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This Unimog U500 is your true global adventure machine
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Do you want to go anywhere? Are you ready to escape from the grind for a bit? Do you also happen to have a few hundred grand stashed away in an account, itching to be spent? Then we have found the perfect machine for you. A user on the Expedition Portal forums is selling their…
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Hillclimb Monster: Watch a 700-hp Mitsubishi Evo scream up a Swiss hill
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The Mitsubishi 4G63 engine can be modified to do marvelous things. While there are a number of lower horsepower offerings using this engine, the performance minded vehicles fitted with this inline-4 are entertaining even in stock guise. Take the 4G63 and slap on crazy turbos, bore and stroke the engine, and then hold on. Like…
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BMW finally puts the M in motorcycles
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BMW’s Motorrad is taking a page out of the playbook from the automobile side of the family. It’s all about M as the motorcycle family will soon be able to option up their bikes with new options and performance parts. The goal here is performance, exclusivity, and individuality. And mucho dollars, of course. First to…
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Two-Wheel Tuesday: Radical Simplicity
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Prior to the 1980s, Husqvarna had designed only two-stroke motorcycles for decades. So, when they designed a new 510cc four-stroke motor, they based it on their existing two-stroke bottom end and employed quixotic but logical engineering to lubricate the engine. Rather than a positive-displacement oil pump and dedicated oil lines, the engine utilized nothing but…
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Last Call: Dream Girl Edition
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Here at Hooniverse, we most admire women who aspire to drive cars and wrench on them, not simply allow themselves to be perched on a fender. However, looking back through the post archives, only three women have been tagged as Hooniversal Dream Girls: Hellé Nice, Michèle Mouton, and Maria Teresa de Filippis. Who is your…
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Classic Captions Contest: 1996 Renault Twingo Edition
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Renault’s conquistador of the city, the Twingo, was both adorable and also just ridiculous looking simple car. It’s a sight at which you do an almost snorty giggle. At the dawn of the 1990s, Renault hired Jean-Pierre Ploué to design this tiny thing, which at the time sold for nearly $19,000 new in today’s money. Offered…
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Spied (Again): 2020 Land Rover Defender 2-door SWB
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As the off-road community continues to hold its breath amidst fear of the Land Rover Defender getting Independent Front Suspension for the first time, the namesake’s overhaul and subsequent release is getting closer with every passing day. And, as is tradition for automakers now, that means taunting us who care by testing the upcoming vehicle out…
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The connected car industry's dizzying number of players all in one chart
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This diagram, put together by ReadWrite Labs, shows all the various automotive software vying for a slice of the connected car market. The sheer numbers of systems shows the sort of gold rush that’s going on in this sector, and this doesn’t even include autonomous vehicle systems. I have to wonder how much proprietary stuff…
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This 1991 Toyota Mega Ace is for sale and it's extra-rad
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Not all vehicles are created equal, and this 1991 Toyota Mega Ace 4×4 is one that is a cut above the rest. In fact, this one is better than that: it’s so good that I’d be willing to put in my Rad Hall of Fame. And it’s for sale, so you can own this incredible…
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First Drive: 2019 Hyundai Veloster N
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We’ve been eagerly waiting for this drive. Hyundai wants to get serious about performance and, for us here in the States, the first taste of this notion is the Veloster N. N it’s pretty damn good. This is a 275-horsepower Hyundai hot hatch with all the right ingredients. A stiff chassis, sorted suspension, slick-shifting 6-speed…
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Alec Baldwin punches a guy with Saab Turbo X SportCombi
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You may have heard that Alec Baldwin recently got into a fight with someone over a parking spot near his home in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village. The fact that this happened will no surprise anyone who has ever attempted to street park in the Village. Equally unsurprising is the fact that Alec Baldwin (60!), allegedly punched someone. But…
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Hooniverse Asks: What's the "Starbucks Holiday Cups" of the automotive space?
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One year, we actually made Hooniverse holiday cars and sent them out to various folks we’d worked with over the course of a year. It was fun. And we managed to work in Tim’s old 1967 Ford Country Sedan as the poster child for the postcard greetings. But not every image is filled with holiday…
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Last Call: Five-Wheel Friday Edition II
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I bet the last time I used Five-Wheel Friday as a theme, you thought it was a one-time stunt. Think again. 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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The Toyota Land Cruiser Commercial is the poshest car you can buy today
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In one hand, I hold a Faberge egg. Beautifully made, artistically conceived and definitely aimed towards the extremely well heeled. In the other, I hold a Savelli Champagne Diamond cellphone, inlaid with 395 white and cognac diamonds and running Android. One of these items is a guaranteed future heirloom, an instant blue-chip collectable that might…
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The News for November 2nd, 2018
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Welcome to the Hooniverse News! As always, this is a weekly recap of some of the biggest stories in the automotive industry without the fluff or bull. There’s also just a little opinion of mine because I can. This week: Ford shows off Carbon Series GT with weight reduction and custom looks Will Smith was right –…
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Project Binky has an alternator problem and it's been solved in an insane way
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Episode 20 of Project Binky is up on YouTube. This is the saga of Bad Obsession Motorsport and its quest to turn an old Mini into a Celica All-Trac powered rally beast. As you might imagine, this is a journey fraught with fabrication peril. Thankfully the Bad Obsession team are amazing in this space. From…