Motor Trend
FORBIDDEN FRUIT
WITH CLASSIC 4X4 DESIGN CUES AND AN OLD-SCHOOL 4X4 DRIVELINE IN A PINT-SIZE PACKAGE, IT’S LIKE DRIVING THE JEEP WRANGLER’S LITTLE BROTHER. BUT IT’S NOT FOR SALE HERE.
5 min |
January 2021
Motor Trend
2022 Volkswagen Taos
VW slides a small SUV under the Tiguan
2 min |
January 2021
Motor Trend
2021 Hyundai Santa Fe
New platform, design, and three new engines
3 min |
January 2021
Motor Trend
Benchmark
MERCEDES RE-ESTABLISHES THE THREE-POINTED STAR AS THE SYMBOL OF THE LUXURY SEDAN
10 min |
January 2021
Motor Trend
2021 Volvo XC40 Recharge
Look out, Tesla Model Y, you have company
3 min |
January 2021
Motor Trend
2021 Acura MDX Prototype
Injecting some sport into the sport utility vehicle
3 min |
January 2021
Drive!
Fresh Served
An American Classic Built With a Modern Twist for a Retired Vet
5 min |
January 2021
Drive!
STEALTH DRIVER
'56 FORD CROWN VICTORIA
5 min |
January 2021
Drive!
A POPULAR DECISION
From Controversy Comes Clarity
7 min |
January 2021
Hot Rod
What Is Cylinder Head Swirl and Tumble, and Why Is It Important?
We think of electronic engine management systems and multiport electronic fuel injection (EFI) as primarily responsible for the improved air/fuel distribution and performance as Detroit clawed its way back in the mid 1980s, but—good as they were for that day—initially the new electronics were just Band-Aids grafted onto carryover engine designs. The big change started in the 1990s, when the OEs started tinkering with cylinder head design to induce swirl and tumble in internal combustion engines.
4 min |
January 2021
Hot Rod
SECOND TIME AROUND
After a shady shop pulled a huge scam restoring his 1969 Camaro, the owner ended up building the car of his dreams
6 min |
January 2021
Hot Rod
Racing Success Story
On the midst of what can technically be called a pretty bad year, it’s encouraging to see professional motorsports persevering, which in this year should be seen as a raging success. Initially many NASCAR and Indy Car events were canceled or rescheduled, but as the year has progressed, it seems that those organizations have gotten pretty clever in how to complete their schedule by combining events at the same track on the same weekend or running double-header races.
2 min |
January 2021
Hot Rod
RACING PEDIGREE
John McClintock’s simple, but effective 1967 Mustang was built to compete in vintage Trans Am racing.
5 min |
January 2021
Hot Rod
STYLISH IN GARNET
1932 Ford Coupe Built by Brizio for a Sixties Hot Rodder
4 min |
January 2021
Hot Rod
New Lid
How to Replace the Roof on a 1970 ’Cuda Rusted from the Top Down
4 min |
January 2021
Hot Rod
The HOT ROD Archives
Tried and true, a budget small-block Chevy build made the cover of this issue.
2 min |
January 2021
Street Trucks
SKETCHY'S SPEED AND SURF
An Attention-Demanding Vintage Cruiser
4 min |
December 2020
Hot Rod
AFFORDABLE TRACK DATA LOGGER CAN MAKE YOU FASTER!
ONCE THIS TECH WAS ONLY FOR PROFESSIONAL RACERS, BUT NOW GETTING FASTER TIMES BY ANALYZING YOUR PERFORMANCE IS AFFORDABLE FOR WEEKEND WARRIORS.
4 min |
January 2021
Street Trucks
TIME WARP
Delivering Smiles on the Daily
3 min |
December 2020
Hot Rod
Birth of a HOT ROD Nation
One of the reasons I’m so proud to work for HOT ROD is the legacy of accomplishments of the staffers who came before me. I recently wrote about how HRM was “The Original Influencer” for readers, but the magazine has had incredible impact on the industry as well.
3 min |
January 2021
Street Trucks
Snooki
BLOOD, SWEAT & GEARS
4 min |
December 2020
Hot Rod
1968 Chevelle SS396 Vintage Drag Test!
As the lights come down, you squeeze the engine toward six grand, slide your leftfoot off the clutch, stab the loud pedal between the last yellow and the green, and bang!— 375 horses (a 425 Performance Rating via NHRA’s new system) launch you off the line for a near record run. Right? Wrong! At least that’s the way it was on every run we made with this month’s drag test vehicle, a ’68 Chevrolet SS396 Chevelle hardtop.”
3 min |
January 2021
Street Trucks
SECOND ROUND KNOCKOUT
Daniel Cumby’s ’95 GMC Jimmy Overhaul
4 min |
December 2020
Street Trucks
LONE RANGER
Two Years in the Making, This ’69 Ranger Stands Alone
3 min |
December 2020
Street Trucks
KIK IT
An Attention-Grabbing Customer Collector
3 min |
December 2020
Street Trucks
CHARLIE BROWN
A Showstopping ’68 Chevrolet K5 Blazer
3 min |
December 2020
Four Wheeler
STEER YOU RIGHT
A PSC Motorsports Big Bore XD steering box solved our Jeep’s steering woes
5 min |
January 2021
Four Wheeler
TACOMA ENVY
TECHLINE - Q/A
1 min |
January 2021
Four Wheeler
RPM
AUTOMOTIVE NEWS
3 min |
January 2021
Four Wheeler
ROCKIN' AND TALKIN'
Using Cobra handheld CB radios on the rocks, ropes and road trips
2 min |