Articles
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Caption This- New Jack City
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Spotted in a Southern California shopping center parking lot. Image source: [OffbeatStuff]
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Juan Manuel Fangio Punishes the World's Sins in a Saab
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Ovid described dreams (oneiroi) as the thousand sons of Hypnos, the embodiment of sleep. Of the Oneiroi, Morpheus brings forth dreams of people, Phobetor of animals, and Phantasos of the natural world. He left out Peter Peter Hughes, whose new video for the song “My God is an Angry God” combines lyrics worthy of Camus…
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Hooniverse Asks- What Star Could Beat Tom Cruise's Reasonably Priced Car Lap Time?
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Well, another season of Top Gear has ended, and this six-episode run was noteworthy both for May and Hammond’s cross-adoption of hair styles, and for the copious number of yank stars who got behind the wheel of the reasonably priced car. Americans plying the track included Andy Garcia, Jeff Goldblum (who has never previously driven…
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2010 Bentley Continental GTC Speed
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Every one of us has driven a car that, for one reason or another, is significant for any given reason. Be it the oldest or the newest, slowest or the fastest, or any other number of titles we apply to a given vehicle. I had a 1987 Honda Prelude that was my first vehicle. The…
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State of the Muscle Car, 2010
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[Ed. Note: This article was written and sent in by Skitter. Thanks!!] My consciousness of pickup trucks begins with the ‘new’ Dodge Ram. The Top Trumps mentality ruled the day, so occasionally I would remove the six-foot poster from the wall and pore over the spec sheets on the back. I would ponder how best…
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SMS Supercars presents the SMS 302 Mustang
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Steve Saleen has a long history of building powerful cars; from the sporty Saleen Mustang to the potent S7. His new company, SMS Supercars, started life with the 570 Challenger. They will eventually turn their wrenches on to the Camaro, but their newest creation is the SMS 302 Mustang.
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Last Call- Tell Me Why, I Don't Like Mondays Edition
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After a tough day running the rat race, all you want to do is get in your car, crank up some tunes, and start thinking about that cold beer waiting for you at. . . .ah, crap! Image source: [imgur.com]
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Aural Pleasure: Ferrari 412T1 Makes Sweet Love to the Tympanic Membrane, Yes?
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With the most anticipated Formula 1 season in ages set to kick off tomorrow with practice for the Bahrain Grand Prix, we can’t help but lament the fact that although there is still a fair bit of variety in terms of chassis, the engines, as in so many other categories, have become homogenized. Oh, sure,…
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Take Dad to the Rodeo This Father's Day – Rodeo Drive that is
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How are you spending Father’s Day this year? Well, if you happen to be in Los Angeles this weekend, you can celebrate dad’s day by attending the annual Rodeo Drive Concours d’Elegance. About 100 cars will be bringing the bling against the backdrop of some of the most hoidy-toidy shops in Beverly Hills. And unlike…
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Meadowbrook Concours d'Elegance 2010
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The 32nd Annual Councours d’Elegance of America took place recently at Meadow Brook and Friend of Hooniverse Engineerd was on hand to snap some fantastic photos.
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Trial By Smoke: Racing LeMons in a 1963 Corvair
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Because Hooniverse knows you’re never sick of LeMons coverage, here’s my report from the Boston Tow Party and Overhead Cam Bake that would have run earlier, if my laptop hadn’t died a crippling, painful death. Aren’t Thinkpads supposed to be the Jeep 4.0 inline-six of the computing world? The Chevrolet Corvair is a car whose…
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This Boot is Made For Running (at over 100MPH in the Desert)
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“I’ve lined me up a sweet machine for this one. Called the ‘Baja Boot.’ Chevy powered. Four hundred and fifty horses under the bonnet. Space frame construction. Four-wheel drive. Independant suspension. And ‘smooth’! I can notch close to a hundred over a sand wash and you better believe that’s moving.” – Steve McQueen
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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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Chrysler Imperial Project Seduces With Potential Madness
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There are some projects that you want so badly to start on, but common sense keeps getting in the way, despite all attempts by the car-guy aspects of your psyche to do an end-run around said common sense and appeal directly to the emotional parts of your brain. This is one such car.
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Bizzarro Engine Swap – Turbo BMW M50B25 Gets The Drift
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In the U.S. it’s the SBC that finds its way under the hoods of many an adoptive parent. In Europe, where that V8 is as rare as it is common in the colonies, they have to make do with other common and easily enhanced motors, something like, oh say, BMW’s 325i mill. The fact that…
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This Celica AllTrac Will Go to The Crusher if You Fail to Act!
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We’ve been told by more than one reputable source that the Turbo Celica AllTrac isn’t the most reliable car out there. Shocking to think that a late-80s Toyota with a rare drivetrain and turbocharged 190hp motor wasn’t fully optimized for longevity. Regardless, it’s a rare bird and an example of the kind of awesome risks…