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Land Rover Discovery SVX is expedition ready from the showroom floor
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We are nearing the SUV craze peak right now (I think). Every vehicle small and large is an SUV, but there is a new trend emerging. This trend is vehicles prepared for actual real off-roading, expeditions, or overland glamping. We have the Jeep Wrangler Rubicon with locking diffs and disconnecting sway bars, the Toyota Tacoma…
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Adventures in wrenching – Playing the odds
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Of the three cars that litter the space immediately surrounding my house, our 1995 Peugeot 306 is by far the easiest to work on. It’s massively less complicated than the Audi or the Rover – it has just the one camshaft, not two or four, and it actuates just two valves per cylinder, not five…
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Mercedes-AMG Project ONE is an Actual F1 Car for the Road
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Nobody will ever be allowed to claim their car is a race car for the street again, not after this. Mercedes-AMG’s long awaited hypercar was revealed in Frankfurt today and it’s every bit as insane as promised. Nothing, besides the Aston Martin Valkyrie most likely, will be able to touch this thing while wearing a license…
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Range Rover Classic is Modern Again
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There was something special about the classic Range Rover, now generally and unimaginatively known as the Range Rover Classic. It looked rugged and utilitarian but classy at the same time. At time everyone was into luxury sedans and the Range Rover really was the only vehicle in its class, giving it some extra cachet. But its…
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Nissan makes the rear view mirror smarter
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In more than 100 years just about each and every component of the automobile has somehow evolved and improved. One notable exception is the rear view mirror. Each new car still gets three mirrors that do a decent job of telling us what is behind us. These mirrors are not perfect as there are blind-spots…
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The Carchive: The 1984 Nissan Prairie
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It’s back to brochures for this Carchive installment. The last one we covered was the 1980 Dodge Imports – ostensibly rebadged Mitsubishis that sold on value and economy, yet somehow image and fun, too. Today we look at a machine with absolutely no sense of vanity, no illusions of grandeur, no upmarket pretentions. The Mk1…
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The News for September 8th, 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: TVR is back! Nissan introduces next-generation LEAF with more tech and range Lotus introduces newest fastest car…
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Motormouth – A Storytelling Event of Our Lemons Racing
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My teammate Andy and I worked together some years back. Being two carguys stuck in the same cubicle farm we would discuss cars over the office messenger while looking more productive than anyone else. When the 24 Hours of Lemons came to the east coast we knew we had to be a part of it.…
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The Great Podcast Catch Up Post
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September 8th – Here is a brand new Cammed & Tubbed episode, back to our regularly scheduled programming. The Cammed and Tubbed Podcast – Hand in Unlovable Hand Hoons and Hoonettes, it is my solemn duty to apologize to you for missing nearly a month of podcast posts here on this great site. You see,…
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Spy Shots! 2019 Cadillac CT6
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There is a little bit of a problem with the Cadillac CT6 – it’s not selling well. That’s a shame because based on what I heard (Caddy doesn’t seem to want me to review their cars) it’s a pretty damn good car. The sales problem is one that is plaguing most sedan models, what with…
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F1 2017: The Game We've Been Waiting For
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Since Codemasters got the Formula One license way back in 2008, we’ve seen some real highs and lows of the series. From the low of their first game, which was only available on the Wii and the PSP, and highs of games like F1 2012, it seems like we’ve been waiting for another fresh version…
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DFL with Racers: The Ryan Eversley Interview
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When I heard that PWC was coming to town, I knew I had to finally get Ryan Eversley to sit down and record with me so we could do the DFL/DWR crossover that no one but myself wanted. And so selflessly, I sat down last Thursday with Mr. Eversley over some food. It’s a long…
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Airstream 2 Go is Airstream Glamping for Everyone
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Our family vacation was a modest one this year, nine days camping in northern Vermont. We stayed at a few places, all really nice cabins in the woods, away from everything. Everything except a general store, wifi, television, proper bathrooms, a swimming pool, a full kitchen, heat and air conditioning, laundry facilities, a grill, and…
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Hooniverse Asks: If you could be a car designer….
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Who’s watched or read “High Fidelity”? In that superb film / novel, Rob Gordon (John Cusack) decides that his dream job is as a music journalist for Rolling Stone, specifically between 1976 and 1979. He’d get to meet The Clash, Crissie Hynde, The Sex Pistols, David Byrne and get loads of free records. It was…
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Podcast: Episode 216 – Joel Strickland arrives with Aussie Beer (and car stories)
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Friend of Hooniverse Joel Strickland is an Australian photographer. He’s contributed to our site, and also produces great imagery work for a whole lot of automakers and motorsports teams in his native land. Joel happened to be stateside for a few days, so we invited him on to the podcast. We’re going to learn about…
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I fixed the oil leak in my 1965 Ford F100
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We’ve come a ways with this truck. I bought it to learn a bit about wrenching, and I believe I’ve done that to some degree. Before owning this truck, I would only venture under the hood to check the oil or point at things and go “Yep, that’s the problem”. Now? I’ve helped swap a…