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Category Archive: BangShift News, CHEVY, MOPAR, OTHER

Scrapple, Your Guide To The “meh”-worthy News: Camaro Crunch, One Expensive Tangerine And Prius Batteries!

It’s a beautiful day outside! The sun is shining, the pollen is finally starting to disappear, and here you are, sitting at the computer, preparing to start the day. We all know that the best...

Prank Video: Sage Karam’s Camaro Gets A Makeover Courtesy Of His Team…And He’s Stuck With It Until After The Indy 500

Sage Karam is twenty years old and has been on a meteoric rise to glory in racing since 2010. He has pulled wins in Formula 2000, the Star Mazda Championship, Indy Lights, USSC, and last year managed...

Classic YouTube: The “Bubba Drift” El Camino Compilation Video

I became aware of drifting’s rising star in motorsports in a rather unorthodox way: I had import fanboys shoving copies of Modified magazine in my face whenever they got them in the mail while...

Unveiled: The 2016 Chevrolet Camaro: New Platform, New Engines, Similar Look For The 6th Gen

(Photos: GM) Chevrolet really only promised a few things when discussing the sixth-generation Camaro: it would move to the GM Alpha platform that also underpins the Cadillac ATS and it would lose...

BangShift Top 11: Cars From The 1980s That You Showed Us On Facebook!

In the interest of full disclosure, I wrote the rant about 1980s cars and attitudes while I was seeing red mist. It isn’t the first time I’ve lost my temper over other people’s...

Question Of The Day: In Honor Of The Sixth-Gen Camaro, What Camaro Touched Your Life The Most?

After a half-year of teasing, Chevrolet is finally ready to unveil the next-generation of the Camaro to a crowd of Camaro owners at a special event at Belle Island. It is difficult to see the...

Scrapple, Your Guide To The “meh”-Worthy News: This Week, Honda Goes Junkyarding, Turning A Prius Into An R.V., And More!

There’s nothing like the smell of the greasy, heavily-fried leftovers on the skillet to whip up an appetite, is there? We scrape it up, slap it onto some cheap toast, and throw it in front of...

Action Photos: Trackside Pictures From The National Corvette Museum’s Bash!

The NCM Bash is the official start to the National Corvette Museum’s “on” season and they know how to kick things off right. For three days straight they have car shows, special...

This 1983 Test Of Porsche 928S Against Camaro Z28 Shows That Even In The Bad Old Days, Expensive Didn’t Always Mean Better

The year I was born was not a good year for cars, period. The fastest car available was the Ferrari 308GTBi, and that prancing pony came from Maranello with just 230 horsepower and a 0-60 of 6.8...

Rough Start: If You Can Find A Better Deal Than This 1996 Impala SS for $2500, Buy It

The 1994-96 Impala SS has character, room for at least four adults, the LT-1 V8, pretty much all of the 9C1 Caprice’s suspension bits, a full frame, a tow rating that isn’t...

Question Of The Day: Are You For Or Against This Rat Rod Camaro? Would You Want To See More Of This?

“Ratty Muscle Cars” on Facebook is normally a safe haven for gearheads. With all of the pretty showcars and high-dollar builds we are normally inundated with, it’s a nice change....

Repaving The Road With A GMC TopKick 4500 The BangShift Way! Medium Duty Burnout For The Win!

If you’re a fan of the live-action Transformers movies, you’re familiar with Ironhide, a lifted GMC TopKick 4500 with a pickup bed. Considered one of the oldest and most powerful of the...

Ebay Find: Black And Chrome Suits This 1978 Chevy Caprice Coupe Nicely!

Brian can enjoy Buford’s company all he wants. I’ve got nothing against four-doors, or even a four-door B-body, but if I’m going to own one, without question I’d go for...

Roadkill! After Off-Roading A Lowrider Monte Carlo, Freiburger and Finnegan’s Chiropractors Become Rich!

Of all of the cars one would have expected Roadkill to feature, a pea-green 1980 Chevrolet Monte Carlo lowrider didn’t make the list. Finnegan doesn’t really bring his mini-truck past...