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Search for a Family Camper: Mitsubishi Delica
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Our search for a family camper continues with the Mitsubishi Delica. Not the boxy, badass 3rd generation that many of us are familiar with as amazing Overland builds, but the now available for US import, curvaceous 4th generation. The measurables are there for the 4th gen Delica. Seating for seven, turbo diesel four-cylinder, traditional four-wheel-drive…
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24 Hours of LeMons at Thunderhill: The Ranchero rides again
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Well, not that Ranchero. This is Ranchero 2.0, and it’s much better than the other 1962 Ford car-truck that it replaces. And it was my race car for a recent weekend of adventure in Northern California. Tim (Mad_Science) Odell has been hard at work transforming a second old shitty Ranchero into a racing machine. This time…
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Mercedes-AMG put on a show in Sonoma
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The inaugural Sonoma Speed Festival went down this weekend at Sonoma Raceway. It was apparent from the start that lot more work went into making the Sonoma Speed Festival stand out from the other historic racing events. Not only were there (conservatively) a quarter of a billion dollars worth of cars from various decades in…
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Hooniverse Asks: Why aren’t electric motorcycles more popular?
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An electric motorcycle is an mode of transportation that makes a lot of sense to me. Range figures are growing. The performance is great for the majority of riders. And the ability to slip to and from work, emissions and fuel free, is enticing. Especially for those who live in a state that allows for…
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Last Call: Let’s get weird!
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I really hope someone does this… View this post on Instagram A post shared by Moore Power (@moore_performance) Last Call indicates the end of Hooniverse’s broadcast day. It’s meant to be an open forum for anyone and anything. Thread jacking is not only accepted, it’s encouraged.
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Volkswagen decimated the EV record at the ‘Ring
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Volkswagen took its ID.R electric race car to the Nürburgring. Driver Romain Dumas hopped behind the wheel and proceeded to silently set the place on fire. The previous EV record, held by Nio and its EP9, was 6:45.9. The new record? 6:05.3! Over the course of the lap, Dumas averaged 128.6 miles per hour. He…
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2019 Lexus GX 460: Hot Tub Time Machine
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Technology in cars is an interesting thing. It’s a bit like boiling the frog by gently turning up the heat little by little. If you go back to a car pre-2005, you’ll see that the tech didn’t change that much between then and the early ’90s. Somewhere around that 2005 time frame, manufacturers started tossing…
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Hooniverse Asks: What weird engine type do you wish wound up in a production car?
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I’m fascinated by radial engines. They dance in a way that’s familiar but the moves are just a little different. Radial engines put their hips into it. And they’ve never found favor in the automotive space, outside of one-off race cars or insane project builds. Some have tried shoving them into motorcycles, but the main…
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The News for May 31st, 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, Cadillac shows off its new V-Series cars, Uber keeps lighting cash on fire, Jaguar says goodbye to the XJ… for now, and Ferrari shows-off its first plug-in hybrid super machine.…
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Recaro serves up a limited run of Nürburgring inspired seats
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Recaro has another limited-run special edition seat on its hands, and this one is pricey. It’s called the Sportster CS. Inspiration for the bucket comes from Germany’s Nürburgring, so you know there’s some motorsport ethos ascribed here. In fact, Recaro says this seat is a great blend of a classic racing shell and a comfortable…
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Quick Spin: The Honda Rugged Open Air Vehicle (ROAV) concept
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Honda created some buzz at the 2018 SEMA show. The automaker pulled the wraps back on a unique side-by-side concept. It was one part Ridgeline, one part Pioneer 1000. But it was all parts intriguing and bad ass. Called the Rugged Open Air Vehicle concept, the Honda ROAV piqued our interests and we wanted to…
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Regular Car Reviews nails the Toyota Tacoma TRD Pro
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“Oh… we can all be assholes now?” The tone is set right from the gate. Regular Car Reviews knows what it’s diving into with the Toyota Tacoma TRD Pro. The upgraded tough-guy experience clad in blue paint. Wall Street Bets in truck form? Either way, RCR knows how to dissect it in the way that…
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Podcast: Episode 294 – Post LeMons Debrief [Solo episode]
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After the 24 Hours of LeMons, I’ve returned to push out a podcast. At LeMons, our Ranchero was running well before we hit a few snags. I’ll go over all of that and a bit more in this 30-minute episode of the Hooniverse Podcast. Listen in by clicking play above. We’re closing in on…
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Tanner Godfrey soars 247 feet in a side-by-side
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Tanner Godfrey set out to go flying. Not in an airplane, mind you, but in his modified Polaris RZR. Godfrey pointed the nose of his side-by-side at a massive jump and punched the throttle. Despite the wind working against him, he cleanly flew 247 feet through the air. This returns the long-distance UTV record to…
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You can configure your own Icon FJ
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Ever see a Singer 911? From far away the untrained eye may think it’s a “lowly” Porsche. But up close, the details come into focus. Every nut and bolt has been fixated on, every individual element tirelessly curated and honed to make the car more than the sum of its parts. Icon is to the…
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Hooniverse Asks: Did you do anything car related over Memorial Day weekend?
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Today is Tuesday. This past weekend was a long one, which means you likely had enough time to get out there and do something fun with a vehicle. Did you break away on two wheels? Maybe you put four wheels into the dirt? Perhaps there was just some serious wrenching progress achieved? Whatever the case,…