As the name implies, Pro Street evolved from both the drag- and street-racing scenes. Its direct predecessors were the street freaks of the Seventies, American cars modified with drag parts for ...

The Dodge Challenger Mopar Drag Pak packs ~1,500 hp and runs 7-second quarter miles — but it was never built for the street.

In 1992, the drag racing world changed for the better when HOT ROD’s Fastest Street Car Shootout launched an entirely new genre in a sport long dominated by acronym-laden sanctioning bodies. Street ...

HOT ROD has been in the Top 10 ranking business for sixty years, albeit it has been an on-and-off affair. We resurrected the beloved rankings in 2023 after a long hiatus and the first HOT ROD Magazine ...

The title of "muscle car" gets thrown around for almost any old American performance machine, but the classic idea is simpler: it's a mainstream front‑engine street car built around big power and ...

Brian is a published author who has been writing professionally for a decade in politics and entertainment, but found his calling covering the automotive industry. His love of cars started at an early ...

Muscle cars are American-made vehicles defined by their powerful engines, large size, and focus on straight-line speed. Modern muscle cars are more powerful than ever, but they are also much more ...

It's easy to assume that muscle car performance peaked in today's era, and largely, that assumption holds water. Modern beasts like the supercharged Dodge Challenger Hellcat and the extraordinary Ford ...

Over the last two decades, muscle cars have reached and even exceeded golden age-level performance. However, some modern models are still not receiving the respect they deserve. The initial muscle car ...