Less than two years after it was completed, the Dodge Deora became a legendary custom, an official Crysler concept, an AMT plastic scale-model kit, and one of the very first Hot Wheels die-cast toy ...

Collecting Hot-Wheels-sized cars is one of the cheapest and easiest ways to tangibly appreciate automobiles. Like most hobbies, you can go totally nuts with these things, getting creative with their ...

In the world of custom die-cast 1:64-scale toy cars, enthusiast builders replicate most of the cosmetic stuff people do to full-size vehicles—swap wheels, repaint shells, widen tracks, extend fenders, ...

“A fine car model is like a song. It can take you back to a specific point in your life, like a race,” says Kurt Carlson, of Gig Harbor, Wash. “To me, models are more than an object. They are an ...

Designer extraordinaire Chip Foose has left its mark on the world of custom cars with some incredible works of automotive art. In this article, we'll take a look at what we consider to be his most ...

Some of the greatest heroes of the show car world gained fame at the Detroit Autorama. In the late '50s through the mid-'60s, builders like George Barris, Gene Winfield, Ed "Big Daddy" Roth, Darryl ...