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The News for June 29th, 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: McLaren debuts 600LT, another track ready supercar Dodge gives their most powerful Challengers and Chargers even more…
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San Francisco, Day Two: Exploring more Bay Area wonders
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No set plans: Two days exploring the San Francisco Bay Area in a rented Mustang GT Some things are hard to explain. Take, for example, an intangible like the connection between car and driver. But break it down and you can begin to build a picture of what goes into “the feeling”: things like the…
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Jaguar XF Sportbrake: Exhibit J in the fight for more wagons
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Long live the longroof. Jaguar is coming correct with the XF Sportbrake. Don’t mind the name, what it means is that there’s a Jag Wagon you can buy right here in the States. It’s the Jago Wago my friends, and it’s wonderful. Of course, it doesn’t come without serious cost. Jaguar knows that there are…
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San Francisco, Day One: “Slower traffic use turnouts”
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No set plans: Two days exploring the San Francisco Bay Area in a rented Mustang GT The sign stood there, motionless except for the small movements of the wind’s work, as does any sign. A reflection of the suggested all-important driving etiquette, it stands strong in the name of the enthusiast, always there, always a…
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Quick Spin: 2019 Acura RDX
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In 2007, based on the sales successes of the Honda CR-V, Acura launched the RDX. In the days when automakers tried to shoehorn the biggest V6 into the smallest CUVs (see ‘05-‘12 Toyota RAV4), the smaller sibling to the MDX came with a very different engine – a turbocharged four-cylinder. Annual sales were not very…
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Podcast: Episode 254 – Rick takes it to the track [Part Two]
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Welcome to Part Two of my conversation with Rick Radcliffe and his vehicular adventures. We’re picking up right where we left off last week, which was in a discussion of the various track events that Rick has been enjoying. He’s only had his Subaru WRX for a little bit, but he’s already making the most…
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Hooniverse Asks: Is Pikes Peak the new EV playground?
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The Volkswagen I.D. R crushed the hill. Pikes Peak has a new record holder and it belongs to an electric sports car. With a time of just 7:57, Romain Dumas and the VW silent assassin have entered the record books. Is this just the beginning? An electric vehicle is perfectly suited to the extreme conditions…
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This is the new Aston Martin DBS Superleggera
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Aston Martin are reviving a pair of names for a new super grand touring machine; DBS and Superleggera. Built on the DB11 platform, the DBS Superleggera takes its name seriously as the focus is more power and speed combined with added lightness. Instead of aluminum, the body panels are crafted from carbon fiber. We’re not…
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Speedycop is going big with his next project; a Stripes EM-50 RV
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If you’re somehow not already aware, Speedycop is just the best. His projects include many insane LeMons and road car builds; from an amphibious road-going helicopter to the sideways Tippy Hippy VW Van. Recently, however, Speedycop (otherwise known as Jeff Bloch) is going bigger. Much bigger, in fact because he recently found one of his…
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Hooniversal Opinion: 2019 Chevrolet Blazer Design
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“The Blazer is back!” were the words I saw flying across the Twitterverse late yesterday evening. I was ecstatic to read this, cuing up vivid dreams of a newfound rebirth of the truck-based Blazer I had grown up with, coming back from the dead. Would we see a new, small 4×4 in the Chevy lineup…
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Adventures in wrenching – An admission of ineptitude
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I’d much rather be driving my cars than working on them. To be brutally honest, I only own my own tools and twirl them at my car in order to avoid forking out bundles of cash which I could be spending on fuel. Or old car brochures, probably. In recent times, though, I’ve become increasingly…
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Hooniverse Asks: What unexpected vehicle would you bring to the next Radwood?
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@kapprapid won the trophy for #RaddestDomestic with his rad little Geo Metro Convertible. With gold wide wheels and pink sparkly paint, his goal was to put a smile on people’s faces, and he succeeded. Congratulations! : @hushypushy A post shared by RADwood (@radwoodofficial) on Jun 25, 2018 at 6:20am PDT The above Geo Metro…
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The News for June 22nd, 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: The 8 Series is officially back Chevrolet builds new crossover, calls it the Blazer Porsche invests in…
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Mystery Car
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This week, the summer of 2018 has officially began. This also means that most of the winter potholes have been repaired. You can now truly enjoy that top-down drive in your roadster that only comes out for a few days per year, if you have such a vehicle. Go ahead, take it up to buck-thirty…
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Quick Spin: 2018 BMW X2 xDrive28i
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In 2016 I drove the then new BMW X1. I liked it perhaps more than I should have. It wasn’t even until I opened the hood that I realized that this was the first Bimmer that I’ve driven with a transversely mounted engine. Earlier this year I drove the MINI Cooper Countryman, a base version…
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Podcast: Episode 253 – Rick takes it to the track [Part One]
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Rick Radcliffe is once again on the show. He’s stopping by to tell us a bit about his current garage situation and then we dive into what he’s doing with his new daily driver. A Subaru WRX that is being used around town but also out on the track. We run a bit long so…