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HCOTY 2012: The voting period runs through 1/4/12 at midnight
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Voting is open until Friday, 1/4/12, at midnight. Share the post with your friends, and campaign (gentlemanly or gentlewomanly, of course) for your favorite. Good luck to all the nominees!
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Hooniverse Asks- What SciFi Movie Got Future Cars Right?
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It’s a funny thing about the future when it comes to movies, and that is that films that venture to show us what is coming next are the ones most likely to get left in the past. That’s especially so when it comes to showing future cars on film and TV. Most often it’s far…
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My Favorite Chrysler Story – The 1962 Dodge Custom 880 Series
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I have been fascinated by the ongoing upheavals of the Chrysler Corporation, where they come up with some great product, only to face certain doom a few years later. One of their star products was the Chrysler Airflow, and the public didn’t seem all that interested when it was introduced. This one brief moment in…
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Hooniverse Asks- Italy Vs. Japan, Who Makes The Most Lust Worthy Super Bikes?
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You know what’s a common theme between Italy and Japan? Tomatoes, that’s what. Italy has, more than pretty much any other nation, embraced that new world fruit as a staple of its cuisine, and also sprays many of its highest performance products in a similar red hue. Japan meanwhile, has a flag that is…
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Video: Hovercraft racing is as awesome as you'd imagine it to be
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Unless you’re parents were loaded, you definitely did not own a hovercraft growing up. Regardless of your income level, you no doubt imagined how much better off as a person you would be if you owned such a vehicle. I’ve never driven one, but I imagine it’s either a wild thrill ride or very loud…
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Hooniverse Fastback Friday: Louvres, It's All About The Louvres
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While this olelongrooffan was up in The Hoosier State checking out trailer manufacturing plants and taking some images of trailers we have sold but will never see again, I spotted something lurking behind one of the cars in the parking lot.
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In-Car Lemons Highlights: Thunderhill 2012
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What’s better than more posts about the 24 Hours of Lemons? More posts featuring me, that’s what. After the break, you’ll find what amounts to a highlight video from my (first-ever) stint in a Lemons car. The car? Why, the 2011 HCOTY, the Killer ZomBee, of course. Don’t click though if you don’t like self-indulgence.
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Mystery Car
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Tomorrow is Cinco de Mayo, which means that today is Star Wars day! That’s right, May the Fourth be with you. Seeing as this is such an auspicious occasion, I thought it appropriate that today’s Mystery Car should have some sort of connection to George Lucas’ epic space adventure. For todays contest I found a…
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Cool Cars At A Reasonably Priced Bar – Part 3
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In part 1 of this series we checked out a read bad ass. In part 2 Mr. Belvedere made an appearance. For part 3 we are going to examine this pristine 91 Cadillac Limo…
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Hooniverse Truck Thursday – 1989 Dodge Ram Van B250
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I first ran into this spectacularly brown box of a Dodge two months ago, and that’s where these detail shots come from. Yesterday, I chanced upon it again and managed to snap more photos of it. According to what info I could sherlock from the plate, it’s a 1989 model with the 3.9-litre/239cid V6 engine.…
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The News for January 27th, 2012
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It’s time for the Hooniverse News! This is a weekly recap of everything that happened in the automotive world that you should care about without the fluff of a hyper marketing agent or the dullness of an executive in a suit. I also throw in some opinion, just because I can. This week: M Performance…
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition – A 1964 Rambler American Convertible vs a 1981 AMC Spirit DL
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During my time here at Hooniverse, I have found that there is one thing the core audience loves almost as much as Wagons, and that would be anything made by American Motors. Well, here are two different American Motors products separated by almost 17 years, yet shared the same platform and a similar power-plant. Say…
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Hooniverse Vocational Truck Weekend – The Demise of the GMC Line of Medium Duty Trucks
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Welcome to the Sunday Edition of the Hooniverse Vocational Truck Weekend. General Motors, along with Ford and Chrysler, have been associated with the Medium Duty Truck Market for quite some period of time. All of them have exited this market in various stages to concentrate on their core business, mainly the car and light truck…
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Hooniverse Presents: The Worst Thing In The Universe
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Nothing else needs to be said. [Source: Barorama.com]
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Wagon Wednesday Long Shots: A Midsize Bowtie Beauty
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This past weekend it seems there was a car show in nearly every part of the country. The World Center of Racing was no different. At the annual Rods on the Hill show, this olelongrooffan spotted what is, at least to me, a highly desirable longroof courtesy of the Bowtie Division of General Motors.
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Sport Line – 1987-1990 Nissan Sunny Coupé
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With this ’88 Nissan we’re safely back into tape graphics. Parked in the garage I frequent, it’s a rough and beaterish example of the doorstop-shaped little Nissan with humble mechanicals. In this post, I show this Coupé in detail and reminisce of one closer to home.