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Stay Classy, $349 Benz
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As mainstream America knows, Mercedes-Benz ownership is a privilege reserved for the well-off (plus yours truly), and it’s impossible to pick up a complete, titled one for under four figures, right? RIGHT!?!
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Hooniverse Asks- What Car is Your Guilty Pleasure?
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Is there a car, or maybe it’s a truck, that you secretly lust for, despite your own better judgement, and those of others? You know, you’re a car-guy (even if you’re a girl- let’s not get our panties in a bunch over semantics here) and you know that you should love all-things Ferrari, and should…
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The Top Ten Reasons Why Pontiac Failed; Part 1
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This is a sad time for those of us who love automobiles. The bankruptcy of General Motors and Chrysler happened; For GM, it meant the shedding of key brands including Saab, Hummer, Saturn, and Pontiac. Of the four, it’s possible that Pontiac’s death may have been most avoidable. For more than a decade, Pontiac has…
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Here's to you Mr. Porsche Cayenne Announcer Man
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In case you didn’t know, Porsche has a new version of their money tree Cayenne sport utility ready to hit the market. To drum up a little excitement for a model that many consider not true to the brand’s essence, the company has released a video that attempts to intertwine the Cayenne with other, historically…
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Visual RPM/Speed Calculator Will Leave you Vroom Vrooming in Your Cube
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Second only to flogging the living daylights out of our rides, we hoons love to scheme. For every hour spent under the car in the driveway, there are 8 more spend BSing on forums, browsing through catalogs and generally fussing about what we’re gonna do with the Country Sedan Falcon Uberbird Wrangler WRX Trailer latest…
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Showdown: Awesome Oddball Yank-tank Wagons
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In our last Showdown, the “Strip Teaser” Fleetmaster managed to collect the lions share of your $1 bills votes, proving you’d all rather get down and dirty old-school style than classy like Bel Air. Today we’re featuring two wagons loaded with far-out technology for their day. Prior to the universal recognition of disk brakes as…
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Tail Light – Jaguar XJ
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Modern Art Monday is a new series which will focus on an newer cars, and the specific highlights that stand out in their design. Lately I have been thinking of tail lights. I was about to go with the current design of the BMW 5-Series but then I remembered a Jaguar event I attended for…
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Your Guide to 50cc Street Bikes In the U.S.
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[singlepic id=1768 w=320 h=320 float=left]You’ve got to wonder about the marketing guys at the big four Japanese motorcycle companies, or at least their U.S. subsidiaries. Throughout the ’80s and ’90s, some bright MBA grad would say, “Hey, we sell tons of 50cc motorcycles overseas, and we sell lots of 50cc scooters and mini-bikes in America;…
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Art and the Acura ZDX
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Rob and I were recently invited to attend a launch party for the all-new Acura ZDX. The vehicle is making a seven-city tour across the United States. Also part of the event is the photographic art of Erik Madigan Heck. The Los Angeles event took place at the brand new W hotel, so Rob and…
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What's Your Eleanor? – GIC Edition
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As this site’s resident rambling idiot, it may come as no surprise that I don’t have an Eleanor… that is, if you take the article “an” to mean “one”. I actually have two three! And all for good reason, as I’ll explain. First, a little back story….
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Happy Birthday to the Automobile!
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For those of you unaware, today is the day that many would consider the birthday of the automobile. Today, January 29, is the date that Karl Benz patented his original three-wheeled motorcar, the Patent Motorwagen, back in 1886.
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Do You Find Something Comical About My Appearance When I Am Driving My Automobile?
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Good friend of Hooniverse Leo had the chance to live out his Jeremy Clarkson fantasies (of which he has many) when this lil’ fella showed up at the recent Cars and Coffee Irvine. If the license plate doesn’t give it away (seriously?) this is a very nice replica of the Peel P50. Peel manufactured these…
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition: Historic Ferrari 625/250 Testa Rossa via Motor Mavens
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Last weekend I ran a Story about a Porsche 356 that is about to receive an Audi upgrade, written by Tamer Omram for Motor Mavens. It’s great to see that other car related sites are discovering Hooniverse, and it seems that Tamer wrote about this Ferrari at the Concorso Ferrari show in Old Town Pasadena,…
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What's Your Eleanor? – Deartháir Edition
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When I was just a wee young lad, my father gave me a toy car that had been his favourite when he was younger. I’m not entirely certain of the story behind the toy, but I can’t help but notice that the toy was issued in 1961, when my father would have been 16. Knowing…
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What does the AP Style Guide say for a Pimped Out Accord?
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Brooklyn teacher Amanda Pogany had her 1996 Honda Accord stolen three years ago. Recently, she had it returned by police during a chop-shop raid, and like the world’s longest episode of Overhaulin’ the plucky thieves had added a few optional extras: a Honda H22 VTEC engine and 5-speed transmission swap, for starters. The enterprising thieves…
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Hooniverse Asks- Do You Really Care How Many Cylinders Your Car Has?
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Yesterday I asked if you would be open to the thought of a V6 engine in a Corvette, as an ancillary model. Some responded no effing way, and condemned me as anti-American. Others said, sure, as long as the engine and the car adhere to the expected performance and feel of a real Vette. The…