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Last Call- Riding Shotgun Edition
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Zero percent financing? $10,000 off MSRP? Eff that, I’m getting me a FREE 12-gauge with my Silverado. Image source: [Reddit.com]
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Now Cracks a Noble Heart: RIP Dodge Viper, 1992-2010.
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Today, the last Dodge Viper rolls off its Conner Avenue assembly plant and into the annals of history. RT/10, GTS, GTS-R, SRT-10, ACR-X, Carbon, two generations and over 25,000 examples later, Chrysler finally sets its wild child to rest. Goodnight, sweet prince, and flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition: Two Historic Cars offered on Ebay, One increadable tale about their Makers.
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Welcome to the Fathers Day edition of Hooniverse, where I browsed through the “Other Makes” section of Ebay Motors to find interesting things to discuss here at Hooniverse. So, with that introduction out of the way, here are two significant and historical cars that are up for sale, but it’s the history of the companies…
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Fiat 500 + Kawasaki ZX12 motor = Awesomosity!
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The YouTube page for this video simply says “no description available,” but is any really necessary? All you need to know is that this is a tiny Fiat 500 fitted with a 1200cc jar of hornets.
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Only in Japan…
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…would a Nissan Juke, quite possibly the ugliest affront to the Hellenistic concept of beauty in the classical Greco-Roman tradition since Nu Descendant un Escalier, rock neon-green wheels, yellow headlight covers, and be slammed to within an inch of its life. Luckily, this isn’t real; merely the fevered imaginings of errant pixels spat from an…
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Real Genius Edition
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Seeing one Citroen running healthy in the wild is a rare and exciting occurrence so what are the odds of seeing two perfectly health French sex machines in your local grocery store parking lot? If you live in California like reader dwegmull then it is probably better than most but still quite rare and exciting. Clicky the…
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Rename LeMons New England: And The Winner Is…
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And now, ladies and gentlemen, the new name of LeMons New England is…
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Hooniverse Asks: What’s the Best Front-Wheel Drive Performance Car?
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Associating the terms “performance car” and “front-wheel drive” may seem as contradictory as “deep-fried” and “tofu” (surely there’s at least one county fair that has already thought of that). And many of us have had the term “wrong-wheel drive” ingrained in our minds for so long that copping to being fond of any front-driver feels…
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Holy Crap; Now that's what I call a Big Pickup!
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The years between 2003 and 2008 were known for a lot of things, but will most likely be remembered as the era of extravagance. Everything had to be big: movies that routinely grossed over $100 million, homes that had bathrooms bigger than most houses of the 60’s, celebrity salaries that outpaced the gross national product…
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For Your French Cars, Mais Naturellement
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I do love me some French cars, warts and all. Image source: [Reddit.com]
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Suck It, Prius: Citroen LoMax for the Discerning Commuter
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If When gas gets up to $5.00, if I’m not taking the train I’m gonna be driving something like this. The LoMax is a Citroen 2CV based fiberglass kit car sporting a triplex of wheels. According to the seller it’ll get 57mpg at (slow) freeway speeds, but has no problem keeping up with the fast…
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Meet the Newest Hoon on the Block
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This week saw the addition of Zach Bowman and Ms Amber to the Hooniverse writing crew, but there’s a third late addition we’d like to introduce. Meet Henry Marshall Odell, aka Mad_Science_Jr. All 8lbs, 6oz of him and his ridiculous hair arrived Friday morning. Mom, baby and dad are doing well. Also, we can see…
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Last Call – Purple PT Eater Edition
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Well I saw the thing comin’ out of the road It had the one yellow stripe, two big scoops I commenced to shakin’ and I said “mother of God” It looks like a purple eater to me It was a one-striped, two-scooped, flyin’ purple PT eater One-striped, two-scooped, flyin’ purple PT eater One-striped, two-scooped, flyin’…
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Please Please Please Let it Stay Under $500
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Typically cars make their way to LeMons in one of a few ways: luxury maintenance costs/depreciation, cheap econoboxes that were cheap to start with, horrible rust/flood damage, or just being a total turd to begin with. Massive collision damage typically renders them undrivable. Not so in this case. The 302c.i. powered ’67 Mustang runs and…
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Another Dubiously Valuable Twofer: Dinan Turbo e28 5-Series with Free 535is Thrown In
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None of you seem to be getting it. When we brought you the bargain bounty that was two Jensens for $8500, all you did was complain about British electrical bits and hard-to-find parts. You need to look past these minor hindrances. Today we present another opportunity for you to own two cars as part of…
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Spyker Saab: Saab Spyker: Spyker Saab Spyker: Nope, I'll never get used to it.
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Well it looks like GM held a surprise Press Conference this morning at 11:30 Eastern Standard Time. The internet was buzzing with anticipation that there will be an announcement that a savior has rescued Saab, in the form of a quirky Dutch Supercar Builder named Spyker. Is this really in the best interest of Saab?