Category Archive: BangShift News, CHEVY
Get ‘Em While You Still Can: GM Will Not Produce The SS After 2017, Won’t Make A RHD Camaro For Aussies
GM has a notorious pattern: the second it actually gets a product right (or at least on the right track) the first thing it does is pull the plug on the model. There are plenty of good examples: the...
Would You Rather, The Big 1980’s Coupe Edition!
While there are many who would disagree, the mainstay of hot rods, street machines, muscle cars and projects in the United States are two-doors. The four door body style puts off an air of...
Craigslist find: 1971 Dodge Valiant Duster Super Bee For Sale In Florida
As Chrysler was shifting from being the wild child of the Musclecar era to an era of company-wide confusion as to what to do with itself in the United States, in Mexico the party was still going on,...
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...
Success Story: Dude Who Spoofed Lincoln Ad To Sell His Car To See Slayer Got Free Tickets. Here’s The Story…
Jake is a Slayer fan to the core. And Jake is like the rest of us, plugging away at a job to pay the bills. When he heard that Slayer was going to play The Forum in Inglewood, California, he reviewed...
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...
Automotive Insanity Defined: Ken Block’s AWD, 845hp Mustang Gymkhana Car
Ken Block’s entire career has pretty much ran non-stop on the result of taking the established concept of car control and launching that book into a woodchipper. Ever since the original...
Rough Start: This 1979 Thunderbird Is Far From Rough, And The Price Is Nice
Life on a budget does not have to suck. You are not relegated to some early 1990’s FWD turd that not only can’t get out of it’s own way but was so neglected over the years that it...
What Does A “Zero Star” Global Crash Test Result Look Like? Exhibit A: The Datsun GO
For those of you who didn’t know, Nissan recently reanimated the Datsun nameplate for the Indian market, specifically to take on the ultimate in cheap-car transportation: the TATA Nano. Their...
Meet the EcoSport Storm: This Is What Happens When Ford Combines Their Smallest SUV With Their Most Insane Truck
From the Sao Paulo Auto Show in Brazil, we bring you another tasty little tiny 4×4. This time it’s Ford that has something that might bridge the gap between go-anywhere ability and decent...
Chevrolet Offers Manchester United Players Free Use Of Corvettes and Camaros, Players Say “No, Thanks” And Hop Into Their Range Rovers
Chevrolet is the current sponsor of Manchester United, Britain’s best known soccer club…er, football club. As the main sponsor, Chevrolet pays Manchester United £47 million per season...
Roadside Find: This 1997 Cadillac Funeral Coach Is Up For Grabs-Partition Glass Not Included
I’m all about car lots. New, used, doesn’t matter. New lots allow me to take in that new car smell…gotta love that…and if you’re really cool with the salesman, you can...
Here’s A Halloween Costume For Your Volkswagen: How About A McLela Blaze?
Ah, Halloween, how I love this holiday. The perfect day to dress up as your hero. I’m certain that many of you out there have memories of dressing up as someone you looked up to when you were...