Hooniverse

Our guest is Jalopnik.com's own Jason Torchinksy. This fine gent is a lover of all things automobile, including the obscure vehicles that are quite at home within The Hooniverse. We dive into a bit of new car discussion since Jason just drove the new BMW M235i, but we eventually get into the topic of Jason's beloved Beetle.

It was stolen from him, and then rather quickly recovered thanks to some seriously skilled Internet sleuths. It's a great story, and it has a happy ending.

The band is back together, as Blake Z. Rong and Jeff Glucker are back in podcast action. This week it's time to chat about all things Detroit Auto Show as there have been a whole lot of interesting vehicles being revealed. This includes the Cadillac ATS Coupe, Toyota FT-1, Lexus RC-F, and the Chevrolet Corvette Z06.

Additionally, we learn that Blakes Miata is busted, Jeff's Civic isn't going anywhere at the moment, and that the wagon needs serious steering help. Blake also talks about hanging out with Pete Brock at CES in Las Vegas.

Host Jeff Glucker is joined by Zack Klapman from The Smoking Tire and guest Travis Langness from Edmunds.com. The chatter quickly gets into some new car news with discussions on the new Chevrolet Corvette and its optional Video Data Recorder, the leaked Chrysler 200, and the Camaro Z/28. Additionally we dive into a Top Ten Future Classics list created by Hagerty, which we quickly rip apart.

From there we learn a bit more about Travis and his oh so wonderful access to the Edmunds long-term fleet of test vehicles, including their latest acquisition which is a CL65 AMG.

Blake Z. Rong is off to the East Coast practicing his winter V-School skills while visiting family. So that means Jeff Glucker is running the show and his guest this week is Matt Farah from The Smoking Tire.

This is the last podcast of 2013, even though it is coming to you on the first day of the new year. It's been a great year, and we're happy to share our last recording of the year with our friend Matt.

Farah goes into detail discussing his latest purchase; a long awaited DeLorean. It's a wonderful machine, and he's head over heels in love with the gull-winged wonder. Other topics include... well, a whole lot of randomness. Dive in with your ears!

We have so much to talk about this week, so we wind up rambling way off topic on all of our topics. Blake Z. Rong can't join us on the podcast palace so instead we have producers Zack Klapman and Chris Hayes sitting down to chat all things automotive.

Zack had to suffer with a Lamborghini Aventador Roadster this week, and Jeff is in the process of picking up a Lamborghini Gallardo Squadra Corsa as you listen to this. Clearly they are both very important people.

Other topics include the new BMW M3/M4, the redesigned Mercedes-Benz C-Class, John Hennessey taking a C7 Corvette up to 200 miles per hour, and many other items.

Blake Zoidberg Rong kicks off Episode 39 and then they dive right into the launch of the 2015 Ford Mustang. From there the talk devolves into chatter about the Jeep Wrangler Unlimited DRAGON Edition. Additionally, Jeff Glucker talks about driving the Aston Martin V12 Vantage S on a track, and oddly loving the Chevrolet Impala with the 3.6-liter V6.

Also, the crew has to talk about Paul Walker. Blake met him at Willow Springs and Glucker spent 40 minutes with him on top of Pikes Peak. The question is why everyone is so affected, and they try to find out why.

This week Jeff and Blake sit down with "Maximum" Bob Lutz former head of global product development at General Motors (among many other titles and accomplishments).  Inflation, sporting sedans, the VL Destino and BMWs current direction are all discussed however Bob's insight into the future of automotive and the nature of the modern enthusiast is particularly noteworthy.  All that and more on this episode of the Hooniverse podcast.

This week we bring you a special episode of the Hooniverse podcast live from the XBox One launch party in Hollywood with our guest Dan Greenawalt from Turn 10 Studios.  Dan is the creative director behind the Forza Motorsport series and talks to us about building the new game and what we can expect to see out of the new XBox One hardware.  

In another installment from SEMA we sit down with Cameron Evans VP/COO of Red Line Oil.  We of course cover all manner of automotive lubrication but also the madness that is SEMA and Cameron's racing experience.

This week Larry Kosilla über detailer and Managing Director of AMMO NYC  joins the newly reunited Hooniverse crew at SEMA 2013.  Given Larry's background we of course discuss detailing, how he got started and what it's like working on some of the world's most expensive and exotic vehicles. Additionally we touch on Larry's Porsche 911 project, Jeff updates us on "The Wombat" and Blake schleps a crazy cart to Vegas.