Category Archive: BangShift News, FORD
New Car Friday: Ford Finally Releases Focus RS’s Power Figures: 345 Horsepower And 324 Pounds-Feet Of Torque, With More On Demand!
Ever since we saw the video of Ken Block sliding around a preproduction Focus RS, Ford has played coy with the actual power figures of the car. While we applaud Ford for not showing their hand from...
A Somewhat Fond Look Back At The Pontiac Turbo Trans Am – A Lot Of Show, But About The “Go” Part…
I like the Pontiac Trans Am in just about every version possible. Every experience I’ve had with one makes me think of the same thing: lots of torque, a willingness to whip donuts at driver...
Craigslist Find: A 1974 Mazda Rotary Pickup With An Oldsmobile 455 Mounted In The Bed!
Bring A Trailer doesn’t normally run features on freaks of this caliber, and when they do it’s something worth checking out. Other than their obscurity, why would they focus on a 1974...
Watch The Final Shakedown Of The Ford Focus RS Before The Car Goes To Goodwood
Ford’s upcoming Focus RS has us salivating. The all-wheel-drive turbocharged four-banger is the first time in recent memory that an American nameplate has taken aim at Subaru’s grasp on...
Rough Start: Back To The Budget With A Black Buick Regal – Family Car Or Four-Door Screamer? Why Not Both?
(Burnout photo by Bryan Hiberman) – If you are being genuinely honest with a $5,000 budget, you will struggle to do better for an all-around vehicle than this 1999 Buick Regal GS. I can hear...
Ram To Offer 900 Foot-Pounds Of Torque With 2016 Heavy Duty Diesel – More Towing Capacity Warfare With Ford
(Photos: FCA US) The tow rating war that had been going on between Ford and Ram has been fairly quiet for a little bit. Ford decided to test to SAE J2807 towing specification and has kept claiming...
Stolen Car: Have You Seen This 1959 Edsel Villager Station Wagon?
Thieves make us sick to our stomach, regardless of what they took, but when they go after what we pour hard work and countless hours into, it’s just the worst thing that could possibly happen....
This 1966 Ford Galaxie 500 Was Just Traded In To A Dealership…Interested?
It constantly amazes me that cars like this 1966 Ford manage to survive for decades in near-perfect stock form. Many, many times I’ve seen forty or fifty year-old vehicles that have managed to...
The 2015 Shelby Super Snake: 750 Horsepower And An Optional Roll Cage
(Photos: Shelby American) We’re losing track of how many Mustangs are rolling out with the word “Shelby” attached to them, so for simplicity’s sake, understand that there are...
Regular Car Reviews Got Their Hands On A 1988 Corvette – Does The Digital Dash Turn Mr. Regular On?
The first car I owned to myself was a 1983 Corvette. Wanna call BS on that one? Go ahead…it was a silver C4 with a red interior and chrome wheels. It was a Hot Wheels car, and it’s the...
This Is The Quickest Way To Get A Dodge Stuck In The Mud We’ve Ever Seen – Did They Even Check The Depth First?
“Look before you leap.” Did you ever hear that as a kid? Did you think, even for a second, that your parents just meant that in the literal sense and not in some sort of figurative sense?...
This 1969 Dodge Power Wagon 3/4 Ton Has 8,000 Miles On The Clock And Can Be Driven Away. Interested?
We love our trucks around here. We love them more if they are seasoned, able to work, and simple to maintain. And if that same truck isn’t rotted, bashed beyond recognition and running, all the...
Ebay Find: 1971 Shala Vette – A Lot Of Questions Wrapped Up In A 7/8ths Scale Corvette
Squint hard enough, and it looks like someone shrunk a Baldwin-Motion Corvette to almost comedic proportions. Look inside, and it’s Volkswagen architecture shines through, and sure enough there...
Unveiled: The Alpine Celebration – “It’s Only A Concept” They Say.
And for the second car we knew was coming out of LeMans, the Alpine Celebration. Renault has been quick to remind everybody that this is merely a concept car, but in all honesty…we call BS....