Author Archive: Brian Lohnes
We Drive It: The 2026 Subaru Forester Wilderness – Put Respect On It’s Off-Road Name
Through the course of 2025 we have driven and reviewed many “off road package” cars and trucks from various manufacturers. By and large we have been critical of them for the simple fact...
Quick Drive: The 2026 Honda CR-V Trailsport Hybrid – Built For The Daily Grind, Adventure Too?
It seems like we are in the golden age of the “off road package” when it comes to new cars. Yes, they have been around for decades and offered on cars ranging from the awesome to the...
Final Drive: The 2025 Ford F-150 Lightning Platinum – Production Has Stopped But A Legacy Remains
Well…this is awkward. As I sit down to write this, rumors have been swirling that the end of the 2025 Ford F-150 Lightning Platinum and all Lightnings for that matter is nigh. Ford’s EV...
We Drive It: The 2025 Ford Expedition Tremor Is A High Horsepower, Capable Family Truckster
When it comes to the things that American car companies do right, full sized SUVs lead the list. Being able to leverage the technology in truck chassis and drivetrain development while combining it...
We Drive It: The 2025 Kia K4 GT-Line Turbo – Loads Of Car For The Money, But Enough For You?
Over the years I have been fortunate to drive loads of cars, some great, some bad, all different even if only slightly. My sons have been a part of that process for many moons and the one thing that...
We Drive It: The 2026 Honda Passport Trailsport – A Little More Where It Counts Adds Up
When it comes to the modern automotive landscape, the mid-size SUV sits in an interesting pocket. To us and clearly to a lot of the buying public, these are the right sized vehicles for a lot of...
Quick Drive: The 2026 Subaru Forester Hybrid – Utility Meets Technology and Leaves The Drama At Home
All of us gearheads are typically the front line for questions from family and friends regarding cars. What’s this noise? Which one should I buy? Did I get a good deal? The standard stuff....
Quick Drive: The 2025 Nissan Frontier PRO-4X – Rugged, Sturdy, Simple, A Truck’s Truck
For many years here at BangShift we have heard the cries of, “why can’t anyone just make a simple truck, anymore?” We get it. As it seems almost every pickup truck on the market...
We Drive It: The 2025 Hyundai Ioniq 5 N – Proof Positive That Muscle Cars Have Always Been Extra
You’re mad. You are likely big mad. Using the words “muscle car” and “EV” in the same breath will cause a hardcore car guy to bow up and prepare to attack. Let’s...
We Drive It: The 2025 McLaren Artura Spider – It’s Fast, It’s All The Money, and It’s Bizarrely Fit To Daily Drive
We know, we know. You likely don’t have the $320,00 MSRP laying around to bop into your local McLaren dealer to score a 2025 McLaren Artura Spider. Neither do we but once you sit in one, run...
Stunning Video: Behind The Scenes And On The Track With The Greatest Wheelstanders Of The 1960s
If you are a fan of old school drag racing and the exhibition vehicles that wowed crowds and kept people in the seats during the 1960s,this video will be your nirvana. It opens with Bob Riggle, Jack...
Crash Test Video: Watch This C3 Corvette Equipped With Air Bags Get Demolished
Crash testing is one of the most costly, interesting, and important factors in developing new cars. Sometimes it even he new cars that are used for crash testing as this video form Chevrolet proves...
We Drive Them: The 2025 Kia K4 and the 2025 Hyundai Kona – Do You Want More For Less or Less For More?
One of the things that’s insanely interesting about cars is that the personal preferences people have are actually monetized. The options we want, the horsepower we want, the look of the wheels...
