Category Archive: BangShift News, BangShift XL, XL Truck News
Here They Come: Chevrolet Set To Enter The Hyper-Pickup War With Silverado ZR2, Raptor and TRX In Its Sights
(By Tom Lohnes) – The company absent from the Raptor/TRX battle, Chevrolet, has been taking a lot of time investing and developing a truck worthy and possibly better than the other two. Well,...
Don Prudhomme Wins Side by Side Turbo Class at NORRA Mexican 1000
Driving 600 of the 1,000 miles himself, Don “The Snake” Prudhomme took home the win in his Lucas Oil MAVTV CanAm Maverick Turbo. It was his third time behind the wheel for this race and...
Tiny Trucks Abound: Hyundai Introduces The New Santa Cruz – Optional Engines Pack A Horsepower Punch
(By Tom Lohnes) – Here it is, the revival of the small truck. No, this is not the Ford maverick, it’s Hyundai’s first-ever pickup truck and it’s called the Santa Cruz. With a starting...
No Blower, No Problem: The 475hp 2021 SRT Durango Is An All-Wheel-Drive Family Truckster And Entertainment Center
There’s always been a fun element of difference between the Hellcat and Scat Pack Chargers and Challengers. That same strata has been achieved in the Dodge SUV world as well with the hellcat...
They Can Keep It? GM Is Now Offering A $9,000 New Pickup Truck For The Chinese Marketplace
(By Tom Lohnes) – Do you want to own a new small pickup truck for the price of a 20-year-old diesel truck with 335,000 miles, and an owner that thinks they have something special? Well GM has...
The Jeep Commander Is Coming Back But It May Not Be As Authoritative As Before
(By Tom Lohnes) – Do you remember the Jeep Commander from about 15 years ago? Well, it’s coming back, but not as we know it. Based off of the Compass platform, the new Commander will be the...
Crazy Fast: The Hennessey Velociraptor 700 Is The Supercharged 700hp F-250 You’ve Been Wanting
(By Tom Lohnes) – Does your Ford F-250 with the big-block 7.3-liter gas motor feel slow? Do you also have a giant stack of cash just sitting around? If the answer is yes to both, John...
It’s Hummer Time: General Motors Has Unveiled The 2024 Model Year Hummer EV – Big Dimensions and Big Money
(By Tom Lohnes) – It’s 2021, as we all know so why is a proposed 2024 model-year car coming out in full production form? Ask, GM, as they have just unveiled the new Hummer EV SUV seemingly a...
Install Video: Check Out How Clean And Easy A Classic Instruments Dash Cluster Goes Into A 1971 Suburban!
There’s something awesome about installing parts and pieces on the interior of your car or truck. This is doubly true if the parts being installed make the interior better looking and more...
Weird, But The Good Kind Of Weird? The Canoo Electric Pickup Is Looking To Bring Forward Control All The Way Back
(By Tom Lohnes) – Have you ever wanted an old VW Type 2 Pickup, except modernized and with 600 electric horses? Now you do. Meet the Canoo Electric Pickup, yet another upstart in the EV truck...
The Start Of The Beginning or The Beginning Of The End? This 1989 SUV Buy’er Guide Video Shows The Start Of The SUV Craze
In an automotive universe completely dominated by the SUV, CUV, and LUV (lame utility vehicle) segment, it stands to reason that this whole ball got rolling somewhere, right? Well, that somewhere is...
Jeep’s Not Playing: The 2022 Jeep Wagoneer and Grand Wagoneer Are Aimed Right At GM and Ford and Won’t Miss
(By Tom Lohnes) – After nearly 30 years, the production-ready Jeep Wagoneer and Grand Wagoneer are here, and they look competitive. Starting at around $55,000, The un-grand Wagoneer comes...
The 2022 Ford Super Duty Updates Get it Right – New Looks, More Tech, Same Big Engine!
(By Tom Lohnes) – With a refresh for 2020, the Ford Super Duty pickup truck has proven itself a great choice in the field, with its only drawback being tech. Well, for 2022, the Super Duty...
