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Dealership Find: Two Innocentis, To Go
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When you’re car shopping, it’s really quite amazing what you find sitting in showrooms and dealership lots. In this case, we had a pair of Italian beauties that I didn’t even recognize.
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Hooniverse Asks- What's History's Greatest AMC?
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No other deceased U.S. auto maker generates as much blue collar love as does American Motors. Formed in 1954 by the merger of Nash-Kelvinator and Hudson, AMC was never invited to any of the “Big Three’s” parties, having, instead to stand around outside in the cold Wisconsin winter, peering in through the window at the…
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Hooniverse Parting Shot: The Saturn Division; How GM Lost the Recipe for Success.
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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.
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The Iacocca 45th Anniversary Edition Mustang – Rediscover the Intro Video Again for Modern Art Monday!
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I know, this is rather old in terms of the inter-webs, but I rediscovered an old e-mail containing the link to the video in which this rather stunning rendition of the Mustang is beautifully photographed, with Frank Sinatra vocals and heavenly bodies. So for your viewing pleasure, The Iacocca 45th Anniversary Edition Mustang.
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Hooniversal Calendar of Events is now online
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Just a quick post to let everyone know the event calendar is up now. Find it under the Hooniverse logo next to the Hoonimerch link. Thanks to everyone for all the submissions! Keep the tips coming and we will do our best to keep the calendar up-to-date. We also plan to run a regular feature on…
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Adventures in model-hooning: An Interview with Michael Paul Smith, Part I
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If there’s any consolation to not being Jay Leno, or not having Jay Leno’s bankroll, or not having Jay Leno’s garage, or not having Jay Leno’s connections toward obtaining that which even vast bankrolls and ordinary fame cannot spring from the unobtanium well… it’s models – and the ability of the plebian class to amass…
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Streetwalking: Willys Jeep Pickup!
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This little beauty was parked outside my hotel recently, and I caught a few photos with my iPhone. I liked it so much, I went back with my good camera to get more shots.
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Last Call- That's a Lot of Chainsaws Edition
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Yes, there’s a bike in the picture. For those of you who can see it, that’s 24 Dolmar chainsaws powering the drag bike. Strangely, for a chainsaw-powered machine, it uses a belt for its final drive. In case you were wondering what that would sound like we’ve got the video of it being started after…
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Hooniverse Asks- What's The Best Car Joke You've Ever Heard?
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A guy was driving down the road and a met a car coming the other way. Although there was room to pass easily, the driver forced the oncoming car to slow down and wound down his window and shouted ‘Pig’ . The other driver looked in his rear view mirror and swore at the receding…
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A Ranchero So Ugly, They Wouldn't Even Let it in the Barn
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Yup, they found it under a tree, next to the barn. Under a layer of leaves. Good news is, Ford smallblocks are cheap and easy to fix, so apparently it runs great. The seller had his priorities correct; in addition to the engine work he had the bench seat redone and…nothing else. But with a…
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Just About Perfect: Supercharged e34 M5 Touring
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As the owner of two grey station wagons, I can attest to the near-invisibility to law enforcement of the wagon form factor. That’s a good thing, because we suspect that the 377hp supercharged 3.8L engine in this M5 Touring is capable of impressively illegal acts all day every day on the weekends and plenty of…
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V.I.S.I.T. 25th Anniversary Vette Celebrates in the Hollywood Hills
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One of my buddies is a film director. As that’s a gig that offers a modicum of downtime, he gets in some exercise by hiking up the wending roads of the Hollywood Hills behind his house. Those be-sneakered sojourns allow him to contemplate life’s more important questions- such as why won’t Scorsese return his calls? and…
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Hooniverse Projects- 2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee
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From time to time we like to bore regale you with the projects upon which we are currently wrenching. Sometimes it’s a LeMons car that’s being turned into some kind of mobile theme park, other times it’s a classic (well, classic by my definition) car requiring some TLC, and today it’s a 2001 Jeep Grand…
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Hooniverse Asks- What's History's Greatest Dodge?
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We’ve previously asked about your candidates for the best from the bread and butter brands from Ford and GM, and today, we want to know your opinion of what’s the greatest car or truck that Chrysler’s blue collar make has ever offered.
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Merde Incorporated: Peugeot 604 Turbodiesel Gives This 300SD Owner Pause
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Ask the average hoon to name a European full-size (by Continental standards, anyhow) sedan from the waning years of the Malaise Era, and chances are he or she will drop the name of the W126 Mercedes-Benz S-Class, the Series III Jaaaaaag Jaguar XJ, or the E23 BMW 7 Series. Above-average hoons might also cite the…
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Hooniverse Parting Shot: The Saturn Division; GM's Hope for the Future.
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What started out as a division with a cult-like following ended up another irrelevant brand within the GM hierarchy. This is the story of how GM fumbled a golden opportunity to reinvent itself over the last 20+ years.