Category Archive: BangShift News, CHEVY
Oh, No, It’s Here: Meet The General Motors Cruise AV, The First Vehicle Without Manual Controls
At first blush, you’d think that you are looking at a Chevrolet Bolt EV, and you aren’t too wrong. The vehicle, officially known as the General Motors Cruise AV, is based on the bolt, but...
Money No Object: This 1939 Chevrolet Hauler Rules All! Big-Block Power FTW!
Yeah, I’ve been in the Barrett-Jackson catalog again. At least, with the weather outside going to hell in a handbasket, I’ve got a reason to look at cars I can’t afford and dream...
Same Great Speed, Now With Less Noise: Meet The Genovation GXE, The Electric Vette!
Outside of the sensation of being somehow better than others because you are not burning fossil fuels when you drive, what is the one true benefit to an electric car? All the torque, all at once....
Rough Start: The Stretch Geo Metro Is A Real Thing And Could Be A Solution To Your Parts-Hauling Problem!
“The car was built to fill a need that no car on the market could. To haul big loads and still get over 40 MPG.” That is the plan that set David Cloud on the path to stretching out a...
Family Heirloom: This 1969 Chevrolet Chevelle Has Been Waken Up After A Long Rest
During my early days of wrenching as a kid, I stripped some cars that came into the lot that honestly, I kick myself in the ass for ever touching, let alone tearing down like I did. One in particular...
As High As You Can: This Blazer Went Stargazing At Byron!
The Byron Wheelstanding competition is one of those love-it-or-hate-it events that happens throughout the year. You either love it because it’s raw power turning into wheelstands that get the...
Two LeMans Corvettes: C1 and C6.R, Two Different Animals Of The Same Nature
For the most part, we’re guilty of writing off the Chevrolet Corvette as a mid-life play thing, a car you buy when you want to feel youthful again. It’s not that the stereotype...
Morning Symphony: A Big-Block Malibu Suffering From A Condition Called “Swine Flew”
Racing isn’t going to happen around my neck of the woods anytime soon, it seems. Even my weather app on my phone is getting pretty specific about which body parts are going to freeze off if I...
Best of BS 2017: Rod Saboury And His Wild 1953 Corvette At Maple Grove In 1998!
The wildly painted, real-deal 1953 Chevrolet Corvette that wore the license plate “INTHE6S” was the stuff of legends for a young teenager who spent more than his fair share of time...
Best of BS 2017: Is It OK To Like These Again: Chevrolet Lumina Z34 Edition
In today’s automotive world, we really are spoiled. You can go out right now and buy a Camaro or Mustang with a V8 with well north of 400hp, and it will be a comfortable place to spend time to...
Best of BS 2017: Pushing 150 MPH On Ice In A Big Chevy With A Carload Of Friends!
Jimmy Klaavuniemi and his 1966 Chevrolet Bel Air have been quite busy in the last year, having run Drag Week, the travel to and from Sweden, and so on and so forth. The nine-second Chevy gets the...
Merry Christmas, Lohnes: This “Fall Guy” Chevrolet Clone Is Going Up For Auction At Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale!
It’s been too long since we’ve toyed with Brian’s heartstrings over a vehicle, hasn’t it? I might have said something last week, but it still feels like it’s been too...
This 1973 Chevrolet El Camino 4×4 Will Handle The Winter Weather In Fine Form
One of the best and worst cars I’ve got in my record is a 1973 Chevrolet Chevelle that came to me via my stepfather and his family, who had owned the car for quite some time before he did. I...
