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How Tesla Designed the Cybertruck
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Tonight Tesla unveiled the pickup they had been promising and teasing for years. It was hilarious. As I sat at my desk writing up this week’s news, I had Twitter open on another screen and watched everyone’s reactions pour in as the live stream unveiling began. At first the general reaction was disbelief, as if…
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The News for November 15th, 2019
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Welcome to the Hooniverse News! As always, this is a weekly recap of the biggest stories in the automotive industry without the fluff or bull. This week, Ferrari stuns with the jaw-dropping Roma, McLaren pays homage to 60s sports cars with roofless and windowless Elva supercar, Peugeot is coming back to the WEC with a “hypercar” entry,…
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Learn About the History of Lane Markings with The History Guy
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Those white and yellow lane markings that we see every day are easily taken for granted. We’re taught what double yellow and dashed lines mean in driver’s ed and sometimes we even stay within them, but have you ever wondered how they came to be? It took a surprising amount of time for painted lane…
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The News for November 8th, 2019
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Welcome to the Hooniverse News! As always, this is a weekly recap of the biggest stories in the automotive industry without the fluff or bull. This week, the BMW M2 is all grown up with its own CS edition, Audi makes RWD a permanent option for the R8, Audi’s R8 face lift gets applied to the LMS…
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The News for November 1st, 2019
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Welcome to the Hooniverse News! As always, this is a weekly recap of the biggest stories in the automotive industry without the fluff or bull. This week, Toyota goes racing with the Supra in GT4, Formula 1 details sweeping changes to 2021 season that aim to make it watchable again, Fiat Chrysler and PSA Groupe are talking…
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The News for October 25th, 2019
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Welcome to the Hooniverse News! As always, this is a weekly recap of the biggest stories in the automotive industry without the fluff or bull. This week, Volkswagen unveils the all-new eight-generation Golf with some big changes, Alpina shows off the gorgeous B3 Saloon, Trans Am comes up with a new excuse for old GT3 cars to…
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Last Call: Pick Your Racing Numbers Wisely
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Some track day organizers require you to display a number on your car for easy identification. The experts will have fancy stickers or magnets that fulfill this requirement while plebs like me just use tape. If you’re going to be as uncultured as I am, do yourself a favor and pick a number that doesn’t…
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The News for October 18th, 2019
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Welcome to the Hooniverse News! As always, this is a weekly recap of the biggest stories in the automotive industry without the fluff or bull. This week, Porsche unveils a cheaper Taycan 4S, Saleen is going GT4 racing with the S1, BMW unites a divided country on the 2 Series Gran Coupe, Formula 1 may be coming…
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Ford’s Factory GT Racing Program Has Been a Dream Come True
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Growing up as a Ford fan, I idolized the legendary Ford GT40s that stormed Le Mans in the 60s and stunned the world with four straight wins. It was a story of Americans (and others of course) facing an impossible task and somehow beating the odds, and it was a story I knew very well…
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The News for October 11th, 2019
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Welcome to the Hooniverse News! As always, this is a weekly recap of the biggest stories in the automotive industry without the fluff or bull. This week, BMW shows off the M8 Gran Coupe and it actually looks good, Toyota stuns with next-gen Mirai hydrogen fuel cell vehicle, Chevrolet ruins a good thing with the 2021 Colorado…
