This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. DES PLAINES, Ill. — We’re all guilty of ...

This video is no longer available. Long before the popularity of car racing video games, the slot car craze in the 1960s and ’70s had young people and their parents obsessed with racing scale models.

Frank Tiessen was 10 years old and still living in his native Germany when he got his first “Carrera,” which in Europe of the 1970s could mean only one thing: a set of electric slot cars and track by ...

When Vlad Drǎgușin founded his mid-century inspired toy car company, Candylab, in 2013, he had a Kickstarter page and a dream. His goal was to create wooden model cars inspired by hot rods and classic ...

Chicago Children's Museum Zoom Room, photo courtesy of Chicago Children's Museum An auto obsession is almost a rite of passage for many kids. From rolling Hot Wheels cars over any surface they can get ...