Based on the bones of Chrysler’s first-generation Hemi engine from 1951 to 1958, HOT ROD had a pretty good sense that the new version from 1964 was going to kick ass. Don’t get too excited, fellows, ...

Nobody’s the least bit surprised when high-end cars get giant headlines. Whether it’s through mad skills, a fat bank account, or just plain nepotism, there’s a saccharine perfection to many of them.

All the way back in episode 2 of HOT ROD Garage, Mike Finnegan blows up the stock clutch in a borrowed 2010 Camaro SS at the dragstrip after installing an SLP supercharger kit and a pair of drag ...

There’s no two ways about it: We live in the golden age of horsepower. You can get crazy performance for cheap, whether you’re buying new or building the truck engine in your project car. That said, ...

Hemi engines aren't perfect. Sorry. Half-grapefruit-shaped combustion chambers sure do let designers increase valve sizes, and in the larger displacement Hemis, these valves could probably pass golf ...

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 ...

An Englishman goes to America to sell gin and ends up in a car collection in California – this is either the beginning of a good joke or the meeting of two of the most famous car nuts ever to have ...