Category Archive: BangShift News, BangShift XL, FORD, TRUCKS, XL Truck News
Oh, Great…Not You Too: Ford Is Being Sued For Diesel-Related Issues Now
The lawyer firm of Hagens Berman has been a pretty busy place lately. Not only are they handling the lawsuits connected to the Volkswagen diesel case, they also went after General Motors for their...
Dakar 2018: Bryce Menzies And Pete Mortensen Crash Out On Stage Two
The Dakar Rally is vicious and has no spot for error. Unfortunately, that isn’t what BFGoodrich Performance team member Bryce Menzies and Pete Mortensen wanted to experience in real life. Six...
Dakar 2018: The 40th Running Of The Brutal 14-day Rally Raid Run Kicks Off Today!
Today is the day that teams from around the world will start the 40th running of the Dakar Rally, without question a pinnacle point in automobile racing. It’s an endurance run, it’s a...
Unveiled: 2019 Chevrolet Silverado – GM Drops An Early Christmas Present
Anybody who was at the Texas Motor Speedway today got a surprise nobody was really expecting: the first un-camouflaged look at the 2019 Chevrolet Silverado. With Ford refreshing the F-150 for 2018,...
Miss The Look Of The Two-Tone Square-Body Chevy Truck? A Dealership In Minnesota Is Now Taking Orders To Two-Tone Your New Chevy!
Square-body Chevrolet trucks had already been in production for ten years the day I was born, so suffice it to say, I’m pretty versed to seeing them around and about. Older or newer, truck or...
More Of The Same Fight: Ford And Ram Keep Ramping Up The Heavy-Duty War
Ford and Ram are playing cutthroat in the heavy-duty pickup truck market, and both sides are watching the other like a hawk. They’ve been on a serious ramp-up for years, because both sides want...
Own A Dune Buggy In Texas? Get Ready To Surrender Your Title And Plates!
Dune buggies and kit car owners in Texas are currently facing the wrath of the DMV, and the situation isn’t looking good. According to Hemmings Motor News, the state of Texas has begun revoking...
SEMA 2017 Coverage: OMIX-ADA Absolutely Slayed Us With This Amazing Collection of WWII Era Jeeps – Learn Stuff!
So each and every year in a corner nook of the upper south hall at SEMA a company called OMIX-ADA has a display of killer Jeeps. Not Jeeps parked on each other or Jeeps that are on 26″ wheels...
SEMA 2017 Coverage: The 2018 Jeep Wrangler JL – The Biggest Calculated Risk FCA Has Yet Taken Has Broken Cover…What Do You Think?
FCA knows exactly where they get their money from…a four-letter word known and held dear by soldiers, farmers, and the worldwide public for decades: Jeep. J-trucks have come and gone, Cherokees...
Abe Lincoln Was America’s First True Gearhead President And He Has The Patent To Prove It
When we think of Abe Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, we normally default to the major accomplishments of his presidency. He oversaw one of the darkest, if not the darkest time...
Robby Gordon Learns About Hoon Laws The Hard Way: Indefinite Visa Suspension For Donuts!
Australia’s “Hoon Laws” can easily be perceived by American eyes as heavy-handed, sure, but at the end of the day they are the law and are enforceable. Just ask Robby Gordon, who...
Literally Drove It Like He Stole It: Pickup Truck Found Skewered With 30ft Of Guardrail
Well sir, the good news is that we found your stolen pickup truck. The bad news? The bad news is that it used 30ft of steel guardrail as floss. The double bad news? We have no idea who stole it and...
NASA’s New Mars Rover Concept Is Pretty Sweet, And Looks Strangely Familiar!!!
On June 5th, 2017, the guys over at NASA revealed their new Mars Rover concept vehicle at the Kennedy Space Center in Forida, and for lack of a better term, it’s awesome. It’s a 6-wheeled...
Fiat Chrysler Will Recall 1.3-Million Ram Pickup Trucks Due To Potentially Fatal Airbag Issue
This is a big one. Once again we are talking about a huge automotive recall centered around air bags but this time it is not the airbag manufacturer that’s at fault but the vehicle maker. Fiat...