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This VW Touareg V10 TDI has been turned into an off-road beast
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For some reason yesterday, the topic of the Touareg V10 TDI popped up in my world. I drove one once years ago, as it was the 2nd press vehicle to which I’d ever been given keys. It made an impact on my brain and I definitely still think about it. I know it wouldn’t be…
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Dirt Hill Climb vehicles are insane
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The Moreeb Dune in the United Arab Emirates has an incline of 50 degrees. It rises nearly 1,000 feet of the desert floor and runs almost a mile in width. It is the tallest dune in the UAE. That’s why it’s a hot spot of hill climb racing, where insane old SUVs are given a…
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Review: 2022 Mercedes-Benz CLS450 – Time to Evolve or Exit
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Have you thought about the Mercedes-Benz CLS450 in a while? It’s okay if you haven’t. I’m curious if Mercedes itself is thinking about it. The vehicle as it sits today is totally fine. But when the rest of your lineup exists in or is moving towards a zone of stellar awesome, fine doesn’t cut it.…
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Electric Trucks: Which one would work best for you?
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The Rivian R1T is available for sale right now. Ford’s all-electric Lightning is very nearly here. And the Chevrolet Silverado EV will land in showrooms sometime in the middle of 2023. If you were angling for electrified pickup action in your driveway, which one would you be choosing? Of the three, it seems the Rivian…
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Hooniverse Asks: Do you use a dashcam?
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Over on the Hooniverse Podcast, we’ve been talking about dashcams recently. That’s because my podcast co-host Ron Baugh randomly captured an amazing moment of karma. He was driving along in a convoy heading to SEMA when a driver in a car not related to the group chucked a cup of soda out their window towards…
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The Morgan Plus Four CX-T seems stupidly brilliant
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It’s definitely a trend of the last few years to take a road car and set it up for off-road adventure. People have been doing that for decades, of course, but the idea of “safari-ing” a vehicle has certainly gained in popularity as of late. Even automakers are taking this approach at the factory level.…
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Watch Mr. Le Mans go from 18th to 3rd in a Ford GT40
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Tom Kristensen is known as Mr. Le Mans for good reason. The man has won the 24 Hours of Le Mans an amazing nine times. Of those wins, six were consecutive. Kristensen is the best driver to suit up and run Le Mans. So to say he knows what he’s doing behind the wheel of…
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Hooniverse Podcast: Episode 314 – Happy? New Year!
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Ron and I consider what we enjoyed most in the automotive space in 2021. We reflect on the good while thinking about the future. There’s also a look at some auction results, talk about a recent off-road video by Alan Ampudia on YouTube, and then a bunch of questions before a toast to the year…
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Tony Montero: Let’s Refinish the Face
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My 1991 Mitsubishi Montero needs a bit of love on its face. The grille and headlight surrounds are chipping and the black paint I sprayed a few years prior is fading. So I set out on an easy fix to help clean all that up. Yes, I will need to do this again down the…
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Watch Garage54 flip their Lada on purpose
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Garage54 is a glorious corner of the Internet. It’s where a team of mad wrenches and fabricators in Russia attempt to do all sorts of stuff just to see if they can. From making wheels out of gears and using super glue as a head gasket to building an 8-wheeled Fiat and more, the Garage54…
