Detroit Autorama

By now you’ve probably seen the awesome ’57 Chevy custom that took home this year’s Ridler award, as well as the rest of the 2018 Great 8 Ridler finalists, but as is always the case at the Detroit Autorama, there were gobs of amazing hot rods and customs that just missed the cut. Here’s a

The 2018 Ridler Award contenders are down to eight—the Great 8, as they’re called. The Ridler Award is given to annually to a vehicle deemed to be the best overall custom build that is making its show-car debut at the Detroit Autorama, which kicks off today at the Cobo Center in Detroit, MI. The following

The Detroit AutoRama is unquestionably the marquee event on the Summit Racing Show Car Series. The show is headlined by the famed and coveted Ridler Award, which was presented to this 1933 Ford roadster. The show also boasts the Great 8 finalists vying for the Ridler. While these are also high-profile builds by mostly well-known builders, the

Here they are – the Great 8 nominees for the 2017 Ridler Award. One of these eight vehicles will win the prestigious Ridler Award Sunday at the 2017 Detroit Autorama. See this year’s Great 8 below, and vote in the comments section for the car you’d like to see win the 2017 Ridler. Dennis Portka’s 1929 Ford Pickup …

Don and Elma Voth’s 1965 Chevrolet Impala SS, “The Imposter,” was just awarded the prestigious Ridler Award at the 2015 Detroit Autorama. “The Imposter” was designed by Chip Foose, who wanted to build a ground-up custom that would handle like a modern muscle car. According to Foose’s website, “Customer Don Voth and his wife Elma

Today is the first official day of the 2015 Detroit AutoRama, and we already have our first look at the Great 8 finalists for this year. The Pirelli Great 8 finalists will vie for the prestigious Ridler Award, and this year’s field runs the gamut from roadsters, to wagons, to custom muscle. Here’s what the judges will be

Everyone has a different take on rat rods. Some people turn up their noses at the sometimes low-budget builds. Other people are offended by the term “rat rod” because they believe these are really what hot rods are supposed to be. No matter what you call them: Hot rods, rat rods, or maybe just awesome,

[portfolio_slideshow id=28997] They’ve been handing out the prestigious Ridler Award at the Detroit AutoRama for over five decades now. You’d be hard-pressed to think of a past winner that’s more custom than J.F. Launier’s 1964 Buick Riviera—winner of the 2014 Ridler Award. Launier’s radical Riviera, named Rivision, literally jumped out from the field of Pirelli Great 8 finalists

The 62nd Annual Detroit Autorama is in high gear in Motown, and we have early photos from one of the world’s premier car shows. The show runs through the weekend. We’re as excited as you to find out the winner of the 2014 Ridler Award, and we’ll have a lot more pictures for you on