Articles
-
Hooniverse Asks- What's The Worst Thing Someone Has Done To Your Car?
/
It happens- you park somewhere, are gone for a while and upon your return you find that somebody has scraped their key across your beloved’s unprotected flank. Or maybe they’ve snapped off the antenna, or opened their door as though blowing the hatch on a crippled space shuttle, sending it swinging into the side of…
-
Last Call- Stick The Landing Edition
/
Let’s see that smarmy Smart car park this close to the curb! Read all about it: DeStandNijkerk.nl Image source: [Hans Hubers via Flickr]
-
2011 Kia Sorento
/
One of my least favorite segments of the automotive industry is the mid-size crossover utility vehicle. I know it has practically become an automotive journalism cliché at this point but I love a good wagon. I see no reason to choose a tall wagon over one with a lower entry point and roofline. That being…
-
2010 Volkswagen Golf TDI (aka The GDI)
/
America, you don’t know what you want… “I want to get great fuel economy, so I think I should buy a hybrid”, says your mother. “I want a car that is fun to drive, so I have to have a sports car”, says your father. Since this is the Hooniverse, we want something that most…
-
Photo Friday Fun – Final Round
/
This shot is special… it is a teaser image for an article we are running next week.
-
Photo Friday Fun – Round 4
/
Why should a little bird through the window end your race?
-
Photo Friday Fun – Round 3
/
A down and dirty wagon thats probably blowing dirt and diesel across the landscape… [Found via CarPr0n]
-
Hooniverse Parting Shot: The Chevy Trailblazer and its Five Clones.
/
During the new millennium America’s love affair with the Sport Utility Vehicle was in full bloom, with the mid-sized versions as the sales leaders. These vehicles were the replacements for the unloved minivans and station wagons of yesterday. General Motors was desperately trying to modernize their offerings while increasing production levels to keep the fat…
-
Photo Friday Fun – Round 2
/
A BMW M3 GT2 caught lifting the wheels mid-turn. [Found on SpeedHunters.com]
-
Ready for some Photo Phriday Phun?
/
Over the course of the next however-the-hell-I-feel-like-it minutes, I will post random awesomeness from around the tubes. It is Friday and you all want to get your weekend started properly… so here we go: The photo is titled ZondAss and was taken by Dennis Noten. [Found on TheAutoInsider’s Blog]
-
Looking for a Quality Used Crown Vic P71? QualityCopCars.com is Your Place
/
I was helping out a friend browse for a roomy, safe car on the cheap; meaning I was cruising craigslist for P71s. This led to a listing from qualitycopcars.com, basically warning as to the dangers of going really cheap with one’s selection. The dude running the outfit sifts through the assorted surplus sales and picks…
-
Your Tax Dollars at Work
/
In the eternal struggle between the city’s road crew and green-space crew, the next move belonged to the gardeners. Image source: [thereifixedit.com]
-
Hunter S. Thompson And The Song Of The Sausage Creature
/
It’s just as important to keep close tabs on the past of the automotive fringe as it is to chase the new limit of strange. Nobody set up camp more firmly on the borderlands of vehicular oddity than our beloved Hunter S. Thompson. We bring you his “Song Of The Sausage Creature”, uncut in full…
-
3…2…1…Liftoff!
/
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9fWDtZ3esA[/youtube] Across the Intertubewebs, this fellow’s endeavor’s being labeled as a failure (FAIL, as they say). We say nonsense. When your airbag + tire + car seat adventure gets you 10 feet in the air it’s all win, regardless of how you come down. As far as we’re concerned, it deserves a MISSION ACCOMPLISHED banner.…
-
Pinto Cruising Wagon? Hell Yes! Can Someone Spot Me $3500?
/
Dear lord, could you pack any more style, finesse, panache, into a single package? Who wants to cruise for a run-in with law enforcement near an elementary school chicks?
-
Hooniverse Parting Shot: The Saturn Division; How GM Lost the Recipe for Success.
/
With the loss of the EV-1 Electric Car, and with an aging platform in the form of the “S” Sedan, Coupe and Wagon, GM started tinkering with the Saturn Division by offering additional models, without really understanding the Saturn Customer.