What exactly makes a lowboy different from a highboy, and why did T-buckets change hot rod culture? Here's the history every ...

The mailbox is loaded each month with the inevitable "How to I get more power from my..." questions-and many of them are for oddball engines for which there just plain are no speed parts. Pretty much ...

As you might expect, there’s a huge variety of engines on display at the HOT ROD Power Tour. Of course, there’s a multitude of LS swaps, but in the real world, older-gen engines still outnumber the ...

The Buick Nailhead lost the volume argument to the small-block Chevy. The builders who chose it anyway knew something the rest of the market didn't.

Will joined the TopSpeed team over two and a half years ago, bringing his lifelong automotive passion, writing experience, and editorial expertise along with him. Whether classic or modern, American ...

Invented by Frenchman Leon Levavasseur to power airplanes, the mighty V8 has become an icon of American automotive history. Cadillac introduced America to the V8 motor in 1914, and the car industry ...

The hot rod dates way back to the 1920s, but found its cultural footing in post-World War II America. Soldiers armed with mechanical training picked up cheap Ford Model Ts and found ways to make them ...

From track-honed supercars to thundering sports saloons, Mercedes-AMG has produced countless performance car icons over the ...