However, the overused adjective actually does apply to his 1934 K-Model Lincoln convertible sedan limousine.
Out of the 25 Dietrich-bodied cars built, it is the only right-hand drive version.
The slightly battered, rusty-red-coloured open top, sports cracked windows and a dishevelled interior, making it appear an unlikely long-sought acquisition.
It sticks out like the proverbial sore thumb among the other gleaming cars in Mr Hogan's Wanaka collection.
However, about to embark on a hefty restoration to return it to its original glory, the car perfectly fits the bill for the "grand Lincoln" for which he had been searching many years.
A chiefly "Ford, Lincoln guy", Mr Hogan's specifications were that it had to be a convertible produced between 1932 and 1934.
So when his United States-based best man sent him its details with the attached note reading "here is your car", Mr Hogan (61) felt a frisson of anticipation.
The Lincoln's history cemented his excitement and heralded its arrival from California last month.
"The reason it was made right-hand drive is because it was ordered by a man, the Nawab of Bahawalpur, who was like a maharaja, to drive in India."
The seven-litre, V12-engined Lincoln went back to the United States after its first owner's death in 1966.
Using predominantly Central Otago tradesmen, Mr Hogan will have the Lincoln - which cost "quite a bit" - completely stripped and repainted in blue with light-hued trimmings.
A self-described car "nutter", his interests extend from rehabilitation of rare classics to wringing raw speed out of them.
Posters of the Bonneville Speed Week line the walls and the shelves host trophies inscribed with his all-Kiwi team's record-breaking runs over on the Utah salt flats.
Mr Hogan's 1934 Ford Roadster, powered by a 1946 Ford V8 engine and driven by Hamilton man Andrew Rea, clocked 311.232kmh last year competing in the vintage section.
"Not much of the Ford engine is left, just the block and a few bits and pieces," Mr Hogan admits.
The crankshaft and pistons were made in the United States and the modified heads were based on some designed originally in the 1950s by his father.
Bang in a supercharger and fuel injection and you have a car capable of setting records each of the four years it went to Bonneville (1998, 2003, 2006 and 2008.)Mr Hogan has a habit of breaking speed barriers.
Wind back the clock 20 years from when he initially went to the salt speedway and his name crops up as driver of the first car to go over 200mph (321kmh) in New Zealand.
The 1978 dash was done in a Ford Capri Funny Car and the supercharged coupe did it running on nitro methane.
The odd name stemmed from the first funny cars built in the mid 1960s, which had their rear wheels moved forward on the chassis to improve weight transfer under acceleration and increase traction on the oversized rear tyres.
Compared with the stock standard cars, they looked "funny", hence their unusual name.
Mr Hogan's speed feat was achieved only three years into his 18 years of drag racing and, proving petrol leaches into the bloodstream, he has returned to the sport.
"I quit in 1993 but I'm back at it again now."
Semi-retired and happy to wear the "petrolhead" badge, his interests also extend to aviation.
In the spirit of his role as the Warbirds over Wanaka Community Trust chairman, he has got a "couple of warbirds" tucked away in hangars.
