Category Archive: Apex Video, BangShift APEX, BUICK / OLDS / PONTIAC
Ride Onboard Ian Woodward’s 1970 Pontiac Firebird Trans-Am Racer As He Breaks Lakeside’s Lap Record
The Aussies and Kiwis are just as fanatical about V8 power as we are in the States, and groups such as the Australian Trans-Am and the New Zealand Historic Muscle Car keep the engines going and the...
Mr. Regular Takes Buick’s Grand National For A Spin – What Does He Make Of Lord Vader’s Car?
Of all of the cars that have worn the Tri-Shield emblem, only three really need no introduction. In order, they are the 1970 GSX, the 1984-87 Grand National, and the 1987 only GNX. All three showcase...
Question Of The Day: What Is The Most Common Automotive Cockroach Where You Live?
After they have been on the road for about twenty years, most cars tend to wind up in that great big used car lot in the sky. It’s a sad truth, but it’s a truth nonetheless. Yet, it...
This CTS-V Coupe Review From Consumer Reports Isn’t The Yawn Fest You Expect – They Just Drift It!
The only way I ever thought I’d put a Consumer Reports video on BangShift is if it involved a late-model vehicle that was prone to random and catastrophic explosions or was recalled to within...
This Golden Pontiac Trans Am Is For Sale For Over $3.6 Million Dollars
Here’s the facts behind what you are seeing: this 2002 Pontiac Trans Am was bought by All Naeemi, an Iranian living in Germany, in 2004. The car was imported in, and customization work began....
Wait…What? Cadillac Boss Says That ATS and CTS Are Doomed…Just When Things Are Getting Good
Out of all of General Motors’ dysfunctional behaviors, one really annoying one stands out above all the others: they create a car. It might not be good, but they will give it enough time that...
This 1990s-era Pro Street Oldsmobile Cutlass Is A Time Capsule To Fairground Crusing And Graphics!
Pro Street is a love it or hate it genre. Sure, big blown motors, narrowed axles and Mickey Thompson ET Streets have a certain charm to them, but there was another side to Pro Street, one of wild...
Rough Start: It’s Blue And Beautiful, And It’s Within Budget! This 1974 Oldsmobile Cutlass Needs A New Home, Stat!
Without question, the most popular 1973-77 GM A-body variant by sales was the Oldsmobile Cutlass. The Cutlass was usually in the top 10 best-selling car lists during that time period, and in 1976 it...
Roadkill! The Guys Freeze Their Bits Off Delivering A Buick Wagon To A Fan
There is one thing I know, unconditionally, about Freiburger and Finnegan: they are not happy men when it comes to bitter cold weather. To be honest, neither am I, but when they were helping me with...
BangShift Project Files: Meet The Pontiac GT-37, A Poverty-Spec Pontiac That’s Getting A Second Lease On Life
The Pontiac GT-37 falls into the same vein as the Oldsmobile Rally 350 Cutlass, Buick GS350, and more-or-less the “Heavy Chevy” Chevelle…they all were GM’s short-term answer...
Historical Footage: Car and Track’s Test Of The 1973 Buick Century Gran Sport Stage 1 455
By 1973 it seemed that only Pontiac was still in the business of making a stout big-block-powered car with the Super Duty Trans Am. And before you start, yes, I know that the Pontiac mills...
Watch As Jay Leno Cuts Loose With James Garner’s Oldsmobile Banshee – He Even Drives The Beast On The Street!
The Oldsmobile Banshee is a freak among freaks. Set up similar to an old Baja truck, it’s roughly based on a 1969 Oldsmobile body that is shortened by two feet. They were built by Vic Hickey, a...
Top 11: No V8 Needed – A Selection Of Cars We Would Take A Different Path With
(Lead photo: Bret Kepner) I can’t speak for the other two, but in my automotive history I’ve only dealt with two vehicles that did not have V8s: a Chevy Blazer that had the 4.3 V6, and a...
Craigslist Find: It’s Big And Beautiful, But Is This 1972 Buick Centurion Convertible Really Worth That Much?
Spring is closing in quickly, and soon enough summer will be here, and there is nothing that sounds better for summer than a big old American drop-top, the kind you can pack all of your friends into...