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  • The News for June 21st, 2013

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      Welcome to the Hooniverse News! This is a weekly recap of some of the biggest stories in the automotive industry without the fluff or the bull. I also throw in a little opinion of mine, just because I can. This week: Aston Martin drops the top on the Vanquish SRT reveals the Viper GT3-R track day special…

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  • The Sharpied Vanagon – crowd-sourced car art

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    There are plenty of images of Sharpied cars on the internet, including a Lamborghini Gallardo, but none of them have a back story that’s quite as awesome as this one. Rather than hiring a professional artist to do some art work in Sharpie, the owner of this Vanagon decided to let the community do it…

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  • The News for June 14th, 2013

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     Welcome to the Hooniverse News! This is a weekly recap of some of the biggest stories in the automotive industry without the fluff or the bull. I also throw in a little opinion of mine, just because I can. This week: BMW 4 Series revealed in production trim Cadillac prices the all-new CTS higher than before Jeep…

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  • Spintires Tech Demo: Combining big Soviet trucks with incredible realism

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    Is it Truck Thursday yet? Oovee Game Studios has been working on an interesting Windows PC simulator that would certainly be of interest to a great deal of us fellow Hoons. The game is called Spintires, and the only way I can possibly summarize it is to say that it’s a beautiful, highly detailed, and…

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  • The News for June 7th, 2013

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    Welcome to the Hooniverse News! This is a weekly recap of some of the biggest stories in the automotive industry without the fluff or the bull. I also throw in a little opinion of mine, just because I can. This week: Porsche 911 turns 50, obligatory special edition follows Pagani builds one last Zonda for real this…

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  • The News for May 31st, 2013

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    Welcome to the Hooniverse News! This is a weekly recap of some of the biggest stories in the automotive industry without the fluff or the bull. I also throw in a little opinion of mine, just because I can. This week: Aston Martin reveals the most extreme Vantage to date BMW X5 is all-new for its third…

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  • The News for May 24th, 2013

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    Welcome to the Hooniverse News! This is a weekly recap of some of the biggest stories in the automotive industry without the fluff or the bull. I also throw in a little opinion of mine, just because I can. This week: Aston Martin celebrates 100 years again with CC100 Speedster McLaren celebrates 50 years with limited edition…

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  • The News for May 17th, 2013

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    Welcome to the Hooniverse News! This is a weekly recap of some of the biggest stories in the automotive industry without the fluff or the bull. I also throw in a little opinion of mine, just because I can. This week: 2014 Mercedes-Benz S-Class is ready to be an elite Lamborghini gets selfish with a new one-off…

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  • Craiglist Find: a 1976 Jaguar XJ6… with an added kick

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    This isn’t your typical British Leyland car anymore. This, dear readers, is a custom Pro Street Jaguar XJ6 and it’s looking for a new home in North Carolina (go figure). Not everyone may have had affection for the Series II Jaguar XJ6 and XJ12, which was known for poor build quality and reliability issues shared…

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  • The News for May 10th, 2013

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    Welcome to the Hooniverse News! This is a weekly recap of some of the biggest stories in the automotive industry without the fluff or the bull. I also throw in a little opinion of mine, just because I can. This week: Bentley announces six Le Mans Edition models just for North America Tesla Model S scores big…

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