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HERO FOR A DAY

A Special (Needs) Day at Trail Hero 2020

WHERE DO YOU GO TO MAKE DREAMS COME TRUE?

IF you ask Cody Waggoner, champion rock crawler and owner of Lasernut – that place is Laser Town!

RACING RETURNS TO AREA BFE

Most wheelers who’ve spent time in Moab have heard of the iconic Area BFE.

SHHH – IT'S A SECRET!

Arizona Undertakers Marathon

CHRIS DURHAM

Sometimes a name is just a brand; other times, the name is Everything to a brand. That’s the case with Chris Durham Motorsports; the name behind it is what lets you know the quality of the work. Chris has been in the off-road game for over twenty years. Everything from repairing, building, manufacturing, driving, and competition – if it’s off-road, Chris has done, or is doing it!

FREE UP YOUR SPRINGS

Stock length shackles sometimes cause aftermarket springs to bind and not move or cycle smoothly.

8 POINT GREAT

Jeep XJ, YJ, or TJ/LJ model is a Ford 8.8.

2020 MUTJAC EVENT

Rugged Mountain Ranch, Sept. 18-20

MOTOR TREND 500

WHEN LEGENDS LIT UP RIVERSIDE

Instant Icon

THIS HUDSON RESTOMOD STRIKES THE PERFECT BALANCE OF PRESERVATION AND MODIFICATION

SHEER PACE, UNFLAPPABLE POISE

A SHIMMERING RETURN OF THE CLASSIC ITALIAN GT, WITH A MODERN EDGE

Reinventing Maserati. Again.

The first time I visited the Maserati factory on Viale Ciro Menotti in Modena, just a mile’s walk from the city’s 12th century cathedral, the plant was building Biturbo coupés.

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.

2022 Volkswagen Taos

VW slides a small SUV under the Tiguan

2021 Hyundai Santa Fe

New platform, design, and three new engines

Benchmark

MERCEDES RE-ESTABLISHES THE THREE-POINTED STAR AS THE SYMBOL OF THE LUXURY SEDAN

2021 Volvo XC40 Recharge

Look out, Tesla Model Y, you have company

2021 Acura MDX Prototype

Injecting some sport into the sport utility vehicle

Fresh Served

An American Classic Built With a Modern Twist for a Retired Vet

STEALTH DRIVER

'56 FORD CROWN VICTORIA

A POPULAR DECISION

From Controversy Comes Clarity

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.

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

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.

RACING PEDIGREE

John McClintock’s simple, but effective 1967 Mustang was built to compete in vintage Trans Am racing.

STYLISH IN GARNET

1932 Ford Coupe Built by Brizio for a Sixties Hot Rodder

New Lid

How to Replace the Roof on a 1970 ’Cuda Rusted from the Top Down

The HOT ROD Archives

Tried and true, a budget small-block Chevy build made the cover of this issue.

SKETCHY'S SPEED AND SURF

An Attention-Demanding Vintage Cruiser

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.