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The News for November 10th, 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: BMW adds track-ready CS package to M3 Lotus makes another “most extreme Exige ever” again Nissan’s GT-R…
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Hooniverse Asks: Should you modify your daily driver?
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This isn’t my exact car, but it’s close enough for the purposes of this post. That’s because it’s a stock Mazda CX-5, which is the vehicle my wife and I purchased over a year ago to serve as our daily driver machine. My wife does a fair bit of driving for work so a lease…
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Gripes about Ford's many similar buttons
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Above is a close look at the climate controls of the new 2018 Ford Expedition. They seem rather unremarkable, typical Ford-like, as they have been for many years now. These controls are located below the infotainment screen and below the radio buttons and knobs. Basically, these are the lowest placed items in the vertical section…
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Let's Talk About… The Chevrolet Corvette ZR1
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Jalopnik got ahold of a leaked image showing off the upcoming Corvette ZR1. It’s mighty angular. Mighty aggressive. And it’s sure to be mighty fast around damn near all race tracks. Is it mighty appealing? Click on that Read More button to hear what the Hooniverse Collective has to say, and then add your opinion…
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Podcast: Episode 224 – Will Baty from Centerforce Clutches [SEMA 2017]
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The first in our series of SEMA 2017 podcasts Will Baty of Centerforce clutches stops by to talk about… clutches. We talk about what to expect visiting SEMA and the realities of tradeshows at large before we dive head first into “Clutchlandia”. Clutchlandia is a magical place where friction is high slipping is punishable by death and…
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Hooniverse Asks: What's the dumbest thing you've broken… while fixing something else?
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While wrenching on my 1974 Mercedes-Benz 280 sedan yesterday afternoon, I had a goal in my head. That goal was to adjust the turn signal so it held position when activated and the other was to adjust my driver’s side glass so it was in the closed position. With respect to the turn signal fix,…
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Electric Futures: Getting into bed with the government.
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In June 2009 Tesla was approved to receive US$465 million in low-interest loans from the US Department of Energy’s $8 billion Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program. It seems reasonable for a government to support a company or initiative that has the potential to raise the global profile of an entire country in a given…
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Lamborghini Terzo Millennio – Marrying New Technology with New Design
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There are Matchbox cars and there are Hot Wheels cars. You probably had both but had a preference for one over the other. Matchbox always represented the production vehicles. Hot Wheels were the fantasy cars that you’d never see on the streets. Parallels can be made to left and right functions of the brain; artsy…
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2018 Jeep Wrangler JL: Colors, pictures, parts, MPGs, and more
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Another day, another outpouring of information about and photos of the upcoming JL Wrangler which very shortly, and very thankfully, will no longer even be “upcoming” with the reveal just weeks away. It seems we know just about everything about the JL by now, all while still waiting in eager anticipation of the LA Auto…
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24 Hours of Lemons: Buick nabs a class win at NHMS
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We did it! We won our class at the 24 Hours of Lemons Halloween Hooptiefest at New Hampshire Motor Speedway! Yea, that’s right, we won. We got the trophy and the big cash payout that almost covered gas, hotels, and tolls. Yeah! Thanks, we appreciate your congratulatory chuckle and nod as you’re reading this. A…
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Epilogue: When Auto Journos Don't Heed Their Own Damn Advice
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It was just over a year ago I had to replace my daily because of a catastrophic failure, the frame around the right rear suspension had rusted away. As detailed in a post about auto journos not heeding their own advise (buying a German car out of warranty without a PPI) I acquired a 2007…
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The Carchive: '97 Daewoo range.
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Last week’s raid of The Carchive was courtesy of General Motors in the mid-’70s, with the German Opel Manta. This week we’ve jumped forward a couple of decades, but we’re kind of keeping The General in mind, as you’ll soon see. We’re off to South Korea to find out what Daewoo were up to in…
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Lamborghini and MIT Join Forces For a New Concept Car
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Lamborghini, the Italian maker of fine tractors, really fast cars, and soon again SUVs, will unveil a new concept car on Monday. The concept car is a collaboration of Lamborghini and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where it will be shown. Lamborghini showed the above teaser image of the car which, thank Ferruccio, does not look…
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The News for November 3rd, 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: Ferrari FXX-K Evo is coming to terrorize a track near you next year Hennessey promises 300 mph…
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Come To The Best of France and Italy Car Show This Sunday
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Hi everybody, it’s me, Mario! Just kidding, it’s really just your old friend, Graverobber, er, Rob. I wanted to pop in to my favorite Hoon hangout to let you all know about a cool car show that’s coming up this Sunday. The Best of France and Italy show is the annual companion show to the…
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Quick Pics: Night Racing is Best Racing
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Road Atlanta during this year’s Petit Le Mans – Full-size version Like a city skyline, a corner of open sky, or a BMW X2, motorsports just gets prettier when the sun goes down. Night racing, especially on a dimly-lit track like Le Mans or Road Atlanta, is a daunting challenge for drivers and teams but…