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Hooniverse Fastback Friday – 1993 Renault Safrane 3.0 RT V6i
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What we have here is a failure to communicate. The Safrane was designed to be a sleek and roomy five-door executive car in the vein of the 25, but more rounded and easier to the eye both inside and out. What the buyers saw was what must be the most boring premium car ever conceived.…
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition – A 1967 Simca 1000 Coupe
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I hope you are enjoying the Interesting Project Car Weekend about cars that were inspired by Jim Yu’s article about the Anti-Football run held this past New Years Day. We explored cars that originated in Germany, Great Britain, and Italy, so how about an unusual French Coupe styled by the Italian Design House of Bertone.…
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The WTF Files: Chastity Belt Neon
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Sometimes you just have to ask yourself, “What was going through that person’s mind when they did that?”
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Hooniverse Asks- What Classmate’s Car Were You Most Envious Of In High School?
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I went to a pretty affluent High School and it wasn’t all that shocking to see somebody roll into the campus parking lot in an Aston Martin V8 or Lamborghini Silhouette. Those were always their dads’ cars, and either their parents were hugely trusting (meaning drunks), or they happened to be away for the week,…
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Wagon Wednesday: BMW 535i Touring: Is the last 5er longroof the best 5er longroof?
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Few weeks back we asked if a $7000 E39 540i Touring was worth its price. The consensus was that it is the kind of a car which, at least in theory, many of us would love to own. The honest truth however, is that it E39s have a lot of issues, many of which are…
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Last Call- Loop de Google Edition
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Google has changed the way we find things both on the Interwebz and in the real world. They also apparently want to change the way we drive, if this Google Maps topographical nightmare is any indication, making our commutes a little more like a Coney Island coaster. Click here for some more Google Map fails.…
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition – The Chrysler A-Body, B-Body, and the F & M Body Cars
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Continuing on with our Long Life Platform Series, we now turn to the Chrysler Platforms, most of them started production in the early 60s, and lived a long life. The Chrysler A-Body started out as the Plymouth Valiant and spawned at least five other nameplates. The Chrysler B-Body started out as the “Downsized” full-size Plymouth…
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Two Wheel Tuesday: Brough Superior's Insane Pursuit of Speed
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I should really label this NSFW – it’s that sexy. Credit: highwaylass on Flickr Hooniverse, please welcome Harrison Ambs with that warn Hoon greting you’re known for all over the world, especially Poland. Harrison likes bikes. And he curses a lot. And that’s all we really know about him. He is going to be injecting…
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Mystery Car!
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Well, it would appear that many of us survived last week’s slasheriffic Friday the 13th Mystery Car contest – yay virgins! What didn’t survive was the anonymity of the contestant, which, after an atypical 2 hours, was revealed to be an Isuzu Panther Royale. Well done and that proves a testament to the fact that…
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Last Call- Snakes Alive Edition
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This being Two-Wheel Tuesday I thought you might like a car showing just two wheels. As those wheels in question happen to be alloys cast into the shape of a pair of hooded cobras that’s just like the cherry on top. Yo dawg, I heard you like cobras on your cobras. . . Image: [Imgur]
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition: Last Call: The Taking Care Of Family Edition
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If your sister car is going to be spitting up bodily fluids down in the west horseshoe, you probably want to keep yours out of the weeds. Wait! What?
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Hooniverse Classic Trucks Weekend – Here are a few Classic Long Haul Trucks that still get the job done.
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This is the wrap-up for the Hooniverse Classic Trucks Weekend, and I decided to identify a few Classic Long Haul Trucks that can still work for a living. Quite a few f these almost look like the rigs that are being built today (Peterbilt, Kenworth, International), but there are a couple that have the basic…
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Hooniverse Asks- What’s the Weirdest Seat Upholstery Ever?
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Whether leather, or vinyl, or mouse fur velour, or something a bit more esoteric, the material upon which you plant your butt in a car has an aesthetic value for both you, and those who are quietly judging you. Your taste in fashion of course extends to your car’s upholstery, and it’s pretty obvious just…
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Hooniverse Classic Captions – The 1974 Dodge Monaco Edition
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With temperatures reaching record highs throughout the US, and with Spring around the corner, I thought it might be time for a Spring Edition of the Hooniverse Classic Caption Contest. We will get to the lead picture in a minute, but let’s recap the premise for this feature; I search for images that were used…
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Spotter Guide: 2012 12 Hours Of Sebring
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This weekend marks the launch of two separate, yet similar, sports car seasons at once with the 60th anniversary of the Mobil1 12 Hours of Sebring fueled by Fresh from Florida (seriously, that’s its full name? -KK). On one hand, you are bearing witness to the American Le Mans Series opening round, but you are also witnessing…
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Truck Thursday: A Final Ford Ranger Tribute
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Before I was a Hatchtopian, I was a Ford Ranger fan. From their intro in 1983 to the time I learned to drive in a beast of an F150 (1978 4wd with the 400 ci engine), I always thought the Ranger was “right-sized.” It was a blocky looking thing to start, then matured into a…