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The News for February 5th, 2021
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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: Cadillac gives us proper V Series cars, Nissan finally introduces new Frontier, hell freezes over, Nissan Pathfinder also gets redone, Ford partners with Google for new in car tech…
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The News for January 29th, 2021
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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: BMW debuts faster, lighter, more expensive M5 CS, Tesla updates the Model S and gives it a dumb steering wheel, GM plans to go all electric by 2035…
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The News for January 22nd, 2021
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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: Porsche unveils a cheaper Taycan for the masses (sort of), Mercedes-Benz has a new compact crossover EV coming but it might not come to the land where compact crossovers…
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The News for January 15th, 2021
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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: Toyota reveals their new Le mans Hypercar project, Porsche celebrates 25 years of Boxster with special edition, patents show Nissan’s new production-ready Z looks identical to the concept car, and…
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The News for January 8th, 2021
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The last time I posted something here was December 31st, 2020. Several months have gone by since then. While it’s been hard to concentrate on other matters this week, there actually is some car news to discuss. I’m sure when these PR teams scheduled their press releases this week, they thought the batshit chaos of…
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What Was Your Automotive News for 2020?
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I don’t need to sit here wax poetic about how 2020 was a shit show. You’ve heard it all before. Instead let’s focus on the good things that happened to us this year – the car-related things. We’re all here because of our love for cars and all the things that come with it. With…
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The News for December 18th, 2020
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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: Porsche is returning to prototype competition with a new LMDh program, Jaguar does the Vision Gran Turismo thing again with a crazy electric endurance racer, Peugeot details their powertrain for…
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What’s your automotive news for the week?
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Oh, it’s Friday isn’t it. And I need to have a news recap published… two hours ago. Haha. Ha. Shit. I’m gonna have to open the Friday news slot to my fellow hoon again. Not because there wasn’t anything worth talking about (there was – like the new Acura MDX), but rather because my brain…
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The News for December 4th, 2020
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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 releases details on the Mach-E GT Performance Edition, a couple manufacturers cancel motorsport programs or shift focus, and your news for the week. Mustang Mach-E GT Performance Edition When…
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Best use of a rental car? Someone turned a Hertz Camaro ZL1 into a time attack car
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Hertz was hit hard this year by the pandemic as they filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy over the summer. In an attempt to raise some cash, Hertz held a huge auction to try and offload as many of their now unused cars as possible. Among those were some special edition Hertz-Hendrick Motorsports Camaro ZL1s. Just…
