Hoonigan filed for bankruptcy

[Suburban_Hooligan]

is it weird that i don't care? i liked the first few gymkhana videos then stopped giving a damn. then noticed all the cars rolling around with hoonigan stickers on them were questionably modified and poorly driven by idiots and it stigmatized the brand for me. never a brand i identified with so, meh...

 

[DavidB1126]

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[luke66]

is it weird that i don't care? i liked the first few gymkhana videos then stopped giving a damn. then noticed all the cars rolling around with hoonigan stickers on them were questionably modified and poorly driven by idiots and it stigmatized the brand for me. never a brand i identified with so, meh...

The weird thing is I don't seem to care much either. Now there's no Ken Block, so why would I care?

 

[CertifiedMike]

I'm thinkig there should be an investigation. How the hell does a company go THIS far into debit without SOMEONE putting the brakes on???
The money interests me more than Hoonigan or Ford.
I'd like to know who how and where all that cash went!
Seeing Ford go belly up would warm my heart at this point. Don't see it happening today tho.

 

[DavidB1126]

 

[TMAXX]

I agree the 1.2 billion is eye popping but I saved these pics from 2016 because the engineering was incredible. They yellow parts on the CAD drawings I believe would be machined aluminum so not cheap. This was not a Gas Monkey garage 100k build. Cad design is expensive, one off custom machined billet parts are not cheap. Not to mention he was pretty laid back and not rushing or pushing his workers to finish. When you add up all the computer modeling, part engineering, engine, trans, dif parts, material and labor it could all reach 1.5 mil.

 

[Suburban_Hooligan]

that car never impressed me. i always looked at it as a waste of a good mustang.

 

[332_RC]

Hence, bankruptcy. Why do it when you can build a Gas Monkey drift machine for 100k & have the exact same experience. Oh wait, the car was on tour contracts & view exhibitions. SEMA shows. TV exposure, commercials, YT drops. Cost alot to make a 150k car to make 1.5 million in revenue. Cool car no doubt. They milked that cow.

 

[WickedFog]

I agree the 1.2 billion is eye popping but I saved these pics from 2016 because the engineering was incredible. They yellow parts on the CAD drawings I believe would be machined aluminum so not cheap. This was not a Gas Monkey garage 100k build. Cad design is expensive, one off custom machined billet parts are not cheap. Not to mention he was pretty laid back and not rushing or pushing his workers to finish. When you add up all the computer modeling, part engineering, engine, trans, dif parts, material and labor it could all reach 1.5 mil. View attachment 202540View attachment 202541View attachment 202542View attachment 202543View attachment 202544View attachment 202545View attachment 202546View attachment 202547View attachment 202548

My favorite car ever made. And I agree - the engineering is very impressive.

 

[TMAXX]

that car never impressed me. i always looked at it as a waste of a good mustang.

LOl well I can't imagine what would. It never was a real production Mustang so nothing was wasted. You can build a brand new 65 mustang today because they remake every single piece of it.

Hence, bankruptcy. Why do it when you can build a Gas Monkey drift machine for 100k & have the exact same experience. Oh wait, the car was on tour contracts & view exhibitions. SEMA shows. TV exposure, commercials, YT drops. Cost alot to make a 150k car to make 1.5 million in revenue. Cool car no doubt. They milked that cow.

You can't build an AWD twin turbo dry sump v8 engine drift car for 100k period. Obviously you dont comprehend the cantilever front and rear suspension either. This is very trick indy car and F1 stuff. They do it for a reason so I guess why spend millions on a F1 car when they can all roll around in Honda civics?

I guess this is what I get trying to defend a dead man. No upside only down and he aint even here to acknowledge or apricate it. Meh...

 

[Suburban_Hooligan]

LOl well I can't imagine what would. It never was a real production Mustang so nothing was wasted. You can build a brand new 65 mustang today because they remake every single piece of it.

the story i heard is that they started with a clean mustang and cut it up.

 

[CertifiedMike]

I agree that the engineering was on a different level than "slapping traction bars" on my bitchin Camaro but there is a HUGE difference between 1.5 million and 1.2 billion.
Again, this is my focus of interest.
I have been to car shows where the owner took the chassis of a car I would have enjoyed owning... cut pretty much every panel off the car, hinged it and motorized it...
IMO, the car was destroyed.
That said, it was still amazing to see the detail spent in all the airbrush and metal work to hide all those cuts and actuators etc... The effort was not lost even though the car was not something I would be inteteded in owning personally.
Its just million vs billion that is difficult to overlook imo.

I did see that Associated has a Hoonicorn kit... Traxxas snoozed! lol!
It would be so much better if it went deeper than a cool lexan shell.
Seriously... a 1/8 & 1/10 scale versions with the suspension, weight balance etc... they woud be some nasty kits!!!
How cool would it be to mess around with your own mini version of that car???

 

[WickedFog]

How cool would it be to mess around with your own mini version of that car???

If they did, every project I have would be on hold until I owned one.

 

[Xraycer]

LOl well I can't imagine what would. It never was a real production Mustang so nothing was wasted. You can build a brand new 65 mustang today because they remake every single piece of it.


You can't build an AWD twin turbo dry sump v8 engine drift car for 100k period. Obviously you dont comprehend the cantilever front and rear suspension either. This is very trick indy car and F1 stuff. They do it for a reason so I guess why spend millions on a F1 car when they can all roll around in Honda civics?

I guess this is what I get trying to defend a dead man. No upside only down and he aint even here to acknowledge or apricate it. Meh...

Hey, hey, go easy on the Civics!

 

[WickedFog]

Hey, hey, go easy on the Civics!

That's about all you can do

 

[332_RC]

I guess this is what I get trying to defend a dead man. No upside only down and he aint even here to acknowledge or apricate it. Meh... (spell check)

Someone drank the Kool-Aid. Not one word was mentioned of KB. Just that crappy AWD pos they made millions off of they spent 150k to piece together w leftover parts from anybody who would chip in.

 

[CertifiedMike]

If they did, every project I have would be on hold until I owned one.

Lol! Right??? I'm thinking like dinner would be a project I could put on hold til I had one!

 

[Xraycer]

That's about all you can do

Yes, but you can do it for over 300k miles.

That's about all you can do

Just fast forward to the 1:50 mark.

 

[paytonimusrex]

not sure if this was mention but this is not THE hoonigan, this wheelpros that bought hoonigan and owns a bunch of other companies that’s filing, wheelpros renamed themselves after the acquisition to hoonigan for whatever reason they had

 

[DavidB1126]

wheelpros

They hooligans now then