Author Archive: Bryan McTaggart
Bizarre Crash In Canada: Woman Hits Fisherman With ATV, Knocks Him Into River
This is one for the “one in a million” unlucky file. A 58 year old woman was riding an ATV near Rivers, Manitoba on Saturday, July 12th 2014 when she came across a steep embankment. She...
Tesla Motors Sets Power Delivery Record In June: One Gigawatt Of Power
Tesla Motors has set a record for power delivery via their Supercharger stations. During the month of June, 2014, they served customers recharging their vehicles to the tune of one gigawatt-hour....
Car Review: Watch As Regular Car Reviews Tries To Take A Serious Look At A Stage II DeLorean!
The DeLorean DMC-12’s story is well known here. The legend aside, the biggest problem with the silver gullwing’d wonder was that it was simply underpowered. 132hp isn’t fast, period, and when...
Watch As A 1:7 Scale B-29 Crashes At Warbirds Over Delaware R/C Show!
Mac Hodges is well known and well respected in the world of model aviation. The 1/7 scale Boeing B-29 bomber that is pictured is his second large-scale B-29 that he flies as a tandem act with a...
Hellcat Pricing Leaked: Under $60K! How Much More Good News Can Dodge Release This Year?
We’re convinced that someone in Chrysler is laying out press releases like they’re laying out a killer poker hand. First we were told that the Challenger Hellcat, Chrysler’s answer...
Retaliation: Ford Caught Testing Hot Mustang at Nurburgring: Is This The Replacement For The GT500?
Anyone who has been paying attention to the horsepower war lately has been waiting for return fire after Dodge unleashed the Challenger Hellcat on the masses. While Ralph Gilles has been doing...
Stolen Tillamook Vans Recovered-How Desperate Do You Have To Be To Steal Something Called A “Baby Loaf Bus”?!
Manteca, California police recovered three Volkswagen Microbuses owned by Tillamook County Creamery Association from a self-storage locker on July 14, 2014. The buses, which were part of a marketing...
Would You Rather, The Seventies Edition! Which Land Barge Would You Choose?
There’s a lot to not like about the Seventies as a car guy. Most of the performance cars got killed off entirely. The Camaro lost the Z28 option for “Rally Sport”, GM code for...
Professional-Level Sleeper: Alfa Romeo 164 ProCar V10-All The Fun Of An F1 Engine In A Sedan!
We dig sleepers here at BangShift. But what constitutes a great sleeper? The ability to blend in and the ability to pull off the ruse with little to no hint of what is actually going on. Depending on...
John Wayne’s 1975 Pontiac Grand Safari Wagon, Customized By Barris, Going To Auction!
Movie fans and car fans alike will be jamming their way to the front of the stage for the Mecum Auction in Monterey, California in August for their chance to bid on this 1975 Pontiac Safari, owned by...
How Bad Does The Ad Have To Be To Be Called “World’s Worst”? Watch This Toyota Ad And See For Yourself!
Advertising automobiles is a finicky business. Get it wrong and the company takes a huge hit. Get it right and you can sell a turd without polishing it first. Anyone who was paying any attention to...
Rough Start: Just What You Need In Montana: A Cop Car!
Montana: All the dry climate benefits of the desert, but the lack of searing heat makes for really great project hunting. As an added bonus, you get to go to Montana: drop-dead gorgeous scenery and...
Will Jaguar’s “Virtual Windshield” Help Or Hinder Your Daily Commute?
Heads-up displays have been in cars for a while now, at least since 1988 when Oldsmobile started putting them into Cutlass Supremes. (And I bet you thought the Corvette was the first car to have it.)...
BangShift-Approved Music Video: Five Finger Death Punch “House Of The Rising Sun”
Five Finger Death Punch have been making waves in rock music for seven years now, with a ballsy, fast-paced heavy rock that caught on from the start. They formed from the ashes of W.A.S.P, Motograter...