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2018 Chicago Auto Show: The Favorites
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We’ve looked at a couple new production vehicles and a batch of exciting cars that do all sorts of “race” things, but I can’t forget the other show stoppers seen on the floor at Chicago this year. From multi-million dollar classics to a Hyundai with massive exhaust pipes, here are a couple of my other…
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2018 Chicago Auto Show: The Race Cars
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There should be an auto show rule that states “one does not just walk past a race car without stopping and gawking.” While there weren’t a ton of super exciting new product reveals in the windy city this year, there were plenty of not-street legal machines to drool over. From Miatas ready to slay any…
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The Carchive: The '67 Citroen ID19.
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It’s Friday night (here), and from where I’m sitting the past looks a little more appealing than the present, automotively speaking. So lets leave today simmering on the back burner, and dive into the rusty fridge to rifle through yesterday’s dubious cold cuts. And as it happens, what we’ll find is full of meaty goodness.…
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The News for February 9th, 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, which this week mostly comes from the Chicago Auto Show. There’s also just a little opinion of mine because I can. This week: Jaguar Classic to build 25 more D-Type…
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2018 Chicago Auto Show: Up-Close with Mitsubishi's Eclipse Cross
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Having talked about this car in an earlier Hooniverse post last year, I wanted to finally see it up-close and personal. Mitsubishi’s newest crossover, the Eclipse Cross brings back a familiar name to Mitsu enthusiasts and new car buyers but in a completely different shape. And I think that shape looks quite well.
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Top Gear season 25 premieres on March 3rd
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After some teasing (one, two), BBC America finally announced the date for the premiere of Top Gear season 25. Matt LeBlanc, Chris Harris, Rory Reid, and The Stig will come at you on Saturday, March 3 at 10:30pm EST, on BBC America. But it gets better, the following day, Sunday March 4, Top Gear will air its second episode in its regular weekly…
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2018 Chicago Auto Show: Hyundai's New Kona
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I couldn’t help but think of the bizarre Citroen Cactus when I finally saw Hyundai’s new “small SUV,” the Kona, up-close. But this is better, much better in my coffee-high opinion. As my aging Saabaru wagon continues to age, my potential list of new “adventure-mobile” replacements grows. The 2018 Kona just earned a spot on…
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2018 Chicago Auto Show: The Police Cars
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Lights! Sirens! The goodies are always in the back. Hidden behind all the mainstream display areas on the showroom floor were a fleet of vintage emergency vehicles from Chicago’s police and fire departments that patrolled the windy city. Oh the stories these cars could tell…
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The DFL Show: Episode 90 – Avoid The Barber
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Eric and Brad are around to discuss the various goings on in the world of motorsport. We have recaps of the 12 Hours of Bathurst, as well as a bit of Formula E. Eric has some stories from the Lemons Rally and the race at Barber, which sounded awesome. Then a bit of news from…
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Quick Spin: 2018 Dodge Challenger GT All-Wheel Drive
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Last year, when the all-wheel-drive Dodge Challenger was first launched, the good folks at FCA invited me to snow-covered race track to hoon that thing. And the damn thing proved to be shockingly good in snow, even with stock all-season tires on. It went, it stopped, and it turned while wagging its huge butt around…
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Join The Steering Committee
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Sometimes you’ll learn something that changes everything. A rumour, a theory, or a chance glimpse at something you’ve never seen before, can be enough to turn your world upside down and inside out. This was what I felt when I found that the Australian 1982 Ford Fairlane was fitted with a wildly asymmetrical steering wheel.…
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Ford teases the new Ranger Raptor
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The Ford Ranger was just recently introduced at the Detroit auto show, but Ford is already, and rightfully, teasing us with a Raptor version. And I mean teasing us, because right away they say that this 2-liter diesel-powered Raptor isn’t for the North American market. Whut!? Put your torches and pitch forks down for a…
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Hooniverse Asks: What car would you launch into space?
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Yesterday, Elon Musk and the team at SpaceX made history not only for their rocket launch but also for sending the first road-legal production automobile into Earth’s orbit. A monumental achievement, and one that us car nerds watched in awe. It was one small step for *ahem* another display of both Musk’s and SpaceX’s enthusiasm…
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2014 Challenger R/T: Proof that modern cars still cause headaches
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A comfortable, brutish display of nonstop problems: Looking back on what went wrong with my 2014 Dodge Challenger R/T 5.7/6MT 100th Anniversary Edition In June of 2014 I purchased my dream car: a Dodge Challenger R/T 100th Anniversary Edition. With eight cylinders up front, power sent to the rear and a six-speed manual, it was…
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Jeep touts the JL Wrangler's off-road prowess as company's "manifesto" in new ad
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Much like they’ve done with removing the company name from the front end because “the seven-slot grille is the logo,” Jeep has concocted an advertisement for its all-new JL Wrangler that says it all by not really saying much. Take one brand-new two-door Rubicon, show it splashing through deep water and climbing the correspondingly wet ledges,…
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A Hoon's-Eye View of the 2018 Rolex 24 at Daytona
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The Rolex 24 at Daytona gets harder to survive each year. My third trip down to the Daytona International Speedway should have been the easiest one yet because the weather was almost perfect. It wasn’t very cold as it has been the last two years and it didn’t rain during the race for more than…