Category Archive: BangShift APEX, BangShift Road Test, BangShift Road Tests, OTHER
Best of 2018: 2018 Kia Stinger GT AWD – The Jokes Stop Here
Got any good Kia jokes? Yeah, I bet you do. You probably have a good horror story or two, or maybe you just have the acronyms lined up and waiting (“Keep it, asshole”). Or maybe you just...
Best of 2018: MCR Tuning’s 1998 Ferrari 550 Maranello Is Ready For It’s Debut At LS Fest Bowling Green!
The drive from MCR Tuning’s headquarters in Horse Cave, Kentucky to the park we had chosen to shoot the car at is about thirteen miles. For thirteen miles, I was having one of the best shows...
Rough Start: Get This AMC Eagle SX/4 Out Of California As Soon As Possible!
It’s a sporty two-door hatchback. It’s a selectable four-wheel-drive vehicle with some legit off-road chops. It’s pure Malaise, but it’s the kind that can be corrected with...
The Right-Sized Answer: There’s A Homeless 1973 Holden Kingswood Ute For Sale In The States
Haley and I were having an interesting discussion a couple of nights ago involving, of all things, fuel economy. At BangShift Mid-West, fuel economy isn’t our strong suit. Our most economical...
Money No Object: 1956 Continental Mark II – Hand-Built American Luxury
Making a luxury car is a lofty goal on it’s own accord. Making a luxury, hand-built, every-final-detail perfect car is a massive, expensive undertaking that results in a dramatically expensive...
Screaming Yellow Doorstop: This Saab Sonett Has Been Hayabusa Swapped!
Ever refer to a small car as a go-kart? We’ve all probably done it at some point in time. I think a C5 Corvette is a great go-kart…then again, I fit in a C5 like a go-kart. Maybe a Honda...
Rivan: The Electric Truck and SUV Startup That Caught Everyone’s Attention At The L.A. Auto Show
At the 2018 L.A. Auto Show, one truck and one SUV made waves, both made by a manufacturer that nobody had seemingly heard of: Rivan. The two concepts, the R1T pickup truck and the R1S SUV, are...
The “WTF?” Files: Who Makes A Trar Out Of A 1986 Chevy Cavalier Convertible?!
I can’t even begin to hide my hatred for a Chevy Cavalier of this generation. As a young kid, we had one as the family car, a miserable turd of a white 1985 wagon with blue interior that I...
Would You Rather: Datsun S30 Z-Car – Do You Like Yours Original Or Extra Spicy?
The Nissan S30 chassis, which is familiar to most people as the Nissan/Datsun 240Z, was a home run for the company when it went on sale in 1970. Small, light, nimble, powerful, and easily accessible,...
Racing Junk Find: You’ve Never Craved A 440ci Chrysler Big Block Powered Pulling Freightliner?
Big rig pulling trucks are awesome in whatever form they show up in, seriously. Whether they are worked, long-nose big rigs with huge diesel engines or machines like this with a stubby design and of...
Green Hornet: This 1973 AMC Hornet Is Just A Cool Little Cruiser!
I wish I knew what really pulled me towards this 1973 AMC Hornet while I was digging through eBay. Certainly, picking a Hornet isn’t a bad idea…AMC’s final major platform design...
The “WTF” Files: You Won’t Need Roads With This DeLorean Hovercraft!
In the second installment of the Back to the Future franchise, the time-traveling DeLorean had undergone a few minor changes. No longer was eighty-eight miles an hour an absolute necessity for time...
Rough Start: This International Flatbed Is A Work-Truck Dream!
As Angry Grandpa got his bath at the local car wash, I walked over to the Toyota dealership that is butted up right next door to walk through the used car sections to see what was available. Most of...
No More, Thanks: Holden Stops Production Of Commodore And Equinox Because They Aren’t Selling
It was a foregone conclusion that when local manufacturing left Australia, that selling an imported product was going to face an uphill battle. Both Ford and Holden loyalists weren’t going to...