There's a fairly well-kept secret in the Motown car biz: The factory dream cars-concepts, prototypes, show cars, affinity vehicles, you name 'em-often are not built by the automakers themselves.

Whether it’s reproducing parts that are no longer available, or creating one-off performance parts, 3D printing has opened up a lot of possibilities. But those parts are only as good as the templates ...

For what it’s worth, and despite its many shortcomings, 2022 was a pretty good year for the American custom car industry. We know that’s so on account of the many modified or built vehicles that came ...