From the July/August 2026 issue of Car and Driver. Yo dawg, we heard you like car culture, so we wrote this story about a TV show that became a part of it in the 2000s. Whether it was a cannon that ...
The MTV series, hosted by Xzibit, aired six seasons from 2004 to 2007. The cars, trucks, and vans featured on there were borderline ridiculous. The show chronicled the vehicles' dilapidated state all ...
There is no better car-related rags-to-riches story than any one of the stories told on Pimp My Ride. The classic reality series is now back for a limited run, and believe it or not, so are the old ...
Back in the early days of reality programming, viewers at home still lived under the impression that reality TV wasn't scripted at all but was actually real life that happened to be captured by TV ...
When Pimp My Ride premiered on MTV in 2004, it felt like pure wish fulfillment. A clunky old car rolled into a custom shop, and a few dramatic montages later, it emerged as a gleaming fantasy on ...