Category Archive: BangShift News, Unhinged
Unhinged: Ten Auto Manufacturers Are Being Sued Over Keyless Ignitions – This Might Be The Most Idiotic Lawsuit Yet!
Auto manufacturers have been through the ringer the last few years, admittedly by their own fault. Toyota’s “unintended acceleration” deal. GM’s ignition system. Honda’s...
The City Of San Juan, Texas Has Outlawed Cruising – Not Just Driving, But It Is Now Illegal For Business Owners To Allow Car Meets!
(Photos: Cruise Nights in the 956 Facebook page) San Juan, Texas, a tiny town in southern Hidalgo County, has recently passed an ordinance that has not only banned cruising (actual slow driving to...
The FCA Rumor Mill: We Take A Look At The News That Is Flying Around The Internet
Within the last 24 hours, the Internet exploded with all of the rumors it could possibly handle regarding FCA’s future lineup, all of which are coming from a dealer conference in Las Vegas....
1800 Miles Or Bust! One Awesome Weekend At the Speedway Motors CAM Challenge East
As I’m sitting here in front of my computer, nearly three weeks after the conclusion of the Speedway Motors CAM Challenge East SCCA solo event held at Grissom Air Reserve Base in Peru Indiana from...
Unhinged: The Fastest Dealership Vehicle Purchase We’ve Ever Seen (That Didn’t Require A Suitcase Full Of Cash)
My in-laws have been hem-hawing around the issue of a new vehicle for a few years now. It’s not like they don’t need one…between the two of them, there is a 1997 Tahoe that...
Classic YouTube: It’s Big, It’s Brown, And It Hauls! It’s A 700-horse Caprice Wagon!
If you want to see one car that Brian, Chad and I would all agree on, this slightly ragged-looking 1980s Chevy Caprice wagon would be a great choice. For Chad, it’s a Chevy wagon. For Brian,...
Ebay Find: A 158-mile Old 1982 Oldsmoble Omega – The Car Has Pretty Much Sat For 33 Years And The Plastics STILL Fell Apart!
I’ve said it before on these pages and I’ll say it again: the front-wheel-drive Oldsmobile Omega just might be the most pointless vehicle ever produced. Born as one of the RWD X-car four...
It’s Official: UK Buyers Want The 5.0 Mustang! Here’s How The Sales Broke Down…
The amount of speculation on how the United Kingdom would take to fully legal, imported Ford Mustangs was immediate grounds for speculation. Some said that they simply wouldn’t move like Ford...
The Bugatti EB110 SS: The Forgotten Supercar That Has Somehow Aged Very Well
When the Bugatti EB110 first appeared in 1991, I couldn’t stomach it’s looks. I was eight years old, too, and I did not know about things like it’s four-wheel-drive system,...
2015 Syracuse Nationals: More Photos From The Show That Pulls Thousands Of Cars From Around America
(Photos by Brooks/Ferrer) – Just when you thought it was safe to go outside, we’re back with more images from the 2015 Syracuse Nationals. Jose and Mike were face first into this show for...
This Restomodded Mazda RX-3 Is A Fun Little Screamer! Good Looks And That Rotary Noise…
Mazda’s RX-3 is like the early Toyota Celica: they look like a miniaturized Japanese take on an American muscle car. Powered by the 12A 1.2L Wankel rotary engine, they were the most popular...
This Suburban Blurs The Line Between Mudding And Swimming – Was That A Fish That Just Brushed Your Leg?
Where does one draw the line between mudding and a sunken truck? Is it when the bumper dips below the water line? Maybe it is when tire motion is only noticeable by ripples along the surface of the...
Unhinged: “Pro Commuter”…Does The Daily Beater/MPG Ride Have To Suck?
Don’t ask me how or why I coined the term Pro Commuter when I wrote about an Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera GT. I was honestly flailing words around so that I could finish a post and move on with my...
Top 11: BangShift’s Picks From Mecum Dallas 2015 – Our Choices From A Musclecar-Heavy Lineup!
Normally, mulling through any auction house’s listings page is like reading Hemmings…sure, the cars are nice, possibly rare, but they are certainly out of your price range and are way too...