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2024 Toyota Land Cruiser First Edition Review
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Toyota Land Cruiser fans are nothing if not loyal. Such an enthusiastic group is unsurprisingly extremely defensive of its beloved nameplate, and that leads to wide skepticism when a new model arrives. All-new for 2024, the newest Land Cruiser lives for the first time on the “light duty” Prado platform, a move that makes it…
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Hooniverse Podcast Episode 367: You Could Just Not
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Thank you for listening to Episode 367 of the Hooniverse Podcast. In this episode we continue to explore tidbits of automotive history, discuss relevant news, and run through some of our personal automotive updates. “You could just not” Returning alongside me is Dan Roth, with a tale about a guy named Bart, who chose not…
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2025 Genesis G80 AWD 3.5T Sport Prestige: Review
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If you looked at my review roster, you’d likely notice a pretty noticeable trend: I don’t get my non-SUVs. Of 31 loans that have come and gone (or are scheduled) over the last 12 months, only eight were cars. If you survey any local parking lot, it might sound like 25% of new vehicles are…
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One-Take Video Review: 2024 Subaru Crosstrek Sport
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The Subaru Crosstrek needs no introduction. The cool little vehicle is in its third generation and has fans among Subaru loyalists (see what I did there, “loyal”-ists? Hehe, I’m so funny) and enthusiast alike. But the one frequent complaint about the Crosstrek was its relatively low engine power. The 2-liter engine makes 152hp, which is…
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McLaren 750S: A New Benchmark in Supercar Performance
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Improving on already supremely super supercars is a tall task. McLaren, somehow, continues to do it. Every time the automaker produces an updated version of what seems like a now familiar formula, the results far exceed your expectations. Yes, of course, it’s going to be good, but how can it be that much better than…
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I Don’t Need the Eight-Armed Octa-Flex Lift But I Want One!
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BendPak is one of the go-to companies when it comes to lifting vehicles into the air. They produce all sorts of 2- and 4-post lifts, different-height scissor-style lifts, lifts for boats, lifts for parking solutions, and way more. Their newest lift, though, is one that I find particularly interesting. It’s called the Octa-Flex EV12DPS, and…
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2024 Honda Prologue AWD Elite: Review
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The EV market went from non-existent to super-hot but has now entered a cooling period. Honda is a rather latecomer to the market, but with the assistance of Chevrolet, it is now ready to go with the new Honda Prologue. Based heavily on the Blazer EV, the battery-electric mid-size crossover is new for the 2024…
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One-Take Video Review: 2024 Ford Ranger XLT 4×4
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Note: After fifteen years of writing car reviews, I have decided to venture into video. I am starting off slowly and rather amateurishly, so please bear with me. These videos can only get better (maybe). These will be one-take videos. I’ll only discuss the vehicle, and you won’t even have to look at me. Additionally,…
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Northern Tool, Monster Jam, and some Texas High School Students Team Up for An Awesome Build
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Northern Tool + Equipment makes a whole lot of commercial-grade equipment. Monster Jam makes people cheer when their big trucks do crazy things. When the two join forces, the goal is to make people smile, apparently. Their latest target? The students at Bryan High School’s Career and Technical Education program. Because all three are working…
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One-Take Video Review: 2024 Nissan Rogue Platinum
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Note: After fifteen years of writing car reviews, I have decided to venture into video. I am starting off slowly and rather amateurishly, so please bear with me. These videos can only get better (maybe). These will be one-take videos. I’ll only discuss the vehicle, and you won’t even have to look at me. Additionally,…
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Sounds Great, Still Filling? Welcome to the new Hooniverse Podcast!
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Hoon-In-Chief Jeff Glucker has had enough of hearing himself talk. But we’ve promised a stay of execution instead of an immediate Viking funeral, so Herr Glucker is passing the Hooniverse Podcast baton to Dan Roth and Ross Ballot (that’s me!). We’re chaperoning the show into a new era, aka Hooniverse.2, “Now with water-cooled heads,” Dan…
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2024 Chrysler Pacifica Pinnacle Hybrid PHEV Review
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The truth is that minivans are really pretty great, regardless of what the dads at the local sporting events try to convince you is cool. We’re big fans of the Kia Carnival and in general follow a function-over-form mentality for our own personal vehicles, and there’s no better tool for the family-hauling job than a…
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Off-Road Adventure through Colorado with Toyota!
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The event is called Destination Outdoor. It’s a local gathering of Toyota-loving folks who enjoy spending time outdoors with built-up rigs. Toyota is a sponsor of the event, so before it all kicked off the automaker invited a handful of folks to meet up outside Denver and caravan our way to the event. Our vehicle…
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Hooniverse Asks: You Have Multiple Cars But Have to Save One?
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It’s not a great question prompt, but it’s one that popped into my head this morning. That’s because a fire flared up a few miles from my house. Luckily for the surrounding community, it essentially went straight back up into the canyon. So no structures are currently at risk, as far as I’m aware, except…
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One-Take Video Review: 2024 GMC Canyon AT4X AEV Edition
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Note: After fifteen years of writing car reviews, I have decided to venture into video. I am starting off slowly and rather amateurishly, so please bear with me. These videos can only get better (maybe). These will be one-take videos. I’ll only discuss the vehicle, and you won’t even have to look at me. Additionally,…
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2024 SL 63 AMG Roadster Review: Two steps forward, one step back
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Mercedes revamped the long-running SL roadster for 2022, with the R232 SL-Class perhaps embodying the model’s biggest transformation in the nameplate’s seven generations. Now sold under the Mercedes-AMG brand heading rather than its traditional Mercedes-Benz lineage, with this comes a deviation in the core of its existence in that the SL was co-developed to live…
