HOT ROD Garage
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Our Review
Cast & Key People
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Our Review
HOT ROD Garage (2014) is a documentary and sports series from MotorTrend. It has built a run of 150 episodes at roughly 30 minutes each. It premiered on May 22, 2014. Viewers rate it 6.4 out of 10. It is currently running. It runs 12 seasons.
What HOT ROD Garage Is About
Tony Angelo and Lucky Costa host a project build show that has all the tips, tricks and wrenching you would expect from the crew at Hot Rod Magazine.
What to Expect When You Watch
Episodes run about 30 minutes, which keeps the pace tight, the full run covers 150 episodes, spread across 12 seasons and it leans into its documentary/sports roots while leaving room for the quieter character beats.
Performance-wise the series leans on Mike Finnegan, Tony Angelo and Loudmouth Lincoln crew to carry the emotional weight, with the rest of the ensemble filling out the world around them.
Cast and Creative Team
Mike Finnegan, Tony Angelo and Loudmouth Lincoln crew lead the cast.
Key roles include Mike Finnegan as Host; Tony Angelo as Host; Loudmouth Lincoln crew as Guest builders.
Why It Stands Out
Fans of documentary and sports have a clear reason to give this one a shot. It sits comfortably alongside MotorTrend’s other originals, a 6.4/10 audience score puts it in steady company and it commits to its premise instead of hedging between tones.
Released in 2014 and carried by MotorTrend with the series still running, it lands hardest with documentary and sports viewers.
How HOT ROD Garage Compares
If HOT ROD Garage lands for you, the next stops are Clarkson's Farm, The Grand Tour and Fast N' Loud, which share its documentary/sports lean.
Each of those sits at a different point on the same spectrum, so they make a natural follow-up once you finish the run here.
Where to Stream
HOT ROD Garage comes from MotorTrend. Check your preferred platform for current availability, since regional rights move around.
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On the whole HOT ROD Garage is the kind of series that rewards a patient watch, with Mike Finnegan and Tony Angelo doing the heaviest lifting, a tone that stays true to its documentary/sports roots, It has held up since 2014 and so if the premise sounds like your lane, the execution holds up.
The Bottom Line
HOT ROD Garage is a safe bet for anyone already inside the documentary and sports lane, at 150 episodes it is an easy run to work through, the audience score holds around 6.4/10 and so there is little risk in starting it tonight.
Verdict: 6.4/10. Watch it if you want documentary/sports you can settle into.
