Articles
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The Top Ten Reasons Why Pontiac Failed; Part 1
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This is a sad time for those of us who love automobiles. The bankruptcy of General Motors and Chrysler happened; For GM, it meant the shedding of key brands including Saab, Hummer, Saturn, and Pontiac. Of the four, it’s possible that Pontiac’s death may have been most avoidable. For more than a decade, Pontiac has…
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Hooniverse Editorial: The Standard of the World and How to Reinvent Cadillac – Part 4
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In my final part of this series, we explore the Cadillac Sixteen Concept from 2003, and see how Cadillac blew the chance to compete with the worlds ultra-rich car segment.
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Ok Bring A Trailer, You Win – 8 Corvairs, 20 Engines, Hesperia
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Here at Hooniverse, we work hard to bring you the most absurd, most marriage-ending and homeowners-association-distressing project cars available. We won’t be happy until each and every Sunday night, each and every one of you inundates the tips line with tales from your weekend wrenching exploits. That said, we know we’re not on the only…
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Last Call- X-Box 360 Be Damned Edition
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With a steering wheel slightly larger than that of a Lotus Seven, and a build quality rivaling the dashboards of most GM products of the ’80s, the Tomy Turnin’ Turbo Dashboard taught thousands of tweens just how much fun blinking idiot lights could be. Never, in the history of toys, had 4 D-cells been put…
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Hooniverse Asks- What Car Should My Sister-in-Law Buy?
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My sister-in law needs to get a new car. Well, not a new car, but something different from the ’91 fart-canned Miata that has been her daily driver for nigh-on a decade. That red drop top has developed a nasty overheating problem that will require the removal and probable tanking of the engine block to…
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Found on Ebay: Identity crisis edition
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This little guy has a secret. Look really close before you venture in.
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Last Call- Lite Not So Brite Edition
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Good Year came up with these light-up tires in the early sixties, apparently to aide in up skirt photography. The tires were made from synthetic rubber, and illumination was provided by wheel-mounted bulbs. Changing one of those must have been a hassle! Image source: [todayandtomorrow.net, Photo by Douglas Miller/Getty Images]
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Ate Up With Motor Chronicles the Ford Flathead V8 and the Fall of King Henry
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If you took the time to read through our review of Merchants of Speed, you might’ve recognized a funny looking V8 on the cover. That’d be the Ford Flathead, the predecessor to the Chevy small-block as the hot rodders’ go-to engine. Ate Up With Motor, a more scholastic friend of Hooniverse has a great writeup…
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Last Call- Paging Nicholas Cage Edition
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Introverts. . . need not apply.
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V.I.S.I.T.: Grand National!
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There are a few cars out there that will make me pull a u-turn on the street to get a closer look. The Grand National is one such car.
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Last Call- Digital Juvenalia Edition
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Admit it, when you first got your digital calculator you typed in 58008 and turned it upside down, making you the coolest kid in 7th grade math class. Fortunately, while some of us are getting older, a few refuse to grow up, meaning that rare opportunities like this get documented rather than ignored. Go boobs,…
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Found on Craigslist: 1977 Buick Electra
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For the low, low asking price of $1490 you too can own this fine example of a malaise-era, two-door, boat-towing boat.
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Someone Buy This Subaru 360
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This beautiful little Subaru 360 has been sitting on Craigslist for sale for some time now. And the longer it sits there, the longer our beloved damnElantra™ starts going crazy.
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Give them the tape! Jalopnik offers a ransom for the Top Gear USA pilot video
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Jalopnik.com is offering up a reward of $5,000 (or the 10 LeMons cars) if someone can provide them with a copy of the pilot episode of the proposed Top Gear USA TV show. Crazy…or Crazy Awesome? Jalopnik $5,000 Top Gear USA Offer
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2010 Mitsubishi Outlander GT
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Land, it’s what covers the quarter of the Earth not awash in fish effluence. And as only a small percentage of it is paved, a number of off-road, and off-road pretender vehicles have used Land in their names to embellish their sense of purpose. Land Rover, Land Cruiser, Highlander, and, not to be left out,…
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Hooniverse Asks- Do You Really Care How Many Cylinders Your Car Has?
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Yesterday I asked if you would be open to the thought of a V6 engine in a Corvette, as an ancillary model. Some responded no effing way, and condemned me as anti-American. Others said, sure, as long as the engine and the car adhere to the expected performance and feel of a real Vette. The…