The 1950s turned American cars into rolling monuments, stretching sheet metal, horsepower, and chrome to extravagant new extremes. Size and power became status symbols, and designers treated every ...

Some midcentury cars were expected to be disposable fashion statements, yet a surprising number still start every morning and command serious money at auction. Their survival is not just nostalgia at ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Photographer John Zimmerman worked out of the Time-Life bureau in Detroit in the 1950s, covering the Big ...

When it comes to 1950s cars, we usually think about iconic nameplates like the Chevrolet Bel Air, Chrysler 300 "letter series," or the Cadillac Eldorado. But some lesser-known automobiles are just as ...

Bernardo Casian of Cathedral City, California, went to his first lowrider car show in 1992. "Since then I've been wanting a lowrider, but I couldn't afford one at the time. I got into greaser cars ...

At 2 years old, Adriel Espinoza may have an affinity for cartoons, but it's his natural attraction to lowriders and his parents love that really got him started. To combine the two, his parents got ...