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Hooniverse Asks- Which Car or Truck Stands in Greatest Opposition to its Brand's Core Values?

Do you remember, back when you were a kid, hoping against hope that you were going to get something cool for a birthday present – a BB gun or  indentured man-servant – and then actually got underwear and socks instead? Remember how that felt? Well, that’s the way it typically feels when you [...]

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Hooniverse Asks- What's the Best Car in Which to Streak?

Streaking, that wild sport that requires nothing more than a sense of adventure, and maybe some sturdy track shoes, seemed to peak in the 1970s. But as summer is winding down, and we all want to make the most of the last warm days of the season, it makes sense to want to [...]

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Hooniverse Asks- How Important to You is Your In-Car Audio?

Freebird!

A lot of people don’t know that Bill Lear – of  Lear Jet fame – invented the in-car radio, and started Motorola. Still fewer know that he named his daughter Chanda – get it, Chanda Lear? An inveterate  tinkerer and inventor, he was also instrumental in the development of the 8-track tape system. The [...]

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Hooniverse Asks- What Car Makes You Feel Like Joan Jett?

I don't give a damn about your Jag reputation. . .

After forming and then abandoning the Runaways due to creative differences – she was creative the rest of them weren’t – Joan Jett penned the song that would become the rallying cry of her career- Bad Reputation. Along with some killer guitar work, [...]

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Question of the Weekend: What is your feeling about Art Cars?

After reading about artist Lewis deSoto, I thought I would bring up this topic. Art cars are generally despised by most Automotive Enthusiasts, with the exception of the heaps that run the 24 Hours of LeMons – which are really nothing more than “Art Cars” that happen to race around a track. With the advent [...]

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Hooniverse Asks- What Was the Best Super Car of the Sixties?

The nineteen sixties, a decade in which we put a man on the moon, came within a hair’s breadth of nuclear annihilation, and proved to the world that America could foster not just one, but multiple super cars.