Even amid all the crazy electric cars and 16-cylinder hypercars, V8-powered cars are still the fastest in the world.

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 ...

The automotive industry can trace its roots back to 1885, when Carl Benz developed the Benz Patent Motor Car. At this time, overall top speeds weren't much of a focus — all that mattered was a better ...

The new Yangwang U9 Xtreme hypercar set a new global production-car speed record. In a test, it reached 308 miles per hour. It took the lead from the Bugatti Chiron Super Sport 300+. The Yangwang ...

The most prominent racing series in the United States is the NASCAR Cup Series, which began in 1949 as the NASCAR Strictly Stock Series. While the winner of each weekend's race isn't always the ...

Speed. It's the very cornerstone of hot rodding. The whole reason ancient man picked up a club and started souping up his Model T. Speed. Our common object of desire. To a hot rodder, speed is right ...

The 1960s was a time of great change in the U.S. The country was right in the thick of the civil rights movement, the emergence of hippies, the birth of rock music, and the era of the American muscle ...