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Quick guide to transporting your skis and snowboards safely
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It’s early March and there is no better time than now to discuss the safety of ski transport in a vehicle. The issue with skis is that they are long, strong, and relatively heavy objects. Those of us that ski don’t give much thought on transporting our skis: some fold the rear seats and throw…
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Last Call: The Bentley Mulliner Bacalar is a beautifully expensive mouthful
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This car is so over the top and excessive, but that’s exactly what makes it so intriguing. For $2 million you get a completely custom vehicle designed and built by the Mulliner division at Bentley. The car was inspired by the EXP 100 GT concept that we saw last year which you can see in the…
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Did the Vinyl Roof ever really go away?
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I remember once sitting in rendering class (rendering is the manual application of light to a drawing using various media) when my elderly professor, Frank, sketched up a car and applied a bright shine to the tires. A girl in my class asked Frank why tire shine ‘was a thing’. Frank–who is in his seventies–took…
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2020 Hyundai Venue – Tiny and not so mighty
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Perhaps I am losing my grip on the automotive world. When I got a call asking me if I want to review the Hyundai Venue I quickly answered yes, without really knowing what the Venue was. I assumed it was an all-new vehicle, probably an SUV or SUV-ish in some way. I wanted more information,…
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Hyundai Prophecy Concept does Future and Retro Right
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The Geneva Motor Show has been canceled. All the automakers have had to take their toys and go home. But thanks to the Internet, there is still plenty to see. Hyundai, for example, just rolled out an excellent peek at its electrified future, and it wears the appropriate name of Prophecy. Somehow, Hyundai has managed…
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The 2021 Alfa Romeo Giulia GTA is Super Sedan Hotness
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Alfa Romeo has always been a style-conscious Italian brand. Drawing eyes with unique lines and stunning craft are their bread and butter and they’ve done it again. This time with the Giulia Quadrifoglio GTA and GTAm. As if the Giulia wasn’t already stunning, this thing just got more style and dropped some pounds as a…
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Last Call: This might be the cutest car I’ve ever seen
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Citroën’s newest car called Ami is one of the few cars that deserve the title of adorable (insert first-gen Miata and basically any MG). It’s all-electric and only has eight horsepower and a top speed of 30 miles an hour but I think that makes it cuter. It’s like a little puppy that just goes…
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Let’s take a step back from all of this Red Trim
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Buying a car in 2020 is a tale of purchasing something that isn’t something else. People buy most crossover-type vehicles because it’s a truck, but it isn’t. It’s also a car, but it isn’t. Above all; it’s sporty, but of course, it isn’t. Making a car shaped-like a high-riding jellybean is easy enough, just lift…
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The First Turbocharged V8 Production Car was an Unfortunate Flop
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The turbocharged V8 is a common sight in the engine bays of today’s luxury cars. All the big 3 German automakers have them, and Cadillac made one for about ten seconds before GM realized they were making a good decision. These motors make a lot of sense today. Emissions regulations are getting tighter, fuel economy must…
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This is the REAL Hyundai Smaht Pahk commercial
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Remember the Hyundai Smaht Pahk Super Bowl commercial? Of course you do. It was funny and memorable. And yet it showed a remarkably useless feature on a remarkably generic vehicle. But you remember it and you associate it w Hyundai, and that’s the point of a good commercial. That said, the commercial was full of shit.…
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2020 Acura TLX PMC: When NSX Craftsmen Build a TLX
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There is a reason that many of us enthusiasts pine for the 1990s. You had the rise of some amazing Japanese cars that were not only a lot of fun to drive, they were also magically reliable. Since then there has been a decrease in cars that are both desirable and reliable. It’s hard to…
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Lamest Classics: A Cleveland-based voice actor is more interesting than the 1995 VW Passat
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Welcome back to our biweekly exploration of cars that are now 25 years old, and therefore eligible for classic tags in most U.S. states. The revolutionarily simple Beetle brought a reputation for reliability to the Volkswagen brand. It was different. It was clever. It was affordable. But there’s no nice way to say it: By…
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The News for February 28th, 2020
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Welcome to the Hooniverse News! As always, this is a weekly recap of the biggest stories in the automotive industry without the fluff or bull. This week, Volkswagen debuts new Mk8 Golf GTI and fulfills their promise of a US version, Polestar previews the near future with a sustainable, advanced concept sedan, KTM is going racing in…
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Last Call: Wait, it costs how much?
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Porsche has recently announced that customers will be able to get their fingerprint printed onto their car. Umm… I don’t know why anyone would want this in the first place but wait ’til you hear the price. $8,100! Yep, that’s how much it will take to get a giant smudge on the hood of your…
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Off the Road Again Podcast: Episode 7 – Vespas, a Pacifica, & Off Road Bios
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Welcome back to the Off the Road Again podcast! We’ve missed you. The focus is on the off-road adventure but we also dabble in all things SUV and truck, maybe even some rally cars. Ross & Chris, discuss the Nissan Frontier, Toyota Trail editions, the Jeep Gladiator Mojave, the NORRA Mexican 1000 Vespa class, and Chris’…
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Hooniverse Asks: What do you think of the new Volkswagen GTI?
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Volkswagen is showing off an all-new GTI. This version marks the eighth-generation of the warmed-up hatchback. And it’s making its debut at the Geneva Motor Show. So what’s new? Well, it clearly has a new look about it. You can still get plaid seats on the inside, which is a nice tie-in to the past…