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Hooniverse Weekend Edition: Corvair Display Engines via Hemmings
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Friend of Hooniverse, Dan Strohl, ran this posting on Hemmings a few days ago. With the (limited) success of my Corvair at the 24 hours of LeMons, I just had to share it with the Hooniverse fans. Read more after the jump!
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition: Diamond Stars via Grassroots Motorsports Magazine
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This article is by Tim Baxter over at Grassroots Motorsports Magazine, and it showcases the Diamond Star joint venture between Mitsubishi and Chrysler, including the offspring of this endeavor, the Eclipse, Laser, and Talon sport coupes. Read more after the jump….
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Loverman's Movin' on Up
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In many ways, Hooniverse wouldn’t exist had it not been for Jonny Lieberman. His writing and presence at Jalopnik 1.0 opened my eyes to a world of car enthusiasm that went beyond Dana 60 swaps on 4x4s and forums with little happy face guys waving rainbow flags. In essence, he is the thinking automotive omnivore’s…
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Fisker Opens A Dealership in Santa Monica
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Our friends over at WebRidesTV were recently invited to the opening of a new dealership in the Los Angeles area. This is not a Chevrolet dealer, a Nissan dealer, or a new Audi location. This is the new Santa Monica Fisker dealership. Hop the jump for a clip…
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Rename LeMons New England: And The Winner Is…
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And now, ladies and gentlemen, the new name of LeMons New England is…
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Hooniverse Asks: What’s the Best Front-Wheel Drive Performance Car?
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Associating the terms “performance car” and “front-wheel drive” may seem as contradictory as “deep-fried” and “tofu” (surely there’s at least one county fair that has already thought of that). And many of us have had the term “wrong-wheel drive” ingrained in our minds for so long that copping to being fond of any front-driver feels…
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Letter from an Elderly Lady About a Ferret Brings a Tear to Our Eye
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Ah…BringATrailer, you’re like a more focused, classier, mature version of us. Case in point, after featuring this 1957 Peter Dawson Ferret (to which we believe the current Maserati Grand Turismo’s front end owes a hat-tip), Mr. Dawson’s widow wrote in with more pictures and a touching description of her husband’s life as a mechanical engineer…
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How to Make an Audi R8 5.2 V10 Commercial
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Take one expensive four-ringed German supercar, add an experience driver and film crew, and finally throw in one sweet-ass matte-finished Audi camera rig. Our friends at WebRides got their grubby little sparco-gloved hands on a 2010 Audi R8 5.2 (starts at $146,000) and drove the crap out of it at El Toro. Thanks for the…
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Rename LeMons New England: Vote Now, and Achieve Significance!
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Winston Churchill once said, “The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter.” He clearly never read Hooniverse.
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Porsche Motorkhana
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Friend of Hooniverse, and soon-to-be Honorary Australian Editor, Mark Goddard is at it again with his camera and friends who drive Porsches. All the hoons down in hoonsville got together for a Porsche Motorkhana. I don’t know what that means but it looks awesome. Hop the jump for some excellent photos and his description of…
