Articles
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Hooniverse Asks: Has brand loyalty come back to bite you?
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Few people have enough first-hand experience with every car brand to be a real expert on what’s really good. We all have our preferences that we’ve built through our limited experiences, so we all suffer from some degree of bias. Your family’s a Honda family. Or your first car was a Saturn, and it took…
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Meet the New Benchmark: the 2018 BMW M5
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While Americans were staring into the sun, BMW unveiled a new generation of one of their brightest stars: the M5. The sixth-generation M5 is pretty much all new from the ground up and it takes the benchmark of performance sedans to new heights with some brand new tech, more power, and some additional weight savings…
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Hooniverse Asks: What are the best and worst Eclipse cars ever made?
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There’s an Eclipse out there today. You don’t see one everyday, but from time to time you might catch a glimpse. No, I’m not talking about the once-in-a-century solar eclipse that is running from coast to coast in North America today, I’m talking about that car from Mitsubishi! I want to know what you think…
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Acura ARX-05 Debuts in Monterey, Will Race in IMSA DPi Next Year
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About a month ago, Acura announced their intentions of racing in IMSA’s DPI class next year during the 2018 WeatherTech Sports Car Championship season and beyond with Team Penske as their partner. Moments ago, the car that’s making it all happen was revealed in Pebble Beach. Say hello to the Acura ARX-05 prototype race car…
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The News for August 18th, 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 ’67 Heritage Edition honors GT40 MkIV’s Le Mans win Infiniti Prototype 9 is a stunning “barn…
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Buy one of these art helmets to help animals that need a home
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Mazda Raceway and the Monterey County arm of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals are once again teaming up to raise some money and get animals into good homes. This is your chance to help out, and you can score a pretty awesome piece of art for your efforts. This is a…
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Hooniverse Asks: Do you have a favorite photo shoot location?
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Most car enthusiasts also have an affinity for photography. It’s a natural connection: If you’re putting in the effort to make your car look/be/sound cool, you would also want to capture that and share it. If nothing else, good photos help you to sell your car when the time comes.
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BMW Concept Z4 Debuts at Pebble Beach
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BMW has just unveiled the Concept Z4 on the pristine, oil-soaked lawns of the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. We’re expecting to see an all-new Z4 roadster in production form within the next year or so and this design study offers up a preview of what’s to come. After selling the gorgeous E89 Z4 mostly unchanged…
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Audi S1 on tracks on a beach looks fun
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The 231-hp Audi S1, an all-wheel-drive hot-hatch, is one of those vehicles that Audi doesn’t think Americans would buy. Perhaps justifiably so, as it is based on the small VW Polo chassis and costs as much as the Golf R. And the Golf R seems better in every measurable way, lacking only the cachet of the…
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Watch this Jaguar F-Type overtake 43 cars during one lap of the 'Ring
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The Nürburgring can be a busy place at times. If you’re going to get the most out of your machine and the track, you have to know a few things about the place beforehand. You should know the corners, the braking zones, and, rather importantly, you should know how to maneuver through traffic. Dale Lomas…
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Quick Pic: The Infiniti Prototype 9 is a throwback to an era before Infiniti existed
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Infiniti, known for selling tarted up Nissans to people that yearn for the old days of Skylines, has shocked the automotive world with one of most oddball and stunning concepts we’ve seen in a long time. It’s inspired by the amazing and daring Grand Prix cars from the 30’s and 40’s. Yet instead of a…
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Hooniverse Asks about beigeness
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Beige cars get a bad rap. It’s not always about being actually beige: Beigeness is an aesthetic, a design philosophy. It stands for mass-market appeal to an extreme. Boring. Lacking any character. Grocery-store brand unsweetened Cheerios. But their blandness can also be of benefit. You might not get noticed going 30-over on the interstate, whereas…
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Wrench Game looks to bring the garage experience to VR
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Wrenching is a lot of things. It’s time consuming. Wholly frustrating at times. Incredibly rewarding at others. It’s also a great way to connect with your car or truck. Now it also has the potential to be virtual. As in virtual reality, because one game developer is looking to bringing wrenching into the VR space.…
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Podcast: Episode 213 – HooniverseCon?
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Chris and I are talking about some bits of news this week. Infiniti has made one of the best concept cars ever. FCA might become a Chinese company. Singer is working on a monster of an engine. After that, we dive into your questions. Seriously though, how awesome is that Infiniti concept racer? And that…
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Which would you choose: the Audi S4 or the Audi RS3?
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Audi has an excellent sporting sedan with its updated S4. There’s a problem though, and it exists within the automaker’s own family. It’s called the Audi RS3. Which would you choose if you were in the market for such a car? The S4 has more room and can be had for less depending on how…
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2016 Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion in Pictures (Part 2)
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Welcome to part two of my Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion coverage that’s only a year late. If you missed the first part where I explain why I’m just now posting some of the 2,300 photos I took during last year’s vintage racing gathering at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, I suggest starting there. The short story…