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  • Hooniverse at the Detroit Auto Show – Well, Not Really, Kinda, Sorta…..

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    The North American International Auto Show opens next week (January 11th) and it will be covered by two illustrious Hooniverians, except that they will be covering the event for (Redacted). Want to know who will be there, and better yet, take an unvarnished look at what they look like? All will be revealed after the…

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  • Cars and Coffee December 19th, 2009

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    After a brief rain and real-life induced hiatus, Hooniverse was back at Cars and Coffee, the informal car show put on way too early on Saturday Morning down in Orange County. There were several Porsches and several Corvettes. Some were special, many were not. In our humble opinion, they should’ve parked directly across from each…

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  • Rubber Band On The Run

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    Do you see that tire there? It may be difficult to discern in light of the awesome douchiness of the Asanti rim, but rest assured there’s some Pirelli rubber wrapped around the loud and proud wheel. Also hampering visibility is the fact that it’s a 25-series tire.

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  • Last Call- Not That There's Anything Wrong With it Edition

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    The Mini already has a reputation of popularity in the gay community, so this seems oh so appropriate.

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  • LA Auto Show Mega Gallery Three- Chevrolet

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    Like Ford, Chevrolet also had a small car to introduce. Also, like the Fiesta, the Chevy Cruze (yes, all the good names are taken) will have been cruzing around Europe and Asia for a couple of years prior to clogging up the freeways and mall parking lots of this fair land.

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  • LA Auto Show Mega-Gallery Two- Audi R8 5.2

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    As Braff noted to me yesterday, the 4.2-litre Audi R8 is a supremely competent and engaging sports car, but the 5.2-litre V10 elevates it to supercar status.

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  • Car Show Conundrum- Suzuki Always Picks Door Number Two

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    Here’s a shot of the new Suzuki Kizashi’s dashboard. One of the upscale features of the Camry-esque car with the S on its chest is the display between the speedo and tach, which tells you information about the car- including whether or not one of the four doors is ajar. Unfortunately, as you can see,…

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  • LA Auto Show Mega-Gallery One- The Ford Fiesta

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    There’s no siesta from this Fiesta as Ford had nearly a dozen of the cars on display- from mild to wild. The 2011 Fiesta packs a 1.6-litre DOHC four cylinder that the Blue Ovoids claimed to be good for 40-mpg highway. We couldn’t verify that as there didn’t seem any easy way to get one…

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  • Fiesta Party isn't Redundant

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    Only two minutes to go. Braff and I are waiting for the littlest Ford to do a striptease.

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  • Hooniverse Does the Car Show

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    Today marks the first press day of the Los Angeles Auto Show, and for some reason they thought it was a good idea to let Hooniverse attend. We’re going to check things out and see if there’s anything Hoontastic to report. We’ll spare you the news about the new colors on the Camry and such.

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