Los Angeles — Jerry Navarro wanted a car when he was a kid. What he really, really wanted was a lowrider: a white, hardtop Chevrolet Impala with a red interior. So he started reading Lowrider magazine around in his hometown of East Los Angeles to indulge his fantasies of car ownership. Later, when he began working in the auto industry, the magazine became a rich and vital source of information about the car world. Those days will soon be over, though. Lowrider, an icon of Chicano culture for more than 40 years that offered a mix of cultural and political content alongside photographs of unique vintage cars, will cease to print. For decades, Lowrider played a critical role in forming the culture and image of lowriding, its lifestyle and aesthetics.

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A lowrider sometimes low rider is a customized car with a lowered body. Lowrider rims range from 13". They are also fitted with hydraulic [2] or air bag systems that allow height adjustable suspension , where the vehicle is raised or lowered at the owner's command. The term is used to describe a class of vehicle, not simply the height from ground to chassis. Lowrider car culture began in Los Angeles , California in the mid-to-late s and during the post-war prosperity of the s. The aim of the lowriders is to cruise as slowly as possible, "Low and Slow" being their motto. By redesigning these cars in ways that go against their intended purposes and in painting their cars so that they reflect and hold meanings from Mexican culture, lowriders create cultural and political statements that go against the more prevalent Anglo culture.
1964 Chevrolet Impala SS Coupe
He wanted a car. But what he really, really wanted was a lowrider: a white, hardtop Chevrolet Impala with a red interior. So he started reading Lowrider magazine around in his hometown of East Los Angeles to indulge his fantasies of car ownership. Later, when he began working in the auto industry, the magazine became a rich and vital source of information about the car world. Those days will soon be over, though. Lowrider , an icon of Chicano culture for more than 40 years that offered a mix of cultural and political content alongside photographs of unique vintage cars, will cease to print.
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