Category Archive: BangShift News, BUICK / OLDS / PONTIAC, FORD, OTHER, TRUCKS
Scrapple, Your Guide To The “meh-“Worthy News! This Week: Charity Done Right and More!
1. EcoBusted.(Photo: Ford) Need another set of headlights to memorize as you tear up the Interstate, late as usual? Here you go: Ford has unveiled Special Service Vehicle variations of the F-150 and...
A Close Look At Forbidden Fruit: Here’s What A U.S. Legal Holden Ute Is All About
Nearly ten years after Pontiac backed out of bringing the G8 ST to the U.S. market, I’m still annoyed. I’m not kidding in the least when I say that I would’ve spent all of the money...
When Is A Kit Ferrari Better Than The Real Deal? This Fiero-turned-F355 Has Us Intrigued…
Supercars have their place in the world, and normally, that place is far away from us. We don’t have money falling out of random body parts, we don’t wear Hawaiian shirts that have traces...
Not Every AMC Product Was “Quirky”. Check Out This 1977 401-Powered Hornet X!
American Motors products have a reputation for being “quirky”….which is a nice way of saying that they were very, very odd. Ok, we will admit that there were plenty of times in the...
Still Suffering With Snow? This Geo Tracker On Tracks Will Be Your New Best Friend!
It’s amazing, how a decade or two can re-cast the reputation of a vehicle. Take Geo, General Motors’ rebadged import arm. The Metro might have been dinky and as opulent as a Turkish...
This GTO-powered Subaru Legacy Station Wagon Gives Your Inner Hoon The Look Of Responsible Adult!
It’s to the point with the current horsepower war that you can spot a heavy hitter pretty easily…the callouts on the fenders, the exhaust that announces itself well before the car is...
Random Car Review: The De Tomaso Longchamp And Maserati Kyalami – Separated At Birth
Two cars, two different manufacturers, designed for the same era, but taken in two totally different routes. The De Tomaso Longchamp and Maserati Kyalami are rarely seen and virtually unknown outside...
Project Fodder: Two 1967 OSI 20M TS Rollers Are Up For Grabs, From The Guy Who Builds Them Into Jaw-Droppers
No questions asked, the best thing I found perusing eBay last year was a 1967 OSI 20M TS that was built to the nines, sexy as hell, and in the middle of the bidding war that normally ensues when...
Random Car Review: The 1990 Kelly Python – Part Fox, Part Bird, All Mystery
If you’re opening act was the absolute bombshell, the second act is kind of screwed over in a way. They will never be as good as what came first, no matter what, and they will always linger in...
There’s A Strange Bird: Anyone Interested In A Three-Wheeled Reliant Rialto?
Yes, readers, I’ve been buried in Craigslist today, and I’m completely unapologetic for it, because I’ve been finding weird, wonderful four-wheeled contraptions that should capture...
Yeah, That Seems Safe: Who Wants A 450 Horsepower Geo Metro?
Well, would you just look at it…what a cute little murderous gumdrop. It certainly isn’t what you’d expect from the lowly little Geo Metro, now, is it? Metros have a solid place in...
Money No Object: The Ferrari 250 GTO You Can Beat On Without Worry!
The Ferrari 250 GTO (1964-66) just might be the most exclusive, expensive, desired and coveted car ever made. Only thirty-nine were produced under Enzo Ferrari’s scrutinous eye, they rarely...
Would You Rather, The “Dear Santa” Edition: American Motors AMX/3 or Lancia Stratos HF Stradale?
The beginning of the new year kicks off the auction season, especially around Scottsdale, Arizona, where snowbirds from all corners of the Earth congregate to squawk about cars at any of the major...
