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  • Insane Ducati-powered Fiat 500 gets Hooniverse Seal of Approval

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    Take a car roughly the size of an Oompa-Loompa, toss the original motor, and cram in a L-twin desmodromic Ducati mill channelling the power through the rear end via a six-speed sequential transmission and a LSD … whaddya get? That sure as hell ain’t your grandmother’s recipe for minestrone, now is it? It’s more likely…

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  • Hoon and Terrorize from the Comfort of Your Hospice Bed!

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    I know that picture shows a tissue box nestled comfortably in that R/C platform, but I wouldn’t be a true hoon unless the second I saw it my twisted brain came up with nearly endless permutations of what sort of insanity may ensue if you simply put something else in there. Of course, the sixer…

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  • Future Hoons of America: Abdication of Parental Responsibility Edition

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    Do you think that any helicopter mom would allow her little snowflake to “ride dirty” on a pit bike? You see, modern parenting and all the various social services that strive to keep kids out of harm’s way are stifling our childrens’ innate and noble urges to hoon. The video after the jump makes it…

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  • Hoonivision: This Hyundai Scoupe Ad Has EVERYTHING!

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    Disembodied sexy legs!!! A Mr. Miagi body double!!! Turbocharged Hyundai Scoupes!!! Spectacular ’80s soundtrack!!! An autogyro!?!?! Yes, yes, and YES! It’s hard to believe the American buying public gave the Scoupe, a miserable variant of the easily (and deservedly) maligned Excel/Pony, such a cool reception … but if we’d had this Korean-market ad, maybe Hyundai…

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  • Look North For LeMons Inspiration: 3 Lada Nivas for $900CAN

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    Ask and ye shall receive, or so the saying goes. We actually don’t want to know what the question would be (“how can I get my spouse to leave me and take the children?”), but here’s at least one possible answer: 3 Lada Nivas, with burly “made in the Soviet Union” construction and the ability…

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