Category Archive: BangShift News, FORD
Performance Figures And Prices Released For The Ford Focus RS:
It’s been a long time since a four-cylinder pocket rocket made us salivate with anticipation, and the Ford Focus RS is that car. Handed down from a lineage of hot-rod Focuses that were not...
Flashback Feature: The Mid-Engined 1978 Oldsmobile 442 – How Many Of You Remember This Ride?
The moment I saw the pictures, memories of seeing this car in the old magazines I had pawed through for years came flooding back. Some cars stand out because of the owner and their antics, or because...
A Look Back At Mitsubishi’s Better Years With A 1973 Colt Galant GTO GS-R
Currently, Mitsubishi is one of those car manufacturers that is sitting on everyone’s “Death Watch”. We get the Outlander and the horrifyingly bad Mirage, a car the shape and color...
This 1967 Mercury Cougar Looks Awesome, Runs Hard And Is Going To Piss Off A Lot Of People…
Even before the start of Holley’s 2015 LS Fest, I knew what I was looking for above all else: any car that would add rocket fuel to the fire of the torches of the anti-LS movement. It’s...
Top 11: McTaggart’s Picks From LS Fest 2015 – With Hundreds Of Cars Present, How Do You Decide?
Pick eleven cars from LS Fest for a list. Sounds easy, but it isn’t. Holley had eleven cars in front of their display that I would’ve sold a sibling into slavery for, and that...
Coming Soon To New Cars Near You: Automatic Braking! The Lowdown On The Newest Feature Needed For Low-Performance Drivers
It is kind of sad that it has come to this, but the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) and the NHTSA, that lovely group that gets absolutely torched in Congressional reviews has been on...
Epic Craigslist Find: The Comfort Of A Caddy And The Go-Anywhere Nature Of A K5 Blazer, All In One!
A good friend of mine, Joe, used to own a Cadillac Eldorado somewhat like the one pictured. Dark green, tan top, cream-colored interior and doted on as if it was his first love. Hell, it might have...
If You’re Going To Make A Run On The Street, Make Sure You Aren’t Up Against A COP!
I’ll admit it openly and honestly: I don’t do it often, but occasionally I’ll run a stoplight drag race. I usually do it for two reasons: either I know the guy next to me and...
Unhinged: Who Has The Moral High Ground, The Man Who Got His Car Keyed Or The Newspaper Editor Who Wishes She Could’ve Done It?
It all started when a 48-year-old man in the U.K. named Gary Brissett took his key and proceeded to add some impromptu pinstripes to an Aston Martin V8 Vantage that was parked at a supermarket. No...
This Stunt Video Is Filled With Nothing But Absolutely Insane Participants And Tire Smoke…We Love It!
There are tons upon tons of “stunt videos” on YouTube. Someone pulling a wheelie. Someone who drifted a corner or two. It almost gets boring, but it has an added effect: after seeing...
Neoclassical Mutt: Check Out This Strange Kanzler Coupe For Sale!
During the height of the Malaise Era of automotive apathy in the 1970’s and 1980’s, there were a host of companies that churned out caricatures of classic 1930’s luxury car designs based on the...
Somernites Cruise Coverage: More Sweetness From The Huge Kentucky Cruise
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Gallery FOUR. If you get through this one you’ve made it halfway through our coverage of this event. Believe it or not I don’t take pictures of...
RideTech Fifth Generation Camaro Parts! Strong Arms, Splined Muscle Bar, Rear Cradle Bushing Kit, Install Tool
We just got done with a weekend at LS Fest watching 5th generation Camaros tear through corners, cones, and the drag strip. Well you too can make your stuff handle like a demonic slot car by using...
