Articles
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Well Shoot My Brake and Call Me Ransom: A Two-Door Vista Cruiser!
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When it comes to GM’s postwar two-door wagons, we all know about the 1955-’57 Chevy Nomad. And a lot of us probably know about the ’55-’57 Pontiac Safari, which used the Nomad body shell. Hell, there’s probably a few of us hoons who are familiar with the ’64-’65 Chevelle 300 two-door wagon. But how many…
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2010 Acura ZDX
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Vincent Van Gogh was born March 30th, 1853. He was a Dutch painter whose work is admired by many today. During his 37 years on this planet however, he was a tormented soul whose work was not appreciated or even looked at. After his death by a self-inflicted gunshot wound, his fame slowly grew and…
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Encyclopedia Hoonatica: Retractable Headlights
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They’ve gone out of fashion since aero headlights became legal in the U.S. in 1983, but retractable headlights used to be all the business for trendy, image-conscious cars. How many winky, blinky cars can you name? After a couple of more mind-bending entries in our Encyclopedia, this one should be almost too easy. So I’m…
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Hooniverse Parting Shot: The Decline of the Domestic Minivan…….
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With crossovers dominating the market, are the minivan’s days numbered on the eve of its 30th anniversary?
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Someone buy this bike…and take it far, far away from me.
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The Aprilia SXV was designed expressly for hooligans of the highest order — mega-hoons: young men with lightning-quick reflexes, nerves of steel, too many points on their license and a belief that they can’t die. It’s a street-legal, 13,000-RPM, V-twin dirt bike with way too much braking and fat, nearly slick roadracing tires. The seat is…
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Streetwalker: Separated at Birth Edition
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It’s easy to loathe badge engineering and derivative styling, but the indisputable fact is such endeavors provide an interesting study into how simple tweaks change the appearance of otherwise identical cars, and seek to satisfy individual whims. On the bad end of badge engineering lives the infamous GM J-car with a Cadillac suit woefully inadequate…
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V.I.S.I.T – The Peugeot 'Not Found'
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Early last Sunday morning, while driving home from the bar grocery store, I spotted a Pug, and I don’t mean one of those dogs with the eyes that makes it look like the Greek Navy is in town. No, it was a Peugeot 404, in a natty shade of key lime pie, and making better…
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Your Mattracks Are Toys
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The Tucker Terra Medicat is not only more capable than your Mattracks-equipped Hummer, its is imbued with a level of no-nonsense industrialistic awesomosity that makes your bling-festooned, consumer-grade vehicle whimper. And while you’re cruising the lodge parking lot trolling for snow bunnies, the Medicat is saving lives. You’re not worthy, worm. The Tucker Medicat was…
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Hooniverse Asks- What Car Did You Learn To Drive On?
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We all had to go through it, whether it was Mom’s suburban assault vehicle, one of Dootson’s Sentras, or you’re really old, one of your high school’s battered and flatulent-smelling workhorse sedans, the behind the wheel portion of Driver’s Ed probably wasn’t the most electrifying ride you could have imagined.
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Even If You Lose The Race, You Still Win
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Currently up for auction here in the Great Frozen North is this beautiful Austin Healey Sprite, spotted by our beloved MaryWithAnM. It has already been converted to a race car, so there is absolutely no need for you to go through the agonizingly painful process of converting it. Let’s face it, any time you’re dealing…
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The Creepy, Creepy Mascots Of NAIAS
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There were dancing girls, oh yes. There was an overabundance of techno and flashing lights. All of these are meant to leave an impression on you; to leave you going, “Wow!” and leave glitzy thoughts within your head. All of that stuff falls off towards the pale in the wake of this year’s new hotness:…
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Hooniverse Asks- What Car is Jack Nicholson?
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Yesterday, we wanted to know which car carried with it the stench of an undesirable stereotype. You came back with a plethora of choices- from the daintiness of the Miata, to the creepiness of the pedovan. Now we want to take a 180, and see what you think is the coolest car out there, and…
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Hooniverse Asks: What Would a Hooniverse Video Game Look Like?
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The key to success in racing is speed, consistency, reliability and a bit of luck. The key to success in Hooniversal racing is not blowing up.
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V.I.S.I.T. – Daily Driver Bullet Bird Edition
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On a particularly cold day in Edmonton, you don’t expect to find a classic car in the parking garage of a mall. But lo and behold, there it was.
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¡Viva Argentina! SIAM Di Tella Argenta is the Riley Pick-Up that Never Was
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As if the Riley 4/72 wasn’t obscure enough for our North American friends, Sección Industrial Amasadoras Mecánicas Di Tella, in a fit of revolutionary brilliance worthy of Bolivar himself, created the Argenta. And it was good.
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Last Call- Hot Lunch Edition
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Suddenly overwhelmed by his sense of smug self righteousness, a Prius-owner regrets having ordered that double half-caf soy latte. Image source: [go.funpic.hu]