Articles
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Last Call: Raising the Bar for Higher Learning Edition
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I’ll drink to that (now that I am safely home). Last Call indicates the end of Hooniverse’s broadcast day. It’s meant to be an open forum for anyone and anything. Thread jacking is not only accepted, it’s encouraged. Image: Creative Guerrilla Marketing
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Formula Fun: Finally an Off Week Edition
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[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4WO9Ev_0VM[/youtube] It’s a nice change of pace to be able to just bullshit with you readers for a week or two. No more races to recap, no engine blowups to shame Renault with, no whining to cover. Well, there is whining to cover, but that’s not what this column is about dear reader. This column is about…
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Shopping for Saabs (x4)
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The wrecked Volvo is going to be replaced by some kind of Saab, probably. Last weekend, I checked out four. And I need your help.
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The Beauty of Treasured Junk
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The story goes like this: sometime ago the creator of Zlomnik.pl (my third favorite website ever!) found some cars on Google Maps that seemed to be scattered across a property. It wasn’t a junk yard, it wasn’t an impound yard, he had no idea what it was. Little bit of research showed that the land belonged…
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Hoonivercinema: Monday Movie Trailer
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Some people can do one thing really, really well, while generally most people are able to do a few things, you know, just all right. Then there’s that rare individual who seems able to be successful in every endeavor they attempt. Paul Newman was one of those rare individuals. Newman’s primary advocation was that of actor,…
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Encyclopedia Hoonatica: Inside & Outside Seating
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Last Thursday, Hooniverse published a pair of posts that featured the Subaru Brat and the Lambo LM002. I was struck by something these two vehicles had in common: enclosed cabins plus uncovered jump seats. Both force certain passengers to ride out in the wind, rain and sun with no option of a convertible top, while…
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Hooniverse Asks: What Should be the Next Car/Name That Lincoln Resurrects?
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As we all know, Lincoln is undergoing a renaissance, its twelfth over the last decade. The Continental concept that debuted at NYIAS cribs some styling notes from Bentley – which ain’t a bad thing unless you’re Bentley – and offers yet another take on what the company wants to be the corporate grille. It also…
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Weekend Edition – Tampere Sightings: Land Rover Discovery Td5
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In addition to the two swoopy Japanese grocery-getters, this ultra-blocky British invader could be spotted on the same parking lot. Perhaps parking right next to the construction zone was deliberate, as the Land Rover Discovery could most likely make easy progress through the rocks, sand and gravel. It even has a snorkel just in case the…
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Weekend Edition – Tampere Sightings: Toyota Celica 1.8 GSi
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In case you caught a glimpse of an electric blue Celica in the background of the previous Micra shots, you’re in for a treat. I did actually have time to take a couple photos of the Toyota, too. And as it so often is with these ones in here, this Toyota Celica is the base…
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Weekend Edition – Tampere Sightings: Nissan Micra C+C
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On a grocery run, I noticed this candy apple red Nissan Micra. Don’t get me wrong, supermarket parking lots are usually stocked full of librarian-spec Nissan Micras, but this was worth photographing. The 2007-model car is one of the rare enough C+C coupe cabriolet, and it’s about as ungainly looking as any millennial coupe cabriolet…
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Last Call: General Cluster Edition
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There’s something about symmetry that really floats my boat. Maybe that’s why I my appreciation gravitates to the films of Wes Anderson, identical twins, and this image of a gauge cluster and protected toggles. Analog gauges are da’ bomb, and having them match left to right only adds to their aesthetic. What do you think,…
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Fort Lauderdale Auctions America 2015: The EuroClassic Edition
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So there this olelongrooffan was, hanging out at the Ft. Lauderdale Convention Center and checking out some pretty seriously cool cars and trucks. Well at least to me anyway. As I gathered the above image of this sweet old ragtop, I tried to remember if I had ever seen one in the flesh and I…
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Outsider’s Perspective: Peak Marketing
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Honduras wins. Let’s shut it all down and the last one out make sure to lock the door. It doesn’t matter if 120-month loans become the norm or if Hyundai decides to bring back the first-generation Accent back from the dead with a new and marketing-friendly name. there’s absolutely no way to top this.
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Craigslist: First-Gen F150 Lightning Muscle Truck
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Yeah, it’s got a lot of miles, but it’s a Ford F150, it’ll probably run forever without any problems, right? Too much wishful thinking? I’m not sure why, but I’ve always been a really big fan of these first-gen Lightning trucks. There’s something about 1990s ‘sport trucks’ that I really dig, and the fact that…
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The News for April 24th, 2015
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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. I just throw in a little opinion of mine because I can. This week: A bit of new car stuff Some new car news There’s a touch of stuff happening…
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Mystery Car
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On this date in 1908 Mr & Mrs Jacob Murdock set off to become the first couple to travel across the United States by car. They left Los Angeles in their Packard, arriving in New York City 32 days, 5 hours and 25 minutes later. That may be a record, but it’s also a chunk of…