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2020 Land Rover Defender – the chassis, engine, and driveline
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With the introduction of the 2020 Defender, Land Rover provided us with several cool infographics about its new rig. Usually manufacturer supplied material like this is kind of lame but this is an exception. Let’s take a look at the chassis, suspension, and the four wheel drive system of the new Defender. Like other large…
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2020 Land Rover Defender: 6 models, 2 engines, 5 accessory packs, and a million ways to configure
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It’s officially here: the 2020 Land Rover Defender. And right away we all agreed that it is much better than we expected. From the looks, hardware, seating configuration, capabilities, and an endless list of accessories, everything about the new Defender seems totally legit. We will have the Official Hooniversal Opinion post on the Defender later…
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Hooniverse Asks: What mass-produced car would you never modify?
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The desire to tinker, tweak, farkle, and swap has been baked into the Hooniverse culture from the very beginning. Whether to increase performance, make repairs and maintenance more economical, or just be weird, we love modifying our vehicles. Until we don’t. I’m just like the rest of you. Nearly every car, bike, and truck makes…
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Last Call: Land Rover Defender drops a bit early
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Are you ready for the new Land Rover Defender? This is what it looks like apparently. View this post on Instagram A post shared by 4x4FAMILYMAN (@4x4familyman) The Defender 90 and the 110 are almost here. It looks like they’ve leaked a bit early though, and you can check it out above. There’s even a…
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Toyota’s new GA-B platform seems exclusively designed for hybrid vehicles
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The whole world right now is losing its mind over Electric Vehicles – EVs, as the abbreviators call them. Keyboard experts go on and on about range and recharge time at various voltages, battery capacity, system efficiency, and a whole of other stuff that no one was really teaching in Electrical Engineering classes two decades ago.…
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Project Introduction: 2013 Mazda Miata Club PRHT
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The first Miata I drove was a modified, ex-race-car NA-generation model. My seat time was limited to a few laps on Lime Rock Park’s infield autocross course. But something in my brain clicked. The Miata was unlike anything I had ever driven. It was so light, so nimble. Tossable in a way I didn’t know…
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Hooniverse Asks: Do you see your car on Google Maps?
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Google Maps is one of the greatest things to happen to internet since pr0n. And with Street View™ one can sort of go traveling to faraway places without ever leaving their bedroom. Street view also allows us to see the various cars that are in the given section of the world, which is always entertaining.…
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/DRIVE on NBCSN returns for its sixth season
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In addition to Proving Grounds, NBC Sports Network is bringing back /DRIVE on NBCSN, or as I call it SlashDrive, for its sixth season. The usual host suspects, Chris Harris, Mike Spinelli, Alex Roy, Kristen Lee, and Zack Klapman are coming back for six hour-long episodes. To keep things simple, all episodes will air after Proving Grounds on NBC…
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Nearly time to replace our Mazda CX-5, so what’s next?
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Our 2016.5 Mazda CX-5 is creeping up on 70,000 miles. We owe a fair bit less than $10k on it. It still has a little bit of value and a ton of life. It’s about that time to consider shuffling it off for something new, or making the decision to keep it for another ten…
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The News for September 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, Porsche does their first EV right with the Taycan, Lamborghini shows off glimpse into a future of V12 hybrids with the new Sian, Ian Callum takes a second stab at…
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Hooniverse Asks: Which current production car/truck is most closely analogous to the Soyuz spacecraft?
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It would have to be something totally reliable, durable, hella safe, in production for a very long time with incremental improvements over time, and have a very utilitarian flavor of bad-ass-ity to it. My initial thought was the original Land Rover, but it’s been out of production for a long time, and the Soyuz is…
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Proving Grounds returns for its second season
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Leh Keen, Parker Kligerman, and Sam Smith are back in the desert. The trio have returned to host a second season of Proving Grounds. This is the show that features all three trying to test a wide range of machinery over the soothing sounds of 80’s synthwave. Right out of the gate, the action is rather…
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The RSR Rebel is a glorious ode to past Porsche glory
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The RSR Rebel Porsche 911is a beautiful and brutal ode to the race cars from a bygone era. RSR Rebel cars pay homage to the Porsche 917 race cars. These were wicked machines that went crazy fast while wearing equally insane color schemes. These now iconic cars are remembered by, not just Porsche fans, but…
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Hooniverse Asks: What’s a better Taycan model name?
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https://twitter.com/jglucker/status/1169284464125472768 Porsche is known for having ridiculous model names for the 31 flavors of each vehicle they make. The new electric Porsche, the Taycan was just revealed. It currently has two model names – Turbo and Turbo S. It doesn’t take a genius to figure out that these EVs do not actually have any turbos…
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Going Clubbing: East Coast Retros
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You’d like Michael “Trigger” Carpenter. I’ve only met him a handful of times, and he’s such a very modest and personable bloke that I’ve come to number him among my friends. His exploits, though, deserve global recognition – particularly his services to the universe of unloved, unappreciated, underdog transportation. He’s a serial owner and restorer…
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Hooniverse Asks: What’s your favorite lesser-known race track?
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The other day I mentioned that I’d gone on a vacation. I spent time with friends and family. Oh, and an Audi Q8. Part of my time, however, was spent in an iconic sports car at a private race track. It’s called Club Motorsports, and it quickly became one of my favorite places to drive…