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  • 2-Stroke Swedish Meatball: The SAAB 92H Camper

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    If you’ve ever felt a strange tingling when you saw a Saab 99 with a piggybacking Toppola camper shell, then this 92H Camper should cause your nucleus accumbens to explode from overstimulation.

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  • Obscure, Poorly Built, and Slow, the Gilbern Invader Still Best Welsh Car Ever

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    OK, so Gilbern was the only Welsh marque ever, but even so, just look at it! The Mustang-meets-Longchamp lines, the gaping maw inhaling a gryphon, the howling Essex six-pot up front … it’s positively nwydwyllt, in the local vowel-challenged tongue.

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  • Get Shorty: Gurgel XEF Might Present Choking Hazard

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    “There is nothing wrong with your monitor. Do not attempt to adjust the picture.” Let me tell you what the Gurgel XEF is not: It’s not a Shriner car from behind the Iron Curtain. It’s not a custom shortie. It’s not an optical illusion. It’s not an Argentine-market Ford Falcon after being rear-ended by Large…

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  • Burnout Fail Neon Will Never Say "Hi!" Again

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    If you watch this and find yourself unintentionally wincing after the money shot, just remember that the only good Neon is a dead Neon. Or an SRT-4. Ebaum’s World

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  • The Fastest Car in the World You've Never Heard Of

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    OK, circa 1953. And if you’ve never heard of Spain’s Pegaso before, prepare to be surprised at what you find …

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  • Want a Drop-Top Porsche 959 for $5600?

    Want a Drop-Top Porsche 959 for $5600?

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    When is a Porsche 959 not a Porsche 959? When it’s really a Karmann Ghia, that’s when! Before clicking through, we recommend protecting your keyboard from any materials that may spontaneously be ejected from your gullet upon viewing this abomination. Ordinary kitchen plastic wrap works great.

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  • Best Marque Name Ever? Deep Sanderson 301 Le Mans Coupe

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    Of all the minuscule British racers with awesome names (Clan Crusader, anyone?), I happen to think that the Deep Sanderson 301 has the field beat on absurdity alone.

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  • Why We Love Citroëns: Gruppe B Edition

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    As Mr. Lieberman’s lovingly crafted ode to the most complicated car in the world, and the Autoblog podcast featuring our own Tim and Jeff conclusively showed, Hooniverse loves Citroëns. Here’s another reason – the BX 4TC (no relation to XTC, sorry new wave fans).

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  • Blank Canvas: The MGA, in V8 and Rotary Flavors

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    With proper fabrication skills, a car is a blank canvas for any angle-grinder wielding auteur. Today, we consider thought provoking variations on that hallowed tradition of stuffing a British roadster’s bonnet full of some lairy motor. However, instead of the more traditional and famous Tiger or AC Ace, today’s MGA twins bring a touch of…

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  • Hoonivision: Vintage Porsche Factory Vids For Your Betrachtungsgenuß

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    That’s “viewing pleasure” for you non-Deutschaphones. But you don’t need to speak German to appreciate this late-60s-ish (they look like SWB 911s to me, but feel free to correct me if I’m wrong) film of the Porsche factory building the cars, a race at Daytona, and road testing (including some very clear examples of the…

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