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Jeep JL Wrangler: First official production images revealed
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They’re finally here. Jeep must have sensed our communal desperation and has revealed three official images of the production JL Wrangler in both two-door and Unlimited four-door guise to pique our interest even further before the full-blown LA Auto Show reveal. We know these images are legitimate as they are on Jeep’s own media site…
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SEMA 2017: New Classic Defenders and Land Cruisers
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Retro-modding or throwback designs are all the rage now. Take an older, classic, vehicle and upgrade everything to modern standards and you get something really cool. It’s been done with American muscle cars, Porsches, and now classic 4x4s are becoming more and more popular. Two of the makers of these cool vehicles showed up at…
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Preview-review: /DRIVE on NBCSN
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The bar has been set exceptionally high for automotive programming with shows like Top Gear having brought us into a world in which car shows can be more than simply informative but rather genuine entertainment. This alongside the blossoming of web-based films finally gave us a new view into the realm of cars being used…
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SEMA 2017: Crate Engines, Turbo Four and Super Eight
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2017 SEMA is officially under way and some of the biggest news today came directly from the automakers. Both Honda and Fiat-Chrysler made big news with the engines from some of their best performing new cars are now available as crate engines. Honda showed its 306-horsepower Civic Type R engine crate engine and Chrysler showed…
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Cultural differences: The joy of trim levels
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It’s only natural that a manufacturer should offer several variants of each car it makes. There needs to be a basic ‘I can just about afford to get into one of these’ model, and a, ‘look, my car’s got e.v.e.r.y.t.h.i.n.g” grade. And, likely as not, there’ll be an ‘it’s got everything I need, I don’t…
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Hooniverse Asks: What Do You Want To See at SEMA?
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SEMA, the Specialty Equipment Market Association, Show is happening this week in Las Vegas. Jeff and the podcast gang will be there, bringing you a ton of near-future podcast stuff. The rest of us will unfortunately be glued to our computers and other portable electronic devices to get the news. Seeing that just about every…
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Embracing Fall Driving While You Can
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October wraps up next Tuesday and November’s arrival come the following morning to me signals the start of way less than ideal conditions for all-things car hobby. This is especially true for us living in two season states (winter and construction) like Wisconsin. The past few days I’ve been scanning Craigslist and shooting off emails…
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The Carchive: The Opel Manta
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Last week, we plumbed the depths of the filthy lagoon of automotive history, and the turgid corpse that bobbed to the surface was the third-generation Chevy Impala and Caprice. This was a car famous all around the world – mainly for appearing in North American films in police cruiser or yellow cab form. This week’s…
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The News for October 27th, 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: Ford Mustang gets a new Performance Pack with better handling upgrades Aston Martin shows us more of…
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The Cammed & Tubbed Podcast: Episode 233 – Eight Inches Of Rubber
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We’ve got a piping hot episode of Cammed & Tubbed fresh out of the oven for you, here it is, enjoy. Cam and Brad have some minor project updates, detailing advice, Radwood discussion, and some advice about how to be a good neighbor. The Cammed and Tubbed Podcast – Eight Inches of Rubber Cam and…
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The Cammed & Tubbed Podcast: Episode 233 – Eight Inches Of Rubber
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We’ve got a piping hot episode of Cammed & Tubbed fresh out of the oven for you, here it is, enjoy. Cam and Brad have some minor project updates, detailing advice, Radwood discussion, and some advice about how to be a good neighbor. The Cammed and Tubbed Podcast – Eight Inches of Rubber Cam and…
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Hooniverse Asks: When did the Jeep Wrangler become the TactiCOOL poster child?
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The Jeep Wrangler took over for the CJ back in 1986. It was a vehicle still built upon the bones of a machine bred to serve in wartime, and then refined for civilian duty as the decades marched on. Today we have the JK generation Wrangler, and we’re all waiting for Chrysler to stop toying…
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The DFL Show: Episode 76 – The Pass
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Formula 1 was in Austin and there was a pass that Brad thought should have been legal, Pat disagreed. Formula 1 continues to be dumb. Joel is back to the show for the first time in a long time, so we’re very glad to have him on the mic. He’s been all over the world,…
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Aftermarket Audio: From Replacement to Integration
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Back in the good old days, the 1980s and 90s, car audio, like everything else, was simple. Most vehicles had a DIN-, or double-DIN-sized headunit. The headunit would have an AM/FM radio and a cassette or a compact disc player – the truly luxury cars would have both. A small LCD display screen would show…
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Infographic: Top Selling Cars in Every Country
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Click the above image to see it in its full resolution. It shows the best selling new vehicles in 146 countries. There are not many surprises there: North America loves their F-150s, Europe is mostly driven by various Volkswagen Group vehicles, and Toyota owns Oceania, southern Asia, Middle-East, parts of Africa, and South America. What…
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Podcast: Episode 223 – ‘Bout Dat Zinfandel Life
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Just me and a delicious bottle of beer, sitting around spinnin’ yarns… Today I talk about running the Pismo Beach dunes in a Polaris RZR, letting someone else drive our Mazda CX-5 so we can taste wine, and then I dive into the upcoming guests for the SEMA episodes we’re going to record next week.…