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Not So Fast: Ford Delays Mass-Production Of Bronco Because Of COVID-19 Supplier Related Delays

(By Tom Lohnes) – Possibly the most hyped vehicle this year, the new Ford Bronco was just about to hit markets next month. Problem is, Ford isn’t quite ready for that to happen, so...

The Starting Shift: Watching This Guy Powershift A ZF-6 Speed Equipped Duramax Into The 12s At The Strip Is Really, Really Awesome

Those of you who have driven manual transmission trucks probably know that they’re not the quickest-shifting things in the world. There are some mutant drivers who can shift anything though,...

This Man Built A 12-Valve Cummins Powered Banshee ATV And Hooked It To A Pulling Sled – He’s Our Hero

Utah’s Jarod Hall has gained instant access to the BangShift hall of fame for conceiving, designing, and construction the vehicle you see before you. What is it? Basically it is an overgrown...

Watch Ayrton Senna Attack Monaco In 1990 – Fast. Loud, and Violent

When you see a Formula One car working on the track at full speed, there’s a certain grace and composure that comes along with it, right? They do not bounce, heave, or look untoward when they...

This Is Clearly The Most Bat Crap Insane Jeep Ever Built (Video)

There are nutso must trucks and then there’s this creation. Constructed from what looks to be three miles of steel tube and powered by a claimed 2,000hp supercharged big block Chevy engine,...

The License Plate Says It All On This LS2-Powered Toyota HiAce Van – And It Looks Dead Stock, Too!

You know what the acronym “WTF” stands for…don’t act like you don’t. It’s that expletive question that you tend to think, if not blurt out, when you are seeing...

Hometown Favorite: Travis Pastrana In Gymkhana 2020

There is a bit of cynicism that comes with yet another Gymkhana video. “Oh, it’s the same thing over and over: little rally monster car goes sideways, creates smoke, beats the rev limiter...

The Second Draft: The Cyan-Built Volvo P1800 Is What Happens When The OEMs Try Restomodding

At the age of 13, I saw my first Volvo P1800. And for two weeks, I swore up and down that somebody had slapped “VOLVO” on the back of some kind of sports car I’d never seen before...

Watch A Mining Dump Truck Run Over A Pickup Like It Is A Hot Wheels Toy

Yes, this video seems like a setup but in reality that makes the whole thing better. Why? Mainly because no one got killed when a massive Caterpillar 797B mining dump truck ran over a Ford pickup...

In Memoriam: Charles “Chuck” Yeager, Brigadier General, USAF (Ret.)

In interviews leading up to his historic 1947 blast through the sound barrier, interviews that questioned what would happen to Chuck Yeager were met with answers that sounded roughly like,...

Watch A Supercharged Drag Car Literally Suck The Ceiling Of A Dyno Shop In!

This could be the most awesome and visual demonstration of just how much air a supercharged engine in s very serious drag car moves at full song. In this video we see a Pro Mod car sitting on a...

Maybe 8.5 Lives: A Quick Look At Zero-G Training Involving One Unappreciative Kitten

If you weren’t aware, I have animal magnetism. No, not the same kind Chad swears up an down he has as he does his sexy walk up to the starting line in his flip-flops. What I mean is that cats...

Carrying The Left Front Tire The Entire Way Around A Dirt Oval May Not Be The Fast Way Home But It Sure Is The Coolest Looking

I have never driven a dirt track car before. I have never worked on a dirt track car before. I have never spent much time around guys who run such machines so I cannot speak to the chassis setup,...

This Oddly Awesome Fordson Tractor Sports A Bizarre Axle Over Axle Conversion That You Have To See To Believe

So you have an old Fordson Major tractor that you have been dying to give that low slung, hot rod look to? Boy have we got a revelation for you! Thanks to Nordic BangShift correspondent Arild...