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Hooniverse Fastback Friday – Honda Accord Aerodeck
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Last month, Robert E. asked what 25+ year old vehicle you would seriously consider importing. My answer: the 1986-88 Honda Accord Aerodeck! The good people at Honda melded a boring Accord with an economical Civic hatchback, and came up with what is without a doubt the most reliable shooting brake, in the world. Though…
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The Rides of All 197 World Leaders
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Djibouti’s whitewalled Hummer. When you watch the world news on TV, you’re probably looking to see what kind of car that obscure president/prime minister is riding in. We all know about Obama’s Cadillac and China’s Hongqi, but what about the other 195 world leaders (193 U.N. member states, plus Palestine, Taiwan, the Vatican, and Kosovo)?…
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Australo-Japanese Luxobarge: 1975-79 Mazda Roadpacer
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Q: Will people pay money for a Holden HJ Premier equipped with a Dictaphone, a small fridge, and a 13B rotary engine? A: Hell no! (But Mazda tried to sell it anyway.) In the 1970s, Mazda was a small company with large aspirations. In the domestic market, Diet members and captains of industry were being…
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Popping My Cars & Coffee Cherry
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The wonderful E30 M3 looks absolutely pedestrian next to the Aston Martin DBS. Growing up in Irvine. California, in the 1980s, I never thought of it as a “car town”. True, a large number of automobile manufacturers had offices in the Irvine Spectrum business park, but the people of Irvine drove boring Caravans and Camrys.…
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V.I.S.I.T. 1989 Acura Legend Turns Back Time
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In 1989, Cher’s If I Could Turn Back Time was a chart topper. Sure, you remember the video. An already over-the-hill Cher did her best impression of Tim Curry in The Rocky Horror Picture Show aboard the U.S.S. Missouri. Well, the owner of this Acura Legend was able to turn back time because this car looks…
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A Tale of Two Bradley GTs
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Growing up in Southern California in the 1980s, kit cars were a dime a dozen. But now, thirty years later, they seem to be rarer than Lamborghinis. In the last few months, I’ve had an accidental lesson in Bradleys, a new-to-me brand.
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The Parking Lot at Infineon Raceway for IndyCar Testing
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“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all car event parking lots are sure to contain tons of Hoontastic rides.” Last weekend, Infineon Raceway/Sears Point Raceway hosted IndyCar testing. A handful of teams and drivers participated, most notably Formula One Iron Man Rubens Barrichello. Pictures of the race cars and a wrap-up of Barrichello’s…
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California Ford Falcon XB
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Several years ago, we Yanks enthusiastically appropriated the Australian slang term “hoon”. Just look at our eponymously named blog, for example. Well, this Falcon XB, on terra americanus, is the embodiment of hoon. [Editor’s Note: Click Here]
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Sausalito Cars and Coffee Meet
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Martin Swig, local car collector and the man behind the California Mille rally, just put together the first Sausalito Cars and Coffee last weekend. It will be held on the first Saturday morning of every month from now on, so mark your calendars, Bay Area denizens and visitors! That 1925 Lancia Lambda in the lead picture is Swig’s…
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Volkswagen Phaeton, Engineering Marvel
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The poor-selling, anonymous-looking, and under-appreciated VW Phaeton contains two miles of wiring. Two miles. The top of the line W12 version has 140 buttons and knobs. The giant sedan has a mind-boggling volume of features and after five months of ownership of a low mileage 2005 V8 model, I am still learning something new on…
