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Dead: Speedhunters
Dead: Speedhunters

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time12-07-2025

  • Automotive
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Dead: Speedhunters

Read the full story on The Auto Wire Gearheads are shocked to learn that the once-popular Speedhunters car website is pretty much dead now. With the flow of new stories completely stopped in early April, combined with sections of the site just gone, we've lost yet another automotive site as the industry continues to seems the first real public notice of Speedhunters essentially shutting down was a post on the r/shootingcars subreddit. One commenter who claimed to be a past contributor to the site said it was well known the site was 'circling the drain over the last decade.' That's true for many automotive sites, even popular ones, right now. Founded in 2008, Speedhunters quickly became a touchstone for automotive culture online. It combined interesting writing and original photography featuring the many different genres within the hobby, drawing in large audiences. However, it seems Speedhunters was in financial trouble for some time. At least that's been the rumor in the industry for years and this latest development seems to confirm the veracity of those tales. It was hardly a sudden thing, with the flow of new stories posted to the Speedhunters website slowly tapering off to fewer and fewer over the last several months. Many fans aren't all that surprised, even if they still mourn what once was. But the fact it's taken a couple of months or so for people to even realize Speedhunters isn't posting new content on its site (thanks in large part to a recent report from The Drive) is a real sign interest had dwindled considerably. Enthusiasts just stopped caring about Speedhunters as it was increasingly neglected. Lately, quite a few media outlets are going under, including some big car sites. This is a time of considerably shifting in the industry, thanks to a number of factors like outlet consolidation, private equity money, the effects of social media, even geopolitics. Backed by video game giant Electronic Arts (EA), Speedhunters solicited content from photographers and writers around the world. It quickly created a nice community of enthusiasts and helped Larry Chen and others rise to popularity. Image via Speedhunters/Facebook Join our Newsletter, subscribe to our YouTube page, and follow us on Facebook.

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