Category Archive: BangShift News, OTHER
Honda Fined $70 Million For Failing To Report Fatal Accidents
Jan 08, 2015Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Honda Fined $70 Million For Failing To Report Fatal Accidents
Honda Motor Company was fined $70 million dollars by the National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration (NHTSA) on January 8th, 2015 for failing to report fatalities in their vehicles, the latest...
Ebay Find: This MR2 Is Packing An Audi 4.2 V8 And A Serious Anger Issue
Dec 31, 2014Bryan McTaggart2
Don’t look at this first-gen Toyota MR2 and just see a wide body kit. You’d be doing this car a disservice. Instead, you should know about it’s running gear and why this little...
Is This 2JZ-swapped Aston Martin DB7 A Great Idea Or An Evil Chimera? You Decide!
Dec 30, 2014Bryan McTaggart6
The Aston Martin DB7 is one of the most pretty cars to come out of Europe in recent memory. It’s 3.2L supercharged straight-six was a de-stroked Jaguar unit with an Eaton M90 blower...
Best of 2014: Car Feature: The 196mph LSR 1970 Cadillac Coupe de Kill – Caddy Powered And Homebuilt!
Dec 27, 2014Brian Lohnes6
(Just about a month ago we ran this feature on Sean Mote’s wild turbocharged Caddy. Well, it went viral and was viewed by seemingly half of the gearhead world. It quickly jumped into our top 10...
Going Out With A Bang: Walkinshaw W507, A Modded HSV GTS For The Final Run
Dec 18, 2014Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Going Out With A Bang: Walkinshaw W507, A Modded HSV GTS For The Final Run
Killing off an American nameplate is simple: starve the brand for money, new designs and in short time, make a case for justifying the killing of the underperformer. Australians, on the other hand,...
Question Of The Day: Do You Honestly Care If A New Hypercar Is Unveiled?
Dec 16, 2014Bryan McTaggart17
When the Bugatti Veyron 16.4 burst onto the scene in 2005, the car cemented it’s place in history as a technological masterpiece capable of things that even ten years prior were deemed...
Ebay Find: Another Beautiful Ambassador For Your Consideration
Dec 15, 2014Bryan McTaggart9
A little while ago, in one of our “Would You Rather?” games, we presented two AMC Ambassador coupes for your consideration. One had a cool beater vibe, the other was a show car that had...
Random Car Review: The LaForza…It’s Part Ford, Part Italian, And More Practical Than A Pantera
Dec 07, 2014Bryan McTaggart7
It’s not everyday that I look at a picture of a car I find on the internet and sincerely have no clue as to what I’m looking at. I might have trouble with pre-1950 cars, but that’s...
Random Car Review: The Mosler TwinStar, A Sideshow Eldorado
Dec 06, 2014Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Random Car Review: The Mosler TwinStar, A Sideshow Eldorado
I have a strange fascination with the 1992-up Cadillac Eldorado. Yeah, it’s a huge front-wheel-driver. Yes, the Northstar V8 can be a finicky bitch of a motor…I have first-hand knowledge...
It’s A Pair Of AMC Ambassadors In This Week’s Would You Rather? High-Dollar Show Car Or Beater Muscle?
Dec 01, 2014Bryan McTaggart16
AMC’s are weird in the sense that the company is better known for putting out some of the …uh…quirkiest little vehicles that the 1970s ever saw. While we know the AMX and the...
Saleen Releases Financial Report Made Of Nightmares: Millions Owed, Might Have Seven Grand In The Bank
Nov 26, 2014Bryan McTaggart4
There’s a brand-new generation of Mustang out, the Challenger has been refreshed, and they just got a deal to tweak Teslas. You’d be forgiven for thinking that Saleen Automotive was...
Craigslist Find: A Clean AMC SX/4 In Georgia, Just In Time For Winter
Nov 25, 2014Bryan McTaggart11
Yeah, the weather outside is frightful, alright, more so if you’re in an area that hears the words “lake effect snow” during the weather report on the evening news. Even if you...
Is The New Nissan-based London Taxi Cab Obsolete Before Introduction? Maybe, If Lawmakers Get Their Way…
Nov 24, 2014Bryan McTaggart5
You can’t miss them when you’re in the U.K.: the little black taxi cabs. Black cars, Hackney carriages, whatever you call them, the little purpose-built cars have been a staple in Europe...
Ebay Find: The Henry J’s Corporate Brother, The Allstate, Up For Sale!
Nov 22, 2014Bryan McTaggart2
Allstates are dolled-up Henry J’s that sold through Sears for a bargain-basement price while packing more standard and optional equipment. Kaiser-Fraiser’s economy car had been a slow...