Articles
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Last Call: You Light Up My Life Edition
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When the Feds announced that center high-mounted stop lamps (CHMSLs) would be mandated for the 1986 model year, everybody and their brother suddenly wanted a third brake light for their older car, either to get a piece of that Federally-mandated safety for themselves, or simply to look like they had a more modern car than…
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Regular Car Reviews drives an M35A2 Deuce and a Half
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Each wheel and tire weighs 500 pounds. That’s according to Mr. Regular who got to sample the mighty M35 2 1/2-ton truck. It was built in 1970 and this example cost the owner just $3,500. It wasn’t running at the time, but now it’s up and moving and this is a deep dive into what…
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Pictures: New 2019 BMW 3-series
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Whatever your opinion of modern BMW is, a new 3-series is always a big deal. This is BMW’s halo car, their bread-and-butter, and their mass production model all in one. Think of BMW and you’re thinking of a 3-series. Think of a sporty BMW and you’re thinking of an M3. BMW has to get it…
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Introducing Project Unicorn: 2001 Speedway White Corvette Z06
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It started in late 2002. In a very transitional period of my life, I moved from Texas to North Carolina to live with family before I joined the Navy. Temporary employment was necessary so in an effort to make decent money I decided that car sales was something I needed to do. A local Chevrolet…
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LS Powered Ferrari P4 Kit Car Is The Stuff Of Dreams
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It’s understandable that, outside of Monterey Car Week, the idea of driving a $20m Ferrari around is not the best. Though I would personally disagree. So what do you do? To me kit cars aren’t a terrible idea, like a Hawk Lancia Stratos or Beck Porsche 904. I would 100% flog the hell out of…
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Hooniverse Asks: What other automaker need its own Rennsport Reunion?
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Porsche fans flocked to Laguna Seca to experience Rennsport Reunion VI. The even celebrated the German automaker and all of its wares produced over the course of the last 70 years. This includes iconic race cars both old and new, and the road cars that have found their rear-engined way into the hearts of many.…
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The cars that you're amazed were ever built
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I was preparing for this week’s Carchive post and, unlike the chaotic bookcase landslide that led me to contemplate which stylish production car had the most disappointing interior, The Carchive remained neat and tidy and I found my target Citroen Pluriel brochure with very little fuss and bother. But before I filleted, scrutinised and chronicled…
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Remembering Tony Swan, Auto Journalist and Racer
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Growing up in the days before the Internet, many of us lived in monthly anticipation of new issues of Motor Trend, Car and Driver, or Road & Track arriving in our mailbox. We’d read the letters to the editors and their snarky responses, latest news, and we’d bite into the chunks of featured articles while…
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The News for September 28th, 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: Porsche surprises with new 935 tribute Cadillac is moving their headquarters back to Detroit after just three…
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Once on a trailer, now on the road: This '57 Chevy wagon has been saved
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In December of 2013, our old friend Jim Brennan wrote a Weekend Edition post highlighting a unique wagon for sale. The car was a bright yellow 1957 Chevrolet Wagon. In the ad, the car looks rough. It’s sitting on a trailer and it’s still-bright paint might be shining but the rest of the car is…
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Mystery Car
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Congratulation, children! You were on your game last week and it took you only two days (this is sarcasm if it is’t painfully obvious) to figure out what the Mystery Car was. It was a first generation Miata, of course. Congratulations to Mr.Roadrage for correctly identifying it. You are, of course,… The Person of the Moment! Now we…
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Last Call: Formative Years Edition
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As a youngster in the 1970s, I grew up with three female siblings and a father who wasn’t much of a gearhead, so I was the lone car enthusiast in my family. Fortunately, even though my dad had no interest in auto racing, he was willing to spend a few summer Sunday afternoons taking me…
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2019 Aston Martin Vantage: The best car Aston Martin has ever built
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We’ve adored the cars even when they arrive with faults. That ends now, because there’s nothing to overlook anymore. The 2019 Aston Martin Vantage is the best car the British automaker has ever built. Sure, a handful of credit is owed to technical partner AMG for making this so. These lines though, they’re Aston Martin…
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San Francisco Prius propelled by MUNI power
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American ingenuity is an amazing thing. It’s on full display here, on the roof of a second-generation Toyota Prius. The car was spotted by Sierra Hartman of The Bold Italic. Later the author spotted the car again, and this time reacted quickly on their motorcycle to catch up to the car sporting power poles that allow it…
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Hooniverse Asks: What's the best melding of an older car with a modern one?
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The car above looks like a slightly modified version of the Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.3-16 Evo. It’s so much more than that. Under the skin you’ll find the chassis, electronics, floor pan, and complete drivetrain from a more modern C63 AMG. Piper Motorsport from Virginia took five years to meld these two machines together and the…
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Last Call: A Very Low Point
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Land speed record cars tend to be low, pointy, claustrophobia-inducing things. And nothing seems lower or more claustrophobic than this famous belly-tanker built by Roy Fjastad for Don “Beachcomber” Johnson, circa 1961. If it looks scary here, can you imagine what it was like at more than 247 MPH? Image: hotrod.com Last Call indicates the…