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Hooniverse Asks- What's Your Best 'They All Do That' Dealer Service Story?
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At one time, my family used to own a pair of Volkswagens. I had a 1998 Golf GL and my wife had a snazzy Jetta 2.0 wagon. She loved the car at the time, but thought it odd that the Jetta, which was 3-years newer, used about a quart of oil every couple thousand miles…
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Last Call- Orange You Glad Edition
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On the left, the 1969 Adams Brothers Probe concept car, and on the right, the 1966 GM XVR prototype. Both as wild an example of ’60s automotive extremes as you could want, and both very, very orange. Which one would you rather rock? Last Call indicates the end of Hooniverse’s broadcast day. It’s meant to…
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Retromobile 2015: The Merchandise
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Hooniverse’s Retromobile coverage now focuses on the mom-and-pop businesses with booths at the classic car show. The sheer volume of Hoontastic toys and baubles available is mind blowing. What I have captured here is just a tiny fraction of the products on offer. The lede photo is a hand built, 1/43 scale, ultra-detailed 1938 Alfa…
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The Carchive: The Austin 1100
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It’s time once again for me to machete my way through the spider webs to uncover another gem from motoring past, blow off the dust and evaluate if the damn thing was worth my quest in the first place. Welcome back to The Carchive. It’s the early ’60s. The space race is in full effect…
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How The SCCA Can (And Should) Save Trans Am
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Times are interesting right now in international (and regional) motorsport. With a somewhat rebounding international economy, we are seeing some of the biggest grids ever, there is almost unprecidented manufacturer involvement, and a lot of series are getting a lot of attention. There are a few series, like the SCCA’s Trans-American Challenge that are working…
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2015 Audi S8: Assassin in the League of Extraordinary Super Sedans
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[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiJEcTNcluc[/youtube] There exists a League of Extraordinary Super Sedans, and few four-doors can claim to be members. The quiet assassin of the group is, undoubtedly, the 2015 Audi S8. This is thanks to the pairing of its well appointed interior with a 520-horsepower twin-turbocharged V8 engine under the hood. You can blend in with the…
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LeMons Team Profile: Sorry For Party Racing
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Today’s Submissions Thursday Submission comes from Estlin Link. He’s a 24 Hours of LeMons hanger-on and will be writing up profiles of various entertaining LeMons teams. 24 Hours of LeMons racers range anywhere from Michael Schumacher wannabes to the “I just fixed my car with duct tape” kind of guy. That diversity is exactly why LeMons has…
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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: What was the highest global market share that a single model has ever achieved? If you think you know the answer, make…
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Motorsports Weekend Guide: February 20 to February 22
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Depending on who you ask, this may very well be the biggest race weekend of the year. The biggest American racing series launches full bore into its racing season after three months of silly season and a week of pomp and circumstance. Across the world, the first two-wheel racing commences as well. The rest of…
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Chicago Auto Show: Hooniverse chats with Nissan factory LMP1 driver Jann Mardenborough
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Yesterday, we brought you an interview with Darren Cox from Nismo, who is leading Nissan’s efforts to field the front-engine, front-wheeld-drive Nissan GT-R LM Nismo. If you missed our coverage at the car’s world premiere or Jeff’s great video on it from the Chicago Auto Show, here’s are the basics: This is a hybrid racecar…
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Hooniverse Asks- What Car Company Should Buy What Car Company?
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In case you haven’t noticed, the automotive market has for the most part bounced back from the horrific downturn of just a few years ago. Oh sure, some car makers are presently tied up dealing with recalls for past transgressions, but there are a number of manufacturers out there who now have money to burn.…
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Last Call- Pleased to Meat You Bumper Sticker Edition
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On the other side of the bumper: You can take my bacon when you can pry it from my warm, greasy fingers. 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: Daily Ha Ha
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Eurotripper European Car Show: The Water Cooled Edition
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So it was a couple weekends ago this olelongrooffan was up at JetBlue Park in the City of Palms checking out the Eurotripper European Car Show. As I mentioned previously, there was large contingency of VDubs, both air and water cooled, but they were not the only Eurocars to show up that day. One of…
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Big in Berlin – Lucille is a 1972 Ford Country Sedan turned German
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For every thought you entertain about importing a small European city car to the United States and let it loose on the endless prairie roads that will shrink it even further, there’s a counterpart trying to happen. Take an enormous American car, a station wagon as long and wide as you get, and bring it…
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Podcast: Episode 93 – An Awful Accent
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Zack Klapman is fresh from a The Smoking Tire trip to New Zealand. He’s joined by host Blake Z Rong and Podcast Producer Chris Hayes, and they explore everything from Kiwi Country. I couldn’t make it to the episode because… I was nervous my truck would overheat on the drive up to the studio. I…
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Craigslist Crapshoot
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Welcome to Craigslist Crapshoot, our weekly search for the most bizarre, awesome, and/or terrible vehicles that the online classifieds has to offer. Do you like to play the ponies? It sure seemed like it last week, despite the handicap that was the exclusion of the most common of the category – Mustangs, Camaros, and Firebirds.…