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Jaguar R Performance Driving Academy

510 horsepower.

For most, this is an insane level of power being sent to the drive wheels of any vehicle. For owners of the Jaguar XFR and XKR, this is life. There is no test required to own a new, herculean Jaguar only a bundle of benjamins or a check from your favorite bank account. The [...]

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Putting Our Money Where Our Mouth Is

Auto journalists and motoring enthusiasts have, for years now, developed a rather demanding set of requirements for what they want to see in a car. This list often seems contradictory and even impossible. Attempting to tick all the checkboxes could easily drive an automotive designer straight to distraction, and this may indeed be the reason [...]

Last Call

Last Call- Jagster Edition

According to the H.A.M.B. board posting, this Jag V12 roadster is all homebrew—right down to the special Ford oval cast cam covers.

Image source: [JalopyJournal.com]

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Custom 4-Door Jag Mark X Convertible with a Chevy 350? God Save the Queen!

So, when's the next Diamond Jubilee?

Jaguar Sacrilege Week continues with this seemingly innocuous creation, one of Jaguar’s most extravagant luxury sedans crafted into a 4-door, 4-seater convertible. Oh, and there’s a Chevy small-block and transmission underneath. Natch.

eBay Insanity

Jag E-Type With a 426 Hemi? YES.

Mee-YOWSAH.

As we like to say around the virtual Hoonvierse watercooler, what eBay Motors giveth, eBay Motors taketh away. Or something. It seems like for every 50 bone-stock vintage cars, you get one awesome custom and one awful custom. Yesterday you saw the latter. Today, eBay delivers with the former.

Kill It! Kill It With Fire!

Jag Mk. VII With an LT1? Yes, But Not Like This

It’s clear that in the ‘verse, the distinction between hot and unfortunate is razor thin. In terms of unrealized potential, this particular Jaguar could rule the jungle, Panthers and Aztecs be damned. But knowing when to quit is pertinent when you start chucking the Coventry bits and shopping in GM’s backalley parts bin.