Author Archive: Brian Lohnes
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...
We Drive It: The 2025 Lincoln Nautilus Reserve – Class, Power, Luxury, Technology – A Lincoln To Admire
People often mistake the words simple and easy. Things that are simple can APPEAR easy but often aren’t and things that are EASY can often present as simple but the same rules apply. The 2025...
Quick Drive: The 2025 Mitsubishi Outlander SEL 2.5 AWD – All SUVs Are Not The Same, But Some Are
There’s always been some connection between manufacturers in the automotive industry, right? Muscle car fans like to talk about how “different” models that Ford and Mercury made or...
We Drive It: The 2025 Lexus GX 550 Overtrail – A Tough-Nosed, Off-Road Owning, 350hp Rig That Impresses
Let’s be straight up to start here. We’ve never really fancied ourselves as Lexus people when it comes to the world of SUVs. Sure they’ve been comfortable, well appointed, well...
We Drive It: The 2025 Acura MDX Type S Advance -Can A Stalwart Player In A Crowded Segment Keep Up?
When it comes to the various segments of new cars that companies are investing in and buyers are flocking to, the upper-midsize luxury leaning SUV is about as hot as it gets on both size. Sure, these...