Adding aftermarket parts, a fresh paint job, or a performance upgrade changes more than how your car looks or drives.

Sophie Venz is a former Deputy Editor at Forbes Advisor. She is an experienced editor and features reporter, and has previously worked in the small business and start-up reporting space. Previously ...

Let's start with the name. Let's not call them Kemps, or Sleds, or Kustoms with a "K." Let's just call them custom cars. A custom is a car that has been changed, primarily by external modification or ...

Many have a childhood dream of buying a car and then modifying it, but what better than buying one that has already been modified? When you look at the math, you get a vehicle equipped with thousands ...

Imagine pouring your heart, soul, and wallet into building your project car and creating your dream custom ride only to watch someone sideswipe it at an intersection. Heartbreak aside, you are now in ...

There are more than 150 personal vehicles in the lower level of the 2026 Detroit Auto Show at Huntington Place in downtown Detroit that celebrate how automobiles can be transformed and evolved. The ...

Though it looks like a heavily modified first-gen Corvette, this fascinating one-off doesn't feature a single C1 part. Instead, every bit of it was handbuild or fabricated from scratch. The best thing ...

Automobiles represent one of the most popular hobbies in the world and the market for customization is worth billions. Custom cars also have a long history stretching back as far as the origin of the ...

A car cover is something I’ve wished I had on more than one occasion. My first car out of high school was hammered by hail and almost totaled, and I had a family-owned car that we stored for several ...

From a dollar-per-horsepower/torque perspective, the LS is tough to beat, especially for those interested in drifting. The two vehicles featured here were built specifically for recreational and ...

Antonio Brown is the poster boy for making lemonade when life gives you lemons. In this case, for living it up in modified cars whenever you get the chance. At the beginning of last year, the ...