and lingo — ...

"I like taking history, restoring that history, bringing the old school stuff back, but modernize it, and giving it today's technology," Bodie Stroud, a custom hot rod builder, says in the opening ...

BACK IN MAY, I drove to Yarmouth, Maine, to visit the Maine Fly Co. I was there to pick up a custom fly rod they’d made for me and to go fishing with owner and founder Jeff Davis. I expected to find a ...

VITA and Carolina Reaper at Japan's Yokohama Hot Rod Custom Show 2025, showcasing bold interpretations of the Classic 650 and Guerrilla 450.

Not many people get the chance to live 97 years, but Gene Winfield did. The creator of hot rod and Kustom icons born in 1927, passed away Tuesday after spending time in a professional care facility.