Articles
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SAAVe this SAAB! Rare Saab 99 EMS Needs Loving Hoon
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You’re looking at a rare bird – a Saab 99 “Electric Manual Special,” the Bosch Jetronic-equipped sports version of the iconic front-drive Trolhatten terror.
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Showdown: 3-Way 70s Forced Induction Import Battle
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In our last Showdown, the Country Sedan stomped all over the Chevy Panel Wagon. Some accused me of stacking the deck in favor of a Ford like my own, but I don’t set the prices. I just picked two examples in the same price range. Anyway, onward… We’re mixing things up today with a trio…
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Don't Be Afraid to Ask Questions Part 6: Horsepower and Torque, I Do Not Think it Means What You Think it Means
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Imagine a pile of art critics debating the merits of a given painting without knowing the difference between blue and red. Imagine judges at a dog show not knowing their labradors from their spaniels. Silly, right? Yet you’ll find an infinitude of vitriol spilled over why only idiots would prefer low-end torque or high-end horsepower…
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Trucks that Rock: The DAF-Based Rolling Stones' Mobile Studio
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The year was 1968. The Rolling Stones were making hits, taking psychotropics by the British stone, and generally saturating themselves with the full-on excesses that subsequent rock bands have come to know and love. And so it’s not surprising that in the midst of all this, the thought of a 9-5 slog in a regular…
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NAIAS 2010: A mega-gallery courtesy of Speed:Sport:Life
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Our friends at Speed:Sport:Life gained entry to the repetitive press conference convention exciting showcase of new products that is the North American International Auto Show. They have created their own mega-gallery of images and broken it down for you to easily find what you are looking for it. Speed:Sport:Life MegaSuperHappyFunTimeGallery
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Hooniverse Asks- How'd You Become a Car Nut?
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You all visit this site for a reason, and it’s not for the chance of catching a glimpse of Dearthair naked, not that I’m saying that won’t happen. No, you come he because of a shared love of all things automotive and greasy. Whether you like to poke around under the hood and get grease…
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Hooniverse Asks- What is your most embarrassing oops?
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Having been a licensed driver for almost 20 years I can proudly say my oopsies are few and far between. I have never been in any sort of serious accident, minor fender-benders notwithstanding. In that time I have only had 3 (I think) speeding tickets, the most recent being in ’98. Don’t get me wrong,…
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Name that engine: IPT edition
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Unlike Deartháir and his convoluted and somewhat demented “name that engine/part/countertop” I am not giving anything away. Just don’t stare at it too long. And see your doctor if you have IPT lasting for more than 4 hours.
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2010 Jaguar XKR
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Power corrupts… and supercharged luxury sport coupe power corrupts awesomely. In the rarefied air of this automotive segment, there are a few must-have items to be checked off the list. I want elegant exterior styling with subtle muscular design cues. I need a comfortable interior that is fitted with up-scale materials, up-dated technology, and provides…
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The Designers Night 2010 Party; How did they let the Hoons in?
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Covering the North American International Auto Show in Detroit was a treat, as I was able to co-mingle among the journalists and bloggers I have come to know over the past several years. So what if there was very little in the way of news; Who cares if the bloggers were making up posts to…
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Dakar Rally Pics to Make You Drool. Bring a Towel
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We’ve been tipped off to a whole cache of amazing Dakar photos. Hydrate, put on your Nomex and sunscreen, shake the sand out of your Underoos, and make the jump for a taste.
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Van Wildest: TH Automobile’s TH2RS is 86,000 Kinds of Bonkers
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There’s just something about stupid-fast peoplemovers that gets the hoon’s blood pumping and tongue wagging. Why else would people drag race Caravan turbos? Or a buff book set out to build the Mazdaspeed 5 the folks in Hiroshima won’t? (Spoiler alert: it doesn’t go particularly smoothly.) But those and every other example of box-on-wheels buffoonery…
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For the Price of a Lexus ES350, You Could Have This Thing
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$42 grand. That’s it. $42k For a Toronado-powered five-axle rig with a hydrogen peroxide rocket powered land-speed racer on the back. The scale of the picture’s a little hard to grasp, so we’ll help you out: that cab’s only 5.5 feet tall. This rig’s made appearances at Cars and Coffee, and I’ve actually seen it…
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SOVREN Immunity: Lotus 26R Spins 360, Doesn't Miss a Beat
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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dz4P6e_Yv3c[/youtube] For those of you who don’t know, the Society of Vintage Racing Enthusiasts is a racing club based in the Pacific Northwest, and home to a whole lot of sweet vintage iron (no later than 1969 for most classes). SOVREN is renowned for the kind of all-out racing that’ll force you to DNF unless…
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Last Call- Catch of the Day Edition
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Failed movie sequel promotion- Deep Blue Fairmont. Image source:[explainthisimage]
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Wait, This Isn't Canal Street?
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This was the scene yesterday when a pair of hoons decided to take a shortcut down a frozen-over canal near Winchburgh, West Lothian in Scotland, only to find that they literally were on thin ice. The 22 and 25-year old occupants managed to escape the Peugeot 407 before the captain signaled the order to rig…