Category Archive: HISTORIC, RACING & ACTION, Videos
Find The Good Parts Of Snow And Ice With A Review Of Ken Block’s Cold-Weather Shenanigans
In the span of a couple of hours, BangShift Mid-West went from nearly 70 degrees and unseasonably warm to ice and snow. Literally, twenty-four hours is all it took. One day I was cruising along the...
Cleetus In An Aussie Burnout Contest! Watch As He Whips This LS-Powered Toyota Around!
Aussies love to shoot their mouths off about how no American can actually do a proper burnout. We happen to know some people with a wood-covered 1980s station wagon that could play that game quite...
Like 1970s Pro Stockers? This 1976 Plymouth Arrow Could Be The Start Of Something Killer!
Once racers in Pro Stock realized that smaller cars could get favorable weight breaks over the cars with the larger engines, all sorts of micro machines started to appear in the ranks. Pintos,...
Here’s The Latest Photos From The Tour de’ Orange SoCal Cruise
The cruise route was great, and had us cruising from Aliso Viejo over to Pacific Coast Highway and then up the coast through Laguna Beach and then up near Newport Beach. There we turned inland and...
Own Or Drive a 2006 Ford Ranger? You Might Want To Check To See If It’s On A New Airbag Recall
Once again, you can blame this one on exploding Takata airbag inflators. The Ford Ranger (and it’s Mazda B-series twin) are popular little trucks that are just about everywhere you look. But if...
Oh, No, It’s Here: Meet The General Motors Cruise AV, The First Vehicle Without Manual Controls
At first blush, you’d think that you are looking at a Chevrolet Bolt EV, and you aren’t too wrong. The vehicle, officially known as the General Motors Cruise AV, is based on the bolt, but...
Money No Object: This 1939 Chevrolet Hauler Rules All! Big-Block Power FTW!
Yeah, I’ve been in the Barrett-Jackson catalog again. At least, with the weather outside going to hell in a handbasket, I’ve got a reason to look at cars I can’t afford and dream...
Same Great Speed, Now With Less Noise: Meet The Genovation GXE, The Electric Vette!
Outside of the sensation of being somehow better than others because you are not burning fossil fuels when you drive, what is the one true benefit to an electric car? All the torque, all at once....
Panther Bodies Built To Run Rock! Check Out This Autocross-Built Ford Police Interceptor!
It’s been seven years since Ford finally shut down the Panther platform. The last body-on-frame sedans out there, the Crown Victoria, Grand Marquis and Town Car proved themselves to be solid...
Unveiled: 2019 Ford Edge ST – Putting A Sharper Tone To Ford’s Mid-Size SUV
When we first met the current-generation Ford Edge just prior to it’s official introduction back in early 2015, we had to draw one particular note: when equipped with the 2.7L V6, it had...
Scrapple, Your Guide To The “meh”-Worthy News! This Week: Electric Truck, Hipster Toast and More!
New year, same old dish. As everything outside of BangShift Mid-West gets coated in a nice, shiny layer of ice, we went through some of the news snippets that didn’t quite past the muster on...
Oh, Great…Not You Too: Ford Is Being Sued For Diesel-Related Issues Now
The lawyer firm of Hagens Berman has been a pretty busy place lately. Not only are they handling the lawsuits connected to the Volkswagen diesel case, they also went after General Motors for their...
Rough Start: The Stretch Geo Metro Is A Real Thing And Could Be A Solution To Your Parts-Hauling Problem!
“The car was built to fill a need that no car on the market could. To haul big loads and still get over 40 MPG.” That is the plan that set David Cloud on the path to stretching out a...
