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  • We’re not doing HCOTY this year

    We’re not doing HCOTY this year

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    Last year marked ten straight years of crowning some crap-heap amazing machine with the title of Hooniverse Car of the Year. In fact, we topped all of that off with a Hooniverse Car of the Decade as well. This year though… is different. The world has spiraled for 2020. Best laid plans were put to pasture.…

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  • The Hooniverse Car of the Decade is… an airplane on a van chassis

    The Hooniverse Car of the Decade is… an airplane on a van chassis

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    The votes are in, and there’s a winner. In our first-ever Hooniverse Car of the Decade vote, the winning margin lands with one truly wild machine. What started as a random idea in the head of one Jeff SpeedyCop Bloch turned into a street-legal “car’ comprised of a Cessna fuselage set atop the chassis of…

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  • Your turn to vote for the Hooniverse Car of the Decade

    Your turn to vote for the Hooniverse Car of the Decade

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    We started this silly site ten years ago. In that time, we’ve covered a ton of topi- okay I can’t finish that sentence. It’s been mostly Craigslist finds, LeMons racing, and the occasional new car review mixed in. But each year, we band together to shine a light on a beacon of Hooniversal wonder. That’s…

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  • Hooniverse Car of the… Decade?

    Hooniverse Car of the… Decade?

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    We’ve been running this vehicular asylum for some time now. Each year, when December rolls around, we offer up a handful of vehicles on which you can vote. The goal is to crown one winner as the Hooniverse Car of the Year. We pick the nominees. You decide on the top dog. This year, we’re…

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  • The 2018 Hooniverse Car of the Year is…

    The 2018 Hooniverse Car of the Year is…

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    Not a car. Once again our own Tanshanomi has worked over your hearts with a two-wheel entry. He did it in the past with that BMW bike, and now he’s done it again. This time with a very cool build from Ryan Frankenberg. The Fat Hippo is your 2018 Hooniverse Car of the Year. It’s…

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  • 2018 HCOTY Nominee: The Hoonitruck

    2018 HCOTY Nominee: The Hoonitruck

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    Hoonigan’s Gymkhana series has consistently been one of the most popular and most impressive YouTube series in the automotive space. Ken Block’s incredibly precise driving and ruthless tire slaying has always been the star of these videos as they’ve amassed hundreds of millions of views since 2008, but in recent videos the cars used on screen have…

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  • 2018 HCOTY Nominee: The #MillionMileLexus

    2018 HCOTY Nominee: The #MillionMileLexus

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    Earlier this year I drove Matt Farah’s Lexus LS 400. At the time it had 981,199 miles on the odometer. That is a lot of miles for any vehicle. To my surprise the big Japanese sedan drove rather smoothly. It drove like a nice old car in need of some TLC. I sure as hack…

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  • 2018 HCOTY Nominee: Matt Farah’s Safari 911

    2018 HCOTY Nominee: Matt Farah’s Safari 911

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    Matt Farah had a revelation after driving Leh Keen’s original Porsche 911 Safari build in the woods of North Carolina.  In it he found a vehicle that was fun to drive. It had style. And if it could handle Carolina fire roads, it would handle Southern California’s bad roads with zero issues. Matt often said that…

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  • HCOTY 2018: The time-attack RP968 Porsche

    HCOTY 2018: The time-attack RP968 Porsche

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    The RP968 Porsche gets my nod for 2018 Hooniverse Car of the Year. You haven’t heard of it? Allow me to catch you up to speed then. The RP968 is the winner of this year’s Royal Purple Pro Class and holder of the outright fastest time at the Yokohama World Time Attack Challenge 2018. This…

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  • HCOTY 2018: The Fat Hippo Utility Bike

    HCOTY 2018: The Fat Hippo Utility Bike

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    Ryan Frankenberg is a high-end cabinetmaker from Idaho who has become one of my heroes because of his wondrous scrap-yard build, The Fat Hippo. The Hippo is a remarkably functional trail bike that Ryan fabricated almost entirely from salvaged parts and raw metal stock. He regularly works to clear ORV trails on the public lands…

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