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Jaguar I-Pace adds range thanks to racing
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The Jaguar I-Pace just got a little extra push thanks to the automakers efforts out on the race track. There’s a spec series called the I-Pace eTrophy Series and it serves to support Formula E. Jaguar has clearly been learning a fair bit from the racing Jags and their electric tech, and it’s starting to…
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Hooniverse Asks: What’s a good example of race car-tech in a road car?
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Automakers that compete in motorsport love to tout technology gleaned from racing. That is, when on-track knowledge translates to a better road car. Lotus loved its lightness. Porsche has the best automatic gearbox on the market. Mazda makes vehicles with great steering tuning. And Mercedes-Benz is fine tuning its turbochargers thanks to the efforts of…
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Hooniverse Asks: What’s the oldest new car on sale right now?
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The price tag is just under $100,000. This is a truck that can go a lot of places. The interior is comfortable. And the off-road tech is solid. Yet the 2020 Lexus LX 570 is almost laughably dated at this point. I was in Arizona this weekend. My wife and I took our daughter away…
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The News for December 6th, 2019
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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, Jaguar updates the F-Type with a new nose and some new tech, Hyundai confirms initial specs on Sonata N-Line, Bentley celebrates Pikes Peak record with special edition Continental GT, the…
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Hooniverse Asks: What’s your guilty pleasure car?
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A “guilty pleasure” car is a vehicle that you have an affinity for, but there’s no real reason for you to like it. It’s hard to defend this choice of transportation. Yet you don’t care. You enjoy it, and no one else need give a damn. Or maybe it’s the sort of vehicle you’re slightly embarrassed…
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Do you want to win a RADwood award?
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I have not attended a RADwood event yet. I assume that if you showed up in this 1988 Chevrolet G20 Conversion Van that you would be leaving with some award. There is a lot to like about this van. The best bit is the seller installed a 5.3L V8. The outside of the van is…
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Hooniverse Asks: What’s the best snack for a road trip?
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Like so many over the Thanksgiving weekend, I took a quick, 200-mile road-trip to visit my family. There was a time when I used to do the Boston-to-New York drive in about three hours but those days are gone. I’m older and somewhat more responsible now, there is ton more traffic and construction, and so…
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Acura gets down with Radwood by modifying this 1997 SLX
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The Radwood effect is real. People are paying to attend the show all over the globe. Prices are rising for surprising machines, which previously were getting no love. And now The Brands are playing along as well. This is a good thing though when it’s done right. Case in point: The 1997 Acura SLX featured…
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A brief bit of seat time in Honda’s Baja bad ass: The Unlimited Ridgeline
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We thought we were just there to watch… and then Honda let us jump in the driver’s seat of this rad race truck! We got invited out to a test day with the Honda off-road racing team led by Jeff Procter. The vehicle? Honda’s Unlimited Ridgeline, which was being prepped to take on the Baja…
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James Bond arrives with No Time to Die in trailer for latest film
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The new James Bond trailer debuted today. No Time to Die is set to be in theaters in April 8th, 2020. The trailer looks great, but the return of Blofeld means that I’m going to have to rewatch Spectre again. I’m still not sure exactly what happened in that movie. To the topic that we…
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Should you buy this Alfa on Bring-A-Trailer?
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There is something about an Alfa. Bertone knew what they were doing when they designed these cars. They are fantastic. This 1972 Alfa Romeo GT Junior looks the part. The engine in this car was upgraded to a 1,750cc inline-four with twin Dellorto DHLA 40 carburetors instead of the 1,300cc stock engine. This Alfa’s exhaust…
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Recaro wants to get dirty with its new off-road vehicle seat line
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Recaro is the top name in the aftermarket seating game. There are plenty of options out there, but you typically find Recaro options in the best race cars and street car builds. Now Recaro wants to start playing dirty. The seat manufacturer announced a pair of new thrones at this past SEMA show, with the goal…
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Last Call: Transported to a world of pinstripes
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Occasionally Twitter can be used for good. Case in point is the tweet below, which shows off one of the raddest custom car-custom transporter combos I’ve come across. Well, I only came across it because Friend of Hooniverse Alex Nunez saw it first and then retweeted it. #TransporterTuesday pic.twitter.com/FtJ2D4U4VZ — Vivid Cloud Of War (@vividcloudofwat)…
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There’s a new Top Gear America and here are your hosts
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Top Gear America is back and going to be living exclusively on the Motor Trend App. The three hosts picked to guide Top Gear in the United States are Dax Shepard, Rob Corddry, and Jethro Bovingdon. All three are known to be car enthusiasts Jethro Bovingdon Jethro is the most obvious from his time at…
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There’s a new Cannonball record, and it’s insane
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Insanity is the right word here. I’m using it to describe the latest record run in a car driving from coast to coast. The better term for this type of drive is Cannonball, and a team out there just blitzed the old record set back in 2013. That previous record run was achieved by Ed…
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2020 Will be a good year for motorcycles
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The third weekend of November is my favorite weekend of the year. Every year on November 22nd Progressive kicks of the International Motorcycle Show (IMS) in Long Beach, California. Or as I like to call it “Motorcycle Christmas”. This event is a chance for riders to get together and not only check out the latest…