Category Archive: BangShift News, Car Features, OTHER
Is This 2JZ-swapped Aston Martin DB7 A Great Idea Or An Evil Chimera? You Decide!
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!
(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
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?
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
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
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
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?
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
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
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…
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!
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...
The Sad Tale Of DeLorean Motor Company, From Start To Finish: See How The Workers Rode The Stainless-Steel Rollercoaster
The view from the Titanic Museum in Belfast, Northern Ireland as I stood outside the front door was, in a word, miserable: rain poured down by the ton as the clouds all but obscured the view out into...
Hyundai and Kia Fined By U.S. Government For Overstating Vehicle MPG Numbers
Whoops. On November 3, 2014, the Department of Justice and the EPA levied fines and penalties towards Hyundai and Kia that totaled to over $300 million dollars for overstating fuel mileage claims on...