Known for their hopping hydraulics, custom upholstery, and intricate paint jobs, lowrider cars are symbols of empowerment and freedom, and a celebration of the broader lowrider culture.

Lowriders could soon cruise on to the state’s list of official symbols. Tuesday morning, the Senate Indian, Rural and Cultural Affairs Committee advanced a bill establishing the lowrider as New ...

which proposes naming the lowrider the official state vehicle, joining a long list of state symbols that includes biscochitos as the state cookie; yucca as the state flower; and the Squash Blossom ...

Lawmakers in New Mexico are embracing the US state’s culture of transforming customised low-rider cars into rolling canvases of artistic expression and a source of community pride. House and ...