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HCOTY 2018 – It’s time to vote!
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Hooniverse Asks: Which All-American package do you choose?
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I was browsing the internet on this, the last day of 2018 and I found this great picture on Car and Driver. The three great muscle cars on trailers that are attached to three great pickup trucks. I always try to solve the problems I don’t have, and in this case I was wondering which…
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What Was Your Automotive News for 2018?
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The year is winding down and most PR offices are closed till the new year, so I might as well open up this week’s news column to whoever hasn’t left us over the new Hooniverse logo. As is now sort of customary around these parts, give us a recap of your automotive news for the…
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Hooniversal Opinion: Lincoln Continental 80th Anniversary Coach Door Edition
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Once upon a time in a galaxy that seems far, far away, Lincoln unknowingly sold a car that would someday become iconic. For the fourth generation of its Continental sedan, the brand introduced suicide-style rear doors; that is, they hinge from the front and open opposite of what do normal rear doors. This would come…
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Land Rover will bring the new Defender to the US in 2020
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For decades now, the Land Rover Defender has been a symbol of simplified ability. By that I mean, the Defender is a fairly basic machine but it’s one that can go anywhere. The Defender story begins way back in 1983 when Land Rover introduced a truck called the 110. A year later, the 90 landed…
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2018 HCOTY Nominee: The Hoonitruck
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Hoonigan’s Gymkhana series has consistently been one of the most popular and most impressive YouTube series in the automotive space. Ken Block’s incredibly precise driving and ruthless tire slaying has always been the star of these videos as they’ve amassed hundreds of millions of views since 2008, but in recent videos the cars used on screen have…
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2018 HCOTY Nominee: The #MillionMileLexus
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Earlier this year I drove Matt Farah’s Lexus LS 400. At the time it had 981,199 miles on the odometer. That is a lot of miles for any vehicle. To my surprise the big Japanese sedan drove rather smoothly. It drove like a nice old car in need of some TLC. I sure as hack…
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2018 HCOTY Nominee: Matt Farah’s Safari 911
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Matt Farah had a revelation after driving Leh Keen’s original Porsche 911 Safari build in the woods of North Carolina. In it he found a vehicle that was fun to drive. It had style. And if it could handle Carolina fire roads, it would handle Southern California’s bad roads with zero issues. Matt often said that…
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Best way to collect a Christmas Tree
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Enjoy this special Christmas video from the team at Girardo and Co in the UK. They set off to collect their company Christmas tree with the perfect vehicle for such a task; an ex-WRC Subaru Impreza WRX. From all of us at Hooniverse, Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays
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We’re still cleaning things up over here
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Yes, the new design should be in place for most of you. There are some stragglers hanging on to ancient cached pages and stories from 2009. The rest of you are here. Yes, we mostly know the things that need to be fix and we’re working on it. Here are the good bits so far;…
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The Carchive: 1978 MCW Metrobus
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‘Tis the season for friends and families to come together and share the spirit of goodwill, considering the present, the future and the past. Perhaps channelling A Christmas Carol (the Muppets version of which, incidentally, sets the gold standard); a heart-warming tale set in old London town, where a miserly, hated old man learned the…
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HCOTY 2018: The time-attack RP968 Porsche
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The RP968 Porsche gets my nod for 2018 Hooniverse Car of the Year. You haven’t heard of it? Allow me to catch you up to speed then. The RP968 is the winner of this year’s Royal Purple Pro Class and holder of the outright fastest time at the Yokohama World Time Attack Challenge 2018. This…
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The Winter Solstice is Here
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With the dawn of the winter solstice arriving today, December 21 marks the beginning of season filled with snow, longer nights, and plummeting temperatures. It’s also the start of a long, much-anticipated holiday weekend. Depending on which corner of the globe you’re reading this post from, perhaps the next few days will bring an opportunity…
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The News for December 21st, 2018
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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’s new 718 T, a wicked McLaren P1 GTR honoring Senna, and a 250+ mile EV for $30k that isn’t a Tesla. Plus YOUR automotive news. Porsche 718 T About…
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Cobras and cranberries
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Hooniverse Asks: What car-related thing do you want for Christmas?
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The holiday season is in full swing. Next week is Christmas, which means some of you will be unwrapping new gifts received from loved ones. What is on your list that relates to cars? Or did you put an entire car on your list? All I want for Christmas is for my wagon project to start progressing…