News & Car Culture

The music video era began well after the so-called golden age of hot rodding ended. Once MTV launched in 1981, car-loving bands and musicians began flooding our TV screens with some pretty […]

Golden Earring’s “Radar Love” was released in 1973. Great song. It’s so great, that at least one person gave it a write-in vote for our “Best 1960s Driving Song” Cammy Award. It’s […]

Greg Anderson is quite accustomed to being first. The four-time Pro Stock world champion had a staggering 78 career wins heading into the 2016 NHRA season, but career win #79 […]

OK — so we’ve taken a little liberty here. Some of these bands may not have necessarily named themselves after a car. They may simply share a name, but we still […]

What makes a song a good driving song? The music? The lyrics? Good memories of driving around while listening to it? There are no wrong answers. And you get to […]

Maybe you’re really into Rob Zombie’s “Dragula,” Tracy Chapman’s “Fast Car,” or Marc Cohn’s “Silver Thunderbird.” Your write-in votes are encouraged, if so. Vote for your favorite in the comments, or […]

Bigger cultural movement — American hot rodding or the British Invasion? While the answer is up for debate, there’s no disputing that cars and music go hand-in-hand — and have for […]

Much has been said about the EPA’s proposed regulation against converting street vehicles into race cars — in the media and the proposal itself. The EPA proposal comes in at over […]

The list of new Top Gear presenters is finally complete…we think. The BBC announced today that the show will have a total of seven presenters when it returns in May. We […]

The Pontiac GTO is arguably the car that started the American muscle car movement. The legendary “Goat” started as an option for the Pontiac Tempest in 1964, became a standalone model […]