Category Archive: BangShift News, BUICK / OLDS / PONTIAC
Breaking News: Buick Unveils The Avista Concept Coupe – 400 Horsepower Twin-Turbo V6, Rear Wheel Drive, And It’s A True Hardtop!
(All photos: General Motors) The name says Avista, but with a thumper twin turbocharged V6 powering the rear wheels on Buick’s new beauty, there is zero question where the inspiration came...
Carnage Video: Doug Garrison’s Drag Week Pontiac GTO Hits The Barrier At Cecil County
Long-time readers of BangShift and Drag Week fans will know this Pontiac GTO. It belongs to Doug Garrison, and a couple of days ago it broke an axle while at Cecil County Dragway in Maryland, sending...
Regular Car Review: The 1985-91 Pontiac Trans Am Tojan – A Factory Supported Kit Car In The Finest Traditions Of The 1980s
You know the third-generation Pontiac Firebird and Trans-Am well. The era of hidden headlights, KITT references, high-performance 305ci V8s, corporate engines, and a faint but growing pulse of...
BangShift Project Files: A Land Speed Racing Pontiac Firebird That Intends To Take On Several Records
Are we fans of land speed racing around here? Hmm…that is a resounding yes. We love Bonneville, Maxton, Wilmington, El Mirage. Lohnes has his hands in the East Coast Timing Association, and...
Would You Rather? It’s The Battle Of Early 1980s Performance! Take Your Pick Between The Early 5.0 And A Fully Loaded Trans Am!
Would You Rather is the evil drinking game that we love around here, and this time around we’re playing for the end of the Malaise Era, or the genesis of the horsepower revival, pony cars. View...
This First-Year Pontiac Grand Am Has Been Put Up For Adoption By It’s Loving Owner – Would You Give It A Good Home?
Colonnade GM cars are a weakness, especially when they are in excellent condition, and this 1973 Pontiac Grand Am is hitting that weak spot like seeing a sad puppy. The 400ci Pontiac, a luxury...
The Sloppy Mechanics Give A Buick Regal GS A Turbo, A Buttload Of Nitrous And A Viking Funeral In One Shot!
In their annual tradition of giving a junkyard-bound beater the ultimate sendoff, the Sloppy Mechanics turned their tools onto a car that coincidentally enough, has a relevant feature for BangShift:...
Used Car Lot Review: 2006 Cadillac STS-V – Meet The CTS-V’s Equally Angry Big Brother
There are really three types of Cadillac: the old-school all-visual, ultra-luxury Caddy that pretty much went away after the early 1970s Eldorado, the big floaty barges that filled in both front and...
Forget The Black Hearse…If Death Himself Was Rolling Around This Halloween, He’d Use This 1937 Buick
You know the cars of Halloween: Drag-u-la, the Munster Koach, Christine, The Car, the Peterbilt from Duel. Then there is the car of the Grim Reaper, the hooded one with a scythe who is out doing his...
Check Out Some Of The American Iron That Is Living In Iran – Gearheads Exist Everywhere!
There are parts of our lives that transcend national borders, religious differences, and political motivations. Food, music, laughter, and love all exist outside of these realms, but what about the...
BangShift Project Files: Why Are We Featuring A Left-For-Dead Buick Regal GS? Because It’s Being Built Up For One Of The Coolest Races We’ve Ever Heard Of!
Are you familiar with the concept of ChumpCar or the 24 Hours of LeMons? That’s where you take a $500 beater, make it safe enough to race without killing yourself, and beat on it until you...
Would You Rather? Which Would You Take, The Late-Model Screamer Or The Street Machine With A Blower?
The entire point of the game of “Would You Rather?” is to force the player into a decision where no matter the choice, the discarded option might have presented itself better. Normally...
Would You Rather? Take Your Pick Between Two Suggested Full-Sizers That We Missed!
Earlier this week we gave you a Top 11 list of our favorites from Detroit’s “bigger is better” days, and you guys seemed to like it, a lot. But with only eleven spots, it was...
