Encyclopedia Hoonatica: Asymmetrical Grilles
Peter TanshanomiTwo weeks back, our How & Why Wonder Book of Hooning examined dashboard asymmetry. The next day, in Antti's profile…
Encyclopedia Hoonatica: 4 Spoke, 5 Lug Wheels
Wheels come in a huge variety. Between OEMs and the aftermarket, just about any design you can come up with…
Encyclopedia Hoonatica: Asymmetrical Instrument Binnacles
Car designers (usually) work hard to arrange the driver's cockpit an orderly, coherent, attractive manner. The understandable result is that…
Encyclopedia Hoonatica: Fiberglass Concept Cars
In the 1978 flick The Buddy Holley Story, young Buddy's new-found success leads him to a Cadillac dealer, where a…
Encyclopedia Hoonatica: Unusual Memorial Highways
Today's Encyclopedia Hoonatica topic rests not with cars, but the surfaces on which they drive. The practice of naming stretches…
Encyclopedia Hoonatica: Oughts Cars That Have Appreciated In Value
We'd all like to make money on the cars we buy. Unfortunately, as the saying goes, "things that get used,…
Encyclopedia Hoonatica: Hatchbacks with Dramatically Curved Rear Quarter Glass
Quite out of the blue, Mrs. Tanshanomi suggested that my weekly adventure in pedantry should task all of you with…
Encyclopedia Hoonatica: Cars Named For Tracks – That Aren't Also Cities.
Two Mondays ago, when I asked you all to name Cars Named For Cities, some of the comments understandably strayed…
Encyclopedia Hoonatica: Slashed Names
No, not car names that were ruthlessly discontinued, or hacked by a machete-wielding maniac. Today's automotive quandary involves the slash…
Encyclopedia Hoonatica: Cars Named After Cities
Vehicles named for exotic places are pretty common: racetracks, mountains, deserts, pretty much every place name has been mined for…