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HCOTY 2017 Nominee: Pioneer Ford's F-150 SVT Lightning Tribute
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I’ve been pretty fortunate to get seat time in some great cars over the years. I don’t drive nearly the amount that our chief blooger does, but I remember most of the ones I do get to experience pretty fondly. Of those dozens of cars, there are only two that I’ve ever fallen head over…
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HCOTY 2017 Nominee: The Land Yacht
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Christopher Tracy wants his kids to stop staring at their screens. He’d rather they point their eyes towards the beauty of the world all around them. How is he doing this? By taking road trips with the family in his 1994 Toyota Land Cruiser. A Land Cruiser that’s been given the nickname Land Yacht. The…
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It's time for the HCOTY 2017 award nominees
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Your brain is elsewhere right now, we understand. The work year is almost to a close, you have pending travel to see family on the other side of the country, and the world as we know it is crumbling around us. Still, we here at the Hooniverse want to bring a bit of light into…
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The Carchive: The 1980 Dodge St. Regis
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There are nameplates, like Chevrolet Corvette, that seem destined to be with us forever. Equally, there are those that disappear seemingly overnight, having achieved precious little during their brief stay on planet earth. Last week, we looked at the Jeep Wagoneer, the five-door variant of a car that fitted firmly into the former bracket. Now,…
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The Truth About the Future and Marketing
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“Everything you can buy from a car dealership today is simply a product. From Mahindra to McLaren, it exists to be sold. To make money.” The above is a breathtakingly obvious statement, but isn’t one that has troubled me as much before as it does today. This is because the true nature of the industry…
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The News for December 15th, 2017
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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 ultimate road car tribute to Ayrton Senna ARES Design introduces stunning coach-built Pantera tribute Ford…
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The Cammed & Tubbed Podcast: Episode 241 – Bus Riding Career
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Cam is back after a short hiatus, and we contemplate changes to the show in 2018, talk about baby Cam’s first press trip, and discuss some of the things we’ve done since Radwood. I’m about to hop on a flight to go meet Dale Earnhardt, Jr and drive some cop cars, one and two and…
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The Cammed & Tubbed Podcast: Episode 241 – Bus Riding Career
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Cam is back after a short hiatus, and we contemplate changes to the show in 2018, talk about baby Cam’s first press trip, and discuss some of the things we’ve done since Radwood. I’m about to hop on a flight to go meet Dale Earnhardt, Jr and drive some cop cars, one and two and…
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The DFL Show: Episode 83 – Shrimping Event With Ralph Dale
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On this episode, Brad and Eric sit around to discuss the current state of motorsport. We talk a bit about some events we’ve been on recently, Eric was judging at a very snowy Lemons race, and then dig into the nitty gritty. There are a few cool things coming up, like Radwood @ HooptieCon (check…
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2018 Hyundai Accent – Pure Automotive Honesty
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The restaurant exists, the servers are actually from-Italy-Italian, and the food is great, but as I sit on the cobblestone patio noshing gnocchi I can’t help but feel lost in a dream not of my making. The Italian villa is a con, a plaster facade on an interchangeable building. I’m actually in the desert of…
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Hooniverse Asks: Which car company would you work for?
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At some point we all dreamed of running our own car company. Let’s get real, it isn’t happening. And if it was, a car company ran by someone like you wouldn’t last long. It’s because no one is really buying rear-wheel-drive V8 sport sedans, small mid-engine sports cars, small front-engine sports cars, small roadsters, or…
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Review: 2018 Infiniti QX30
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The Infiniti QX30 is not an Infiniti. It’s not even a Nissan product. It is a Mercedes disguised as an Infiniti, and that disguise is pretty well done, at least on the outside. One would think that any company that would take a Mercedes-Benz product and badge-engineer it as their own would have a winner…
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VIDEO: 25 Hours of Thunderhill with Flying Lizard and Toyo Tires
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Endurance races, automotive proving grounds of people and machines working together. It’s not up to one driver or one mechanic but up to the whole team to work together and succeed. At this year’s 25 Hours of Thunderhill, Flying Lizard Motorsports, along with their sponsor, Toyo Tires, have clinched the overall title with the number…
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2013 Nissan Rogue: A Road Trip Review Story
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Enthusiasts always look for something fun in a car. Something exciting, adrenaline-boosting; something that makes a car rewarding. Things like good steering feedback, a willing and fun engine, and that special something that makes you want to drive. But not every situation requires such characteristics; rather, sometimes a vehicle needs to simply be comfortable, efficient,…
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New Mercedes G-Class – Important Internal Improvements
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Last year I reviewed the 2016 Mercedes-Benz AMG G63. I wanted to love it but I couldn’t. The interior was cramped and outdated. The tall and narrow body on stick axles was fighting physics when 563-horsepower was applied, and losing. The ride wasn’t exactly “class leading”, as the automakers call it. I loved the looks…
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The New Yorker spotlights our obsession with police chases
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The moment we hear “car chase in Los Angeles” we’re all inclined to grab a beverage and snack, and sit it front to the [you]tube. It’s like watching the best part of a Hollywood movie, but live, and with a mostly unpredictable ending. I am guessing that it’s only more dramatic in Los Angeles where…