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Jay Leno and Tim Allen go for a spin in their wife’s cars
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Tim Allen loves cars. One celebrity who might love them a bit more, at least in terms of quantity doled out, is Jay Leno. Back in the 1990s, the two sat down for a taping of Leno’s Tonight Show. Each mentioned their affinity for cars before discussing the enjoyment that comes with laying a nice…
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Jaguar F-Pace SVR: Luxury Hooliganism
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Jaguar F-Pace …SVR. Oh the noise. The raucous 550-horsepower supercharged V8 engine sings a symphony that’s deep and beautiful. And then it’s interrupted by fire belches, and it makes everything better. This is a machine that, if you still don’t like crossovers, will make you realize that perhaps you should soften that stance. Yes, we’d…
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Hooniverse Asks: What’s a good gift for someone who just bought their first new car?
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A good friend of mine owns a small business. One of his long time employees, and actually a good friend, just bought her first new car. It’s a Kia Sportage and it’s perfect for this young lady. Surprisingly, it came from the dealer with WeatherTech floor mats and roof rack cross bars. It even has…
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Last Call: New Year, New You – Corvette Edition
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Teams are prepping for the 24 Hours of Daytona, which takes place later this month. One new race car being put through the paces is Chevrolet’s C8.R Corvette. It’s packing a new 5.5-liter flat-plane crank V8, which pushes out 500 horsepower and 481 pound-feet of torque. And that’s when breathing through a restrictor. Our friend…
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Aston Martin teams up with… Airbus?
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Aston Martin have teamed up with Airbus. No, there’s not a Superleggera version of the A380 on the horizon. Instead, Aston Martin have joined forces with Airbus Corporate Helicopters to create a special version of the ACH130. It’s called, rather simply, the ACH130 Aston Martin Edition. And, if we’re honest, it’s pretty badass. Sure, the…
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Let your speakers roar: 13 minutes of glorious race car noise from Daytona
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The 24 Hours of Daytona gets underway in just a few weeks time. On January 25th, the green flag will drop and a sea of color, speed, and noise will be unleashed in Florida. Race car time is nearly go. Do you want a taste of the noise a bit early? We’ve got you covered…
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The News for January 3rd, 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, ex-Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn pulls a sneak and flees to Lebanon to escape persecution, Genesis reveals first images and some early info on the GV80, their first SUV, Ford announces…
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Here are four ridiculous hood ornaments I found on Amazon
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Last night, I was browsing the Internet for random Montero parts. My usual routine is to start with a general Google search, move to eBay and Craigslist, then give Amazon a quick check… just in case. There’s usually nothing specific to my vehicle on Amazon, at least nothing I’m that I need. But then I get…
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Hooniverse Asks: What’s your personal choice for the Hooniverse Car of the Decade?
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We forced you to pick from a previously determined list. The official Hooniverse Car of the Decade would be selected from the past list of Car of the Year winners. Our hero here is SpeedyCop and his Spirit of LeMons… but maybe you have something else in mind. If you were running the show here,…
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Top Ten Hooniverse Posts of 2019
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Our hangover from the whole holiday season is almost gone. As we are sobering up we realized that, oops, we got a cool website to run. In order to get started we decided to keep thing simple and take a second look at the ten most popular posts from 2019. Of the almost 1000 posts…
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Tavarish gives an automotive “gift” to his pal Hoovie
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Our old friend Tavarish recently acquired a new car. No, it’s not an insane movie-used Lamborghini. Nor is it one of his old projects come back to life. This time, Tavarish has turned to the world of true pimps. He bought a Dodge Caravan, which at one point was modified on the show Pimp My Ride.…
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Hooniverse Asks: Do you have a favorite piece of art from Syd Mead?
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For some time, that image above was the background on my computer. It was eventually replaced by another image, but both are by the same artist; Syd Mead. The godfather of retro-futuristic art created some truly stunning pieces that helped define a generation of film, album covers, television, advertising, and the people that consumed those…
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The Hooniverse Car of the Decade is… an airplane on a van chassis
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The votes are in, and there’s a winner. In our first-ever Hooniverse Car of the Decade vote, the winning margin lands with one truly wild machine. What started as a random idea in the head of one Jeff SpeedyCop Bloch turned into a street-legal “car’ comprised of a Cessna fuselage set atop the chassis of…
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Hooniverse Asks: What do you want to see happen in the automotive space in 2020?
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Time flies, right? Even though 2010 was the year we were supposed to make contact, we’ve blitzed right past that and we’re essentially into 2020 now. A lot has changed in the past ten years, especially in the automotive space. The first Nissan Leaf was introduced back in 2010. It had a range of 73…
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New Shirt! Enter the house of brake stands
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We have a brand new shirt for you to buy. Yes, I probably should’ve made this announcement before people were looking for holidays gifts. But I’m not good at capitalism. So here’s the shirt now, and you should still buy one… or several. You can head to Blipshift to check it out. I really like…
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What Was Your Automotive News for 2019?
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In the closing days of each year, we’re always asked to look back and reflect on what we were able to cram into another calendar. Maybe it’s just a part of getting older, but it seems like that calendar becomes increasingly busier and shorter every year. I was always told that life is a marathon…