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Out With Their Boots On: Ford Announces Final Falcon GT For Australian Market – We Lament It

(Words by Bryan McTaggart) – Ford of Australia has announced the final run of Falcon GT’s before they halt operations. The model, known as GT-F (the F being for “final”), will feature the...

Torture Video: How Ford Tests The F150 To The Brink Of Death In 10 Different Ways

Let’s be brutally honest here, The F150 is the single most important product that the Ford Motor Company makes. No single vehicle in existence puts more money toward the company’s bottom...

Crazy Collision Between A Minivan And A Cement Truck Caught On Dashcam!

There aren’t many Youtube videos that make me visibly flinch, but trust me, this is one of them. Watching a fully-loaded cement truck roll over and barrel towards the camera has been known to...

Peterbilt Turns 75 This Year And They Made This Boss Video Celebrating Their History – Big Trucks Rule

One of the reasons that we created BangShift XL is to have a place for truly cool content like this that the Apex guys and 1320 folks don’t really give a rip about. Peterbilt is one of the...

Optima Batteries ChumpCar World Series Offers FREE Introductory Road Racing Class

One of the coolest things about the Optima Batteries Chump Car World Series is that the range of racing experience at the events starts at the very bottom of the novice scale and goes right to the...

Rat Rods, Street Machines, Hot Rods, And Woodie Wagons At Goodguys Del Mar

This hit parade of photos from the 2014 Goodguys Del Mar show continues today with a gallery containing some really interesting freak cars. Not all of them are freaks but there are two jumping out at...

Hamburger’s Releases NEW Two Piece Front Cover For LS Engines – Even Easier Cam Swaps For LS Owners

Of the many reasons that LS engines have invaded every corner of the hot rodding world, one of the biggest is that they are pretty easy to work on. No exotic tools are needed for jobs, the engine...

Spring 2014 Chattanooga Cruise In—More Than A Thousand Cars Take Over Corkyville

(Words and photos by Tommy Lee Byrd) – In case you didn’t know, a couple blocks of downtown Chattanooga, Tennessee is known as Corkyville, because it’s the home of the Coker Tire Company...

2014 Spring Charlotte AutoFair – Huge Numbers Of The South’s Coolest Cars Gather In Charlotte

(Photos by Jesse Kiser) – Twice a year, the the Charlotte Motor Speedway is not filled with the rumbling noises of NASCAR stock cars but rather with the gleaming paint, shiny wheels, and...

Watch a $300,000 Gemballa McLaren Wreck At Extreme High Speed on the Nurburgring – In Car Video

Don’t feel bad if you’ve never heard of a Gemballa McLaren, we hadn’t either until we saw this wild wrek video that features one getting torn to pieces during the 24 Hours of the...

Lonestar Round Up 2014 – Swap Meet Treasures And More Great Hot Rods

(Photos by Charles Wickam) – We’re still rolling hard with Charles Wickam’s photos from the 2014 Lonestar Round Up car show in Texas. Today’s dispatch looks at the swap meet...

Riding For Three Minutes On The Hood Of Robby Gordon’s Trophy Truck Is Screaming V8 Dirt Porn

The 2014 Mint 400 didn’t go as planned for Robby Gordon. He blew his truck up and that was that, but thankfully before the munched up transmission, there was this glorious three minute video...

2014 Mopar Spring Fling – The 40 Mopars We Wanted To Drive, Tow, Or Push Home!

(Words and photos by Darr Hawthorne) – The yearly gathering of Mopars at Woodley Park is a longtime tradition for gearheads and Mopar geeks from all over the northern hemisphere. The 2014...

Here’s What Happened When Some Rocket Geniuses Unleashed An Open Nitrous Bottle On A Cobalt SS

(Words by Bryan McTaggart) – The Chevy Cobalt is currently underneath some scrutiny lately, with dangerous ignition cylinders and all that. And apparently a group of racers have decided that...