Category Archive: BangShift News, BangShift XL, MOPAR, TRUCKS, XL Truck News
Paying The Piper: FCA Settles Diesel Lawsuit Cases, Recalls Ram And Jeep 3.0L Diesel Trucks
They aren’t saying that they did anything wrong, but FCA is going to pay out to end the diesel emissions cases with federal and state authorities and owners of Ram and Jeep products that were...
Rivan: The Electric Truck and SUV Startup That Caught Everyone’s Attention At The L.A. Auto Show
At the 2018 L.A. Auto Show, one truck and one SUV made waves, both made by a manufacturer that nobody had seemingly heard of: Rivan. The two concepts, the R1T pickup truck and the R1S SUV, are...
Unveiled: 2020 Jeep Gladiator – Welcome Back, Jeep Pickup!
The last Jeep J-series, was built in 1987, the last Jeep truck, the Comanche, ended in 1992, and the last “jeep”-based truck-style unit, the CJ-8 Scrambler, ended production in 1985. Ever...
One Good Turn Deserves Another: The Story Of “The Pandra” And The California Wildfires
The Camp Fire that is burning in California right now is the state’s most deadly fire on record. As of writing, the death toll is up to forty-two, over 20,000 acres have been blackened, over...
Meet The “Hellephant”: 426 Cubic Inches, 1000 Horsepower, 950 Ft/Lbs Of Torque!
In Mopar lore, a 426 cubic inch Hemi-headed engine was trouble, pure and simple. It didn’t matter what body it was shoved into…from the absolutely ferocious Hemi Darts and A-body...
The Jokes Write Themselves: 44,000 Pounds Of Steel Balls Flopped Out Of A Truck In Seattle
A key point for any driver to ram into the back of their brain about driving is “expect the unexpected”. Once you get comfortable behind the wheel, you get complacent. Once you get...
Blowed Up: Check Out The Remains of This Severely Dead Kawasaki V-Twin Engine – OUCH!
(By Doug Gregory) – We all know nitro is a heartless mistress and will inflict whatever damage to expensive engines she chooses. Gasoline can be the bratty little sister who will also have her...
Belts Are Burning: The NHTSA Is Investigating 2015-current Ford F-150s For Seat Belt Pretensioners That Self-Ignite
If there is one safety item that doesn’t deserve any pushback against, it’s the seat belt. Forget air bags that turn the interior of a car into a marshmallow, the basic seatbelt has done...
Double-Standards? FCA Is Trying To Shut Down Mahindra’s Roxor UTV In The United States!
Here’s a case study that will be interesting to watch: is a more-or-less copy of the original variation of a vehicle enough of a threat to the manufacturer of the modern-day version that the...
Recycling Gone Wrong: GM Announces The New 2.7L Turbo-Four Will Be Called “Tripower”
Dusting off an old, storied nameplate to affix it to a new thing almost never works out well. When Pontiac re-badged the Holden Monaro, a potent rear-drive coupe with a V8 and a six-speed, into the...
Flowmaster Releases New FlowFX Cat-back Exhaust For 2015-2018 F150 With 2.7/3.5/or 5.0L Engines
Do you dig your 2015-2018 Ford F150 but just don’t enjoy the fact that it is as quiet as a mouse? Want to bolt on some super easy horsepower and gusto to your rig? Flowmatser has your covered...
The 2019 Suzuki Jimny: Does A Modern Samurai Make Sense For A Small SUV?
Ah, the poor, maligned Suzuki Samurai, the automotive equivalent of the Weeble-Wobble. Small, upright, boxy, spunky, with decent off-road chops and the smear of a Consumer Reports claim of easy...
Is The Tesla Semi-Truck Dead? Some Business Analysts Think So
Tesla has been in the news a lot lately. That’s saying something for a company that tends to be hovering near the front of the business headlines in the country on a week to week basis. This...
