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  • Hooniverse Asks: What Commercially-Focused Vehicle Would You Daily Drive The Hell Out of?

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    So I’m going to spill a little secret, just between you and me, okay? You ready? Here it is: I’ve always had a jones for the last-gen Ford Transit Connect. I particularly like the high-roof model with the windows in the doors but not in the back panels. I don’t know what I’d do with one,…

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  • Last Call: Ram Air Edition

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    For a gasoline engine, the stoichiometric air–fuel mixture is about 15:1, however in the case of this car it’s about sixty-zillion to one. Last Call indicates the end of Hooniverse’s broadcast day.  It’s meant to be an open forum for anyone and anything. Thread jacking is not only accepted, it’s encouraged. Image: AcidCow

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  • Because it's Monday: Let's Listen to This Hairy Henderson

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    In August of 1913, at age 22, Carl Stearns Clancy returned to his home in New York. This might not seem a particularly noteworthy fact until you discover that Clancy had been away from home for the better part of a year and during that time he had managed an 18,000-mile journey, circling the globe via motorcycle. This…

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  • Hooniverse Asks: The 840-Horsepower Dodge Challenger Demon Is…

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    The Dodge Challenger SRT Demon is FCM’s modern-day Viper, a silly one-trick pony of a car. That could be taken in a couple of ways and today we want your vote on which way you take it. [poll id=”252″] Image: FCA US Media

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  • Last Call: Pay Here Edition

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    Oh yes you will. Last Call indicates the end of Hooniverse’s broadcast day.  It’s meant to be an open forum for anyone and anything. Thread jacking is not only accepted, it’s encouraged. Image: ©2017 Hooniverse/Robert Emslie, All Rights Reserved

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  • Mystery Car

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    Happy birthday, Ferruccio Lamborghini, born on this date in 1916. The Italian industrialist famously began his automotive business after being insulted by Enzo Ferrari when Lamborghini complained about the crappy quality of Enzo’s cars. He would also outlive his competitor by five years which I guess is just gravy on the side, metaphorically speaking. Let’s celebrate…

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  • Hooniverse Asks: Do You Know Someone Who’s Just a Shit Driver?

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    Not that long ago I had a coworker whose husband owned a livery service, and among his client’s were the parents of former child actress Amanda Bynes. Ms. Bynes needed to be driven from the Valley to Orange County with frequency so that she could attend classes at a beauty school which was apparently going to…

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  • Last Call: I Don't Think We're in Kansas Anymore Edition

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    Stockton California once went by the name “Mudville.” If that’s not sufficient indignity, the movie American Graffiti II was filmed in the City. Not American Graffiti mind you, but II, which sucked.  Stockton is also apparently not the place to go to get wishes granted, unless the wish is to be in Stockton, in which case…

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  • Thursday Trivia

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    Welcome to Thursday Trivia where we offer up a historical automotive trivia question and you try and solve it before seeing the answer after the jump. It’s like a history test, with cars!  This week’s question: Why is Ferrari’s Berlinetta Boxer not really a boxer? If you think you know the answer, make the jump and see…

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  • Hooniverse Asks: What Are The Best and Worst Commercial Jets to Fly on?

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    I’ve got to take a plane trip coming up pretty soon and that got me thinking about just how much I hate air travel. Yeah, I know that there’s been a lot of stories in the news recently about certain airlines turning flights into impromptu WWE Raw events, but my animus for flying goes much…

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