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The Carchive: The European Ford Fusion
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Sometimes a car brochure will positively sweat with pro-lifestyle excess, while others simply play things straight down the line. The best brochures will give you an accurate description of the conveyance they represent, the worst will leave almost everything to your imagination and force you to carry out your own research. The most fascinating, though,…
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Video: Time Lapse Automatic Transmission Rebuild
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Confession: I only vaguely understand how automatic transmissions work. It’s a box with gears and stuff that should never be messed with. I don’t know what’s actually going on with all those gears or how the shifter changes them. Automatics are like black boxes of mystery – the engine spins, shaft goes in, some magical fluid,…
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The News for March 31st, 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: Rolls-Royce partners with famous British musicians for custom Wraiths Jeep exec confirms Grand Cherokee Trailhawk debut at…
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Mystery Car
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Goodbye March, it’s been fun. To celebrate the final day of the only March that 2017 has to offer we’re offering you the weekly Mystery Car contest. Make and model, you crazy March hares! Image: ©2017 Hooniverse/Robert Emslie, All Rights Reserved
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The Cammed & Tubbed Podcast: Episode 183 – The Sears Robot Company
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On this episode of the Cammed & Tubbed Podcast, we’re presented by a brand new sponsor, Nicolas Hunziker Design. They’re awesome, go check out the site. Cam and Brad are mic’d up to discuss cars and car-like things. The dudes talk about the impending death of Sears & Craftsman Tools, some cool Porsche collectibles at…
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The Cammed & Tubbed Podcast: Episode 183 – The Sears Robot Company
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On this episode of the Cammed & Tubbed Podcast, we’re presented by a brand new sponsor, Nicolas Hunziker Design. They’re awesome, go check out the site. Cam and Brad are mic’d up to discuss cars and car-like things. The dudes talk about the impending death of Sears & Craftsman Tools, some cool Porsche collectibles at…
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Hooniverse Asks: What History’s Greatest Pony Car?
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Did you know that the term pony car almost came to describe the class of two-seater mid-engine sports cars? That’s right, we could today be describing the Porsche Cayman as the best pony on the planet if not for Ford going a different direction with the car that wgave name to the category. The Mustang…
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Last Call: Tied Down Edition
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The racer ethic has always been that form follows function and that anything that can reduce weight or speed an action should be employed. I agree with that mantra, and I also liked rummaging through the externally latched boot on this guy’s Porsche (not really.) Last Call indicates the end of Hooniverse’s broadcast day. It’s…
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Bring Back the Skyhawk!
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Only a birdbrain would ever aver that the Buick Skyhawk wasn’t the coolest J-body on the planet. Image: Favcars.com
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Different Kind of Russian Dash Cam Video
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The common use of dashboard-mounted cameras in Russia has generated some amazing videos over the years. Most of those videos are of accidents, bad people doing bad things, and stupid people doing stupid things. It’s rather unfortunate as it gives the world a very skewed perception of Russia. This video is different. There are no…
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2017 Moab Easter Jeep Safari Concepts
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It has become a tradition that each year Jeep shows off a series of really cool concept cars Jeeps at the Annual Moab Easter Jeep Safari. This year, for the 51st safari, Jeep introduced seven new (or six new and one resto-moded) concepts: Jeep Grand One celebrates the 25th anniversary of the 1993 Grand Cherokee ZJ Jeep Safari delivers optimal…
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2018 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited: Near-Production Images
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After months of waiting, speculating, and hoping that the design lives up to those of yore, we may finally know what the upcoming JL Wrangler Unlimited looks like. Two photos were posted yesterday on JLWranglerForums, a site for which you can probably guess the purpose, showing us what very much look like legitimate images of the…
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Thursday Trivia
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Welcome to Thursday Trivia where we offer up a historical automotive trivia question and you try and solve it before seeing the answer after the jump. It’s like a history test, with cars! This week’s question: Under what name was Italian wheel maker Borrani originally founded? If you think you know the answer, make the jump and…
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The DFL Show: Episode 142 – Livin’ In A Van
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On this episode of The DFL Show, Eric, Brad, and Pat sit around to talk about the weekend’s action. Eric and Brad were both at the Sonoma Lemons race, and Pat was watching Formula 1. The VLN race kicked ass, and there was also some NASCAR and bike racing action to discuss. It was a…
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The DFL Show: Episode 142 – Livin' In A Van
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On this episode of The DFL Show, Eric, Brad, and Pat sit around to talk about the weekend’s action. Eric and Brad were both at the Sonoma Lemons race, and Pat was watching Formula 1. The VLN race kicked ass, and there was also some NASCAR and bike racing action to discuss. It was a…
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Hooniverse Asks: What’s The Worst Place You’ve Ever Had To Fix a Car?
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I’ve always said that the most opportune place to repair a broken down car is in its new-owner’s driveway. I don’t mind at all maintaining the various members of my herd, but it truly vexes me when something on any of them goes wrong. It’s especially frustrating when the problem arrises in an inconvenient locale.…