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2011 Chevrolet Cruze Eco
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For some time now, I’ve wondered if GM is capable of making a good boring car. Between the Vette, GTO, CTS-V and various SSs, GM’s demonstrated they’re were capable of making kickass cars that represent impressive performance bargains. Unfortunately, the market for kickass isn’t what it’s cracked up to be. Toyota spent two decades building…
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Hooniverse Fastback Friday – The TVR Sagaris Pictorial Posting for British Week
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As I said earlier today, there was only one TVR Sagaris listed for sale at the TVR Webmart site. So, I thought this would serve as your orgasmic experience with the TVR Sagaris, by simply doing a Pictorial Posting of the cars that were sold on the site. So, sit back, and experience the Sagaris.
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Hooniverse Asks – What's Your Favorite British Car Industry Joke?
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So I have this tee-shirt – it’s one of my favorites in fact – and it has the Lucas Electrics logo, and below that the admonition a gentleman does not motor about after dark. Now, I don;t know about you, but I think that’s damn funny. In fact, I’ll probably be wearing it to the…
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British Week – V.I.S.I.T.: Triumph Spitfire 1500
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A while back (before I learned how to turn off the date on my elcheapo ebay digital camera) this olelongrooffan was up in Flagler Beach to meet a buddy from St. Augustine for lunch. While I was there, I spotted this ole British machine and captured some images of it to share, unwittingly, with my…
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Hooniverse Fastback Friday – The TVR Webmart, where you can buy actual TVRs
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Welcome to another edition of Fastback Friday. So we are at the end of British Week here at Hooniverse, and yes I caved. I was trying to do a little research on rather obscure fastback models for this feature, and finding nothing all that interesting, and decided to join in on the British car love-fest.…
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Last Call – I'd Like a Side of Fries, Please Edition
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I’d bet that’s a big Mack truck. Image source: [Imgur.com]
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Hooniverse Truck Thursday – British Week: It's A Jaaaag Baby!
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A year or so ago, I was out and about and stumbled upon this Jagamino and grabbed a few images of it just in case.
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Streetwalker – Alfa Romeo Giulietta
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I spotted this little Alfa across from an Italian restaurant and around the corner of the German battleship, in the trendy district of Clerkenwell. I was there to stake out a car made entirely from Play-Doh, but to no success. Clerkenwell is a small area, and a bright-blue Play-Doh car is hard to miss, so…
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Triumph the Comic Insult Timing Chain – Stag 1, Your Wallet 0
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There’s nothing finer, perhaps, then waking up, fixing a pot of tea, and settling down to write about one of the shoddiest vehicles to ever disgrace the United Kingdom with its inimitable combination of congenital defects. That’s saying a lot, particularly considering that the UK is one of the few first-world countries to compete with…
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Streetwalker – Sink the Bismarck!
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When it was constructed, the Bismarck was the largest warship in the world. It displaced more than 50,000 tons and featured 72 total guns; its largest battery were a complement of eight 380mm guns on four turrets, which it used against British heavy cruisers with devastating effect.
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British By Proxy: The Cyclops Eye and the Crown Vics of Calcutta
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It’s no secret that British culture has embraced the trappings of their former colony India in a way that would make Mangal Pandey flip his lid. From curry, which is the sort of cheap Asian fare that’s to the British what Chinese all-you-can-eat buffets are to our MSG-laden posteriors, to the comical and ironic Indian…
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Hooniverse Asks – Do You Understand Automotive Marketing?
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For a nation of skeptical consumers trained from birth to hunt for great deals (“why yes, I do need 15 gallons of mayonnaise – look at that unit price!”), Americans are not only conscious of advertising in general, but sophisticated consumers thereof. Take the Super Bowl commercial trend; how many folks save their bathroom breaks…
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Hooniverse Truck Thursday – An Irish Military Truck in honor of St. Patrick's Day
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Continuing on with British Week, I thought I would remind everyone that today is St. Patrick’s Day, so I thought I would do a posting about a truck, currently serving in the Irish Armed Forces, that has a British connection. So, put on your green, grab a pint or two, and do a one finger…
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Last Call – Tower Bridge Bus Jump Edition
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I got this postcard at a souvenir shop. The back reads: On 30th December 1952, the driver of a bus on route 78, travelling over Tower Bridge in the evening, noticed the road was rising in front of his bus. The bridge was being raised. It was too late to brake as the bus might…
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For Sale: One Kickass Eyesore of a Wagon
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“The time has come,” the Walrus said, “to talk of many things…” …but mainly the time has come to hand off my wagon to a new owner who’s got the time and motivation to help it live up to its potential. That’s right, the hoonwagon is for sale. Looks like I’m adding another, more affordable…
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Hooniverse Wagon Wednesday – Three Affordable Wagons: So Which One Will You Use to Tow Your British Car Home?
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Continuing on with British Week Wagon Wednesday, and let’s say you found a classic British Car in need of some restoration, and you have to tow it home, what are you going to do? You have three options: 1) You could call a tow truck, and if it less than 100 miles to your home,…