At twelve years old, Rogelio Zermeno first held an issue ofLowridermagazine that his father gave him. The lowrider culture ran through his father's veins throughout his life, so it was only a matter ...

Most lowrider fans love Cadillacs but only a few diehards will build a car with so much history. The Cadillac luxury automobile almost disappeared during the Great Depression because of its slow sales ...

Not long ago, the good folks over at Car Design World (aka 'cardesignworld' on social media) tipped us off to an unofficial, hypothetical design project by Tom Hylton (aka 't__mjh'). Not this one.

In the mid-twentieth century in Southern California, colorful painted classic cars would cruise the boulevards. From Cadillac El Dorados to Chevy Impalas, these lowriders were rolling art ...

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Elevating women One area in which Valenzuela has taken charge is highlighting other women like her in the lowrider community. Like her friend Ashley — a nail technician who does lowrider-inspired ...

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NPR's A Martinez talks with Denise Sandoval, professor of Chicana and Chicano studies at California State University, Northridge, about how... The history of lowrider culture and its multigenerational ...