"On my command, unleash hell!" We assume that's how the race stewards started this vintage event at Road America. The thing is though, that we don't need to assume. That's because the race steward (or someone claiming to be the steward) chimed in to a preserved piece of Internet forum. Here's ...
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Lego Creator Kits have been a bit on the hit and miss side, for us here at Hooniverse. Some look fantastic, such as the Porsche 911 GT3RS kit (or Lancia Stratos kit, if you're so inclined). Others look like blocky versions of iconic machines, where it's as if you're looking ...
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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: Ford shows America what it's missing out on with the Focus ST, Aston Martin is working on another hypercar with Valkyrie DNA, Rolls-Royce is selling ...
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Welcome to another edition of Mystery Car. Today's mystery is obviously very functional and perhaps not sufficiently cropped. Same rules as always, make and model. I can do without the engine specs this week, just because I don't even know what they are. Get to it! Congrats to last week's ...
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I'm on the internets, minding my own business. My current search involves sniffing out service and technical manuals for my Mitsubishi Montero. There's a nice clean scan of one designated as a chassis, electrical, and body manual. And right on one of the first pages, I see it... a picture ...
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While most of the automotive industry's shift into crossovers and sport utility vehicles have gone with a car-based unibody, General Motors is getting it done with an old-school, full-frame, truck-based chassis on the Chevrolet Suburban, GMC Yukon, and the Cadillac Escalade. Having sampled the Escalade in long wheelbase form several ...
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This week we've got the 2019 Nissan Titan in for review. Nissan's entry into the fiercely competitive full-size pickup battlefield arrived for the 2004 model year and sat dormant without much of a substantial makeover for more than a decade. The Titan then took 2016 off and hid in hiatus ...
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The Toyota Tundra has been lumbering around as is for what seems like millennia. For the 2020 model year, we know there's a fresh TRD Pro version coming. But that "freshness" is relegated to the off road running gear. The engine is still the aging 5.7-liter V8. That dated interior ...
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It's little known fact that the famous fashion designer, Karl Lagerfeld, corroborated with BMW on a design of some E32 and E38 7-series Individual models. And he nailed it. Rest in peace, Mr. Lagerfeld. Last Call indicates the end of Hooniverse’s broadcast day. It’s meant to be an open forum for ...
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For the third year in a row, CEO of Brembo USA Dan Sandberg sits down to talk about the new product offerings. He also dives into the world of vertical integration with OEM contracts and his own personal vehicular interests.  Listen in by clicking play above. We’re closing in on ...
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The Dodge Durango needs no introduction. The current, third generation of the three-row Dodge Durango has been around since 2011. It received a mild visual update in 2016 but features, trims, special editions, and other subtle changes have been ongoing, as they are with most FCA vehicles. Some of its ...
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You can walk into certain Ford dealerships, pay your money, and leave with weapons of mass tire destruction. One is the 650-horsepower Roush F-150 SC. The other is a 710-hp Stage 3 Mustang. Both wear Roush TVS 2650 superchargers. The Mustang has an active exhaust system, while the F-150 gets ...
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That truck above? It's the 2018 Roush F-150 SC. You can walk into a Ford dealership, hand over some $70,000+, and leave with a Mad Max-ian pickup truck. This one starts as a standard rig equipped with a 5.0-liter V8 before Roush adds its Phase 1 supercharger, reworks the engine ...
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This month's episode starts as usual with updates on our various project bikes, and we talk about the prodigious progress Garrett has made on his collection of two-strokes, along with some dreamed-up future project ideas we'll surely never get around to actually attempting. After that, we each try to name ...
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The history of Recaro is tangled up with the fruitful timeline of Porsche sports cars. It all dates way back to a man by the name of Wilhelm Reutter. He was a Master Saddler who saw the future of mobility way back in 1906. Carriages were interested but it was ...
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Bring A Trailer auctions are typically filled with aging German metal. There are loads of BMW, Porsche, and Mercedes-Benz coupes and sedans for sale. A handful of Italian cars filter in, and there's been a nice uptick in American muscle as well. You'll also find the occasional race car. What ...
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