By Tag Christof – RoadTrippers.com – Photo: Tag Christoff.
Photo: A classic non-lowrider Buick in the parade.
Car culture is central to life in many American small towns: Rituals like weekend cruises and fixing up a first beater become rites of passage where distances are long, gas is cheap, and public transportation nonexistent. But even among the most car-crazy of small towns, Española, New Mexico stands out. Known for generations as the “Lowrider Capital of the World” (and the only city in America with an “ñ” officially in its name), this historic crossroads straddling the Rio Grande had earned a reputation far and wide.
