Category Archive: BangShift News, FORD, MOPAR, OTHER
Scrapple, Your Guide To The “meh”-Worthy News: This Week, More New Car Rumors, In The Hits And Misses Departments!
The kitchen was flooded with news about cars, new and forthcoming! It’s taken us a minute to sort out what was good and what was okay, and we took the rest, along with some seaweed (it’s...
This Aussie Falcon Isn’t Just Frying The Tires…It’s A Drifter, Taking On The Imports!
Drift cars are a motley mix of late model muscle cars, Nissans, RX-7s and anything else light, powerful, and normally rear-driven, but it takes something special to stand out from the crowd. Sam...
It’s Official: UK Buyers Want The 5.0 Mustang! Here’s How The Sales Broke Down…
The amount of speculation on how the United Kingdom would take to fully legal, imported Ford Mustangs was immediate grounds for speculation. Some said that they simply wouldn’t move like Ford...
“Would You Rather?”, The Sun-Bleached Edition: Take Your Pick Of Two Desert-Parched Big Coupes!
Welcome to another round of “Would You Rather?” Today, we decided to take the high road and instead of forcing you to pick between bad and evil, we found a couple of cars that could...
Go For A Ride Around Grattan Raceway In The New Ford Shelby GT350 – Forget Fast, Forget Handling…THAT NOISE!
Taste, touch, sight, smell, and hearing. The five senses can tell you everything you need to know, and car geeks can tune in well to what works and what doesn’t. We know the crisp smell of the...
This Ford Territory Turbo AWD Wagon Is Perfect Sleeper Material – Eleven Seconds Out Of A Crossover Wagon!
Squint a little bit at this Ford Territory and tell me you don’t see a little bit of Ford Freestyle/Taurus X in the body lines. Think about those cars for a second…do you think that they...
Here, Kitty, Kitty: The Ford Shelby GT350 Has Started To Roll Off Of The Assembly Lines
The patience of Ford fans who have been waiting for the new S550-based GT350 and GT350R can finally be quelled, as Ford has started rolling the angry version of the Mustang off of the Lime Rock...
Turbo Pinto Vs. Coyote Mustang At The Eighth-Mile – We Know Which One We’d Take, What About You?
A V8 Pinto is nice, as many of you pointed out yesterday, but the second the car starts up any chance of playing the sleeper card is shot. It’s not like a Mustang II…no Pinto came from...
Rough Start: This 1971 Pinto Is A 289-Powered Firebomb That Could Be The Most Fun You’ve Ever Had
Some days shopping for a car with a five-grand max budget sucks. Between the hoards of silver sedans and ragged-out shells of what used to be desirable cars, you have to wonder if it is even worth...
This Brand New, Supercharged Mustang Hits The Wall HARD At Thunder Valley’s Armageddon No-Prep Race!
If you choose to participate in no-prep drag racing, you are taking all of the risk of running on the dragstrip into your own hands. There isn’t any surface preparation to save your ass if you...
NHTSA Sets Sights On Ford Crown Victorias and Mercury Grand Marquis Headlight Switches
The NHTSA, still fresh from a public dressing-down by a Federal auditor earlier this year, has now turned their focus to Ford and an issue that has been investigated before: 2003-05 Ford Crown...
Short Street Rod Shop Tour: The “Hustlin’ Hillbilly” 1946 Chevrolet And The 1929 Ford Model A Phantom Build!
Missed the first installment? CLICK HERE to see the 1955 Ford Fairlane street freak! The Fairlane might be the newest ride at the shop, but it isn’t the only ride. There are currently nine cars...
Aussie Goodness: A Street Driven Twin-Turbo Ford Falcon XR6 Running 9.35 In The Quarter
The more we see of these seriously boosted Ford Barra-powered Falcons, the more jealous we start to get. Their 4.0L six is an inline that in max stock form, punched out 416 horsepower and 417 ft/lbs...
Want To Know Why The Ford Focus RS Is A Big Deal For The U.S.? Check Out This Review Of The Last Generation Model!
For the first time ever, the Ford Focus RS will be coming to the USDM market, and we’ve been salivating ever since we got the news. A 345 horsepower, all wheel drive rally rocket that aims...