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Last Call- Release The Kraken-Brake Edition
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Don’t you just hate seeing what you think is an empty parking space only to find that someone has parked their squid in it? This giant cephalopod was snapped parked in a space at a Tohoku Japan fish market. Getting it out of there shouldn’t be a problem however, considering how well they go in reverse.…
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First Drive – 2012 Hyundai Azera
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To say a person has “made the leap” means they’ve moved from performing at a lower level to a higher one. The phrase is constantly used in the sports world for those that’ve gone from rookies to all-stars, or from performing well in college and then doing just as well in the big leagues. It…
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Last Call- My Happy Place Edition
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Almost all cars have a face, and some have been designed to express a certain personality or emotion while others are shaped to appear stoic or poker-faced. When it comes to happy-looking cars, I used to think that the current Mazda kine up took the cake. But, upon further reflection, I’d say this Honda has…
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Last Call- Highway to the Danger Zone Edition
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Southwest Airlines may have trouble dealing with taxiway obstacles, but like anything aeronautically related, if you want to see how it’s done, you’ve got to go military. Image: [The Car Lounge]
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Hooniverse Truck Thursday – The Trucks of May 1st Cruise
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As sure as today’s Thursday, I’m posting a selected amount of truckin’ goodness from the May Day Cruise through our town. This ’60s Scania-Vabis was the biggest partaker I saw that day.
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Hooniverse Asks- What 18-Wheeler Stirs Your Loins?
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Whether fetishized in the likes of Smokey and the Bandit and Convoy, or rolled past in the number two lane on the freeway, there’s something mesmerizing about big trucks. Maybe it’s the sheer size – much like that of commercial aircraft – which is amazingly controlled by a single individual. Or perhaps it’s the fact that some…
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This maybe the lowest priced Mercedes Benz 600 ever, but is it worth it?
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It was probably Clarkson on that stupid TV show of his who brought the 1963-1981 Mercedes Benz 600 back into the main stream media limelight. Since then the Mercedes Benz 600 has been popping up in all kinds of print and online automotive press. It is as if overnight people seemed to have developed an…
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Hooniverse Fastback Friday – Which GM Pony Car Suits Your Inner Mullet?
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It has been a while since we had a Fastback Friday Posting, and so I thought it was a great time to do a three way Fastback Friday Feature with three General Motors Pony Cars of the 70’s, including a pair of Trans Am Firebirds, and a Camaro Z/28. So, which of these cars would…
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American Eagle – 1977 Lincoln Continental Mark V
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It’s not every day you spot an American-built personal luxury car with a 7.5-litre engine over here. On Friday the 13th, I did; it’s a 1977 Lincoln Continental Mark V for sale at the same forecourt as the Buick Roadmaster was last fall. The dealer has a penchant for large barges, it seems, and the…
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Daytona 24: The Friday Night Garage Walk
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You never can tell who you are going to run into on a walk through the garages during a bit of down time. From legendary rockers to legendary racing drivers, there are characters of all kinds to be found in the Daytona paddock, even on the Friday before the race. Brian Johnson, crazy jump-around lead of Aussie…
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Live-ish from Detroit, it's the Hooniverse!!
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Good Morning! Today we, and by “we” I mean “I”, are/am in Detroit for the North American International (so which is it, North American or International?) Auto Show! Actually, that’s a good question, why are they calling it international? Where the hell are French cars? This should be called the Detroit United States Domestic Market…
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Mystery Car
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With today’s Mystery Car we reintroduce the color photo. As I seem to be over my compulsion of red cars, it seemed like the time to once again go beyond black and white. Color, if Wikipedia is to be believed, was invented in 1939 for the movie The Wizard of Oz. Actually the discovery…
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Last Call- Street Hoods Edition
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Located in the western-most part of Berlin, what was once Germany’s 5.15-mile Avus Circuit is now part of the region’s highway network. It’s difficult to say however whether or not those who ply it today are quite as fashionable as this Jag 120, and Benz 190 pilots were back in 1956. Image: [artnet.com]
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Two Wheel Tuesday: The British National Motorcycle Museum
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As I shared with the Hooniversiat in my earlier posts from the Commercial Vehicle Show, I spent last week in Birmingham, England. Birmingham is (or was) the “B” in BSA, and the city and surrounding Midlands area were home to a plethora of British motorcycle marques throughout the previous century. Birmingham is to the British…
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Exorcising the Boringness: Toyota Yaris T-Sport
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There aren’t many cars I hate, in the true sense of the word. However, anything purely appliance-like isn’t going to top any my top ten favourite lists; cars made for people who do not care about cars, who just require a car and thus can commute in anything that has four wheels and starts in…
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Hooniverse Presents: The Crown Victoria Incubator
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Here at Hooniverse the demise of Ford’s Panther platform left a void in our hearts. While some did not care much for its aged design, others did shed a few tears. Whichever side of the Panther you stand on however, you will find this interesting. It appears as though the California Highway Patrol went on…