“Coming into the Navy, I really wanted to get out and see the world. But (I knew that if) I left the Navy, I wanted to take something home with me and that was a nice truck,”

Recognizable by its ample storage space and a sporty performance-minded nature, the hot hatch has become one of the best introductory vehicles to the modding scene in recent history.

It’s not often you see a Toyota Sienna that’s dropped and slammed. The majority of the time, this van is being used as a taxi for Hawaii’s tourism industry or as an everyday grocery getter.

Alan Yee has been fascinated by the automotive trade since he was a young boy. He spent his formative years learning the ins and outs of mechanics from his uncle and mentor.

To say that Michael Hinkle is a lover of all things with wheels is a bit of an understatement. His first introduction to wheeled machinery was at an early age in West Virginia, where he rode up a hill on the side of a tractor.

David purchased this Diamond Graphite G35 while serving as a marine and stationed stateside. He completed the majority of his performance modifications in California, determined to ensure that the coupe was both reliable and survivable.

At age 17, he took over the family backyard business of custom chopper fabrication after his father passed away, building a solid reputation as a custom bike builder and motorcycle enthusiast.

To say Irene Ramiro likes cars would be an understatement. More accurately, she loves them because they are in her blood, in her DNA.

The De Tomaso Pantera is what dreams are made of — an Italian sports car built with a Ford mid-mounted engine, and sporting a price tag ($10,000 in 1971) that once seemed ridiculous for what many would consider an exotic.

For Crisdean Mac Coinnigh, there’s never been a shortage of enthusiasm for the early ’80s Volkswagen. This particular era of VWs has always appealed to him, in part because of his European lineage, but also because other family members kept gravitating toward anything “Das Auto” throughout his formative years.