Category Archive: Apex Video, BangShift APEX, Unhinged
Unhinged: Hyundai RM-19 – Embrace The Wild Past Already And Reap The Rewards
Dec 03, 2019Bryan McTaggart2
To date, one of my favorite pieces I’ve ever written for BangShift was the review of the Kia Stinger GT. The summary of the deal: Kia built a car that could legitimately take on a 5.7L powered...
Best of 2019: How To Drive Your Hot Rod 101, Courtesy Of This Guy And His 1967 Mercury Cougar
Dec 01, 2019Bryan McTaggart1
Most anybody who has ridden with me while I drive can tell you I tend to have a slightly aggressive driving style. What does that mean? It means that I’ve got no problem putting an on-ramp to...
Unhinged: You Are Not Too Pretty To Dance
Nov 17, 2019Bryan McTaggart3
A forewarning in advance…it’s been a long day and I’m about zonked. If you want to skip ahead to Jon Chase from Hoonigan flaying his sweet Nova, go right ahead. I met Jon in Vegas...
Unhinged: I Looked, And Behold, A Fattened Horse, Which Rode Upon The Lightning
Nov 16, 2019Bryan McTaggart14
It started life as a shot at gaining youth market share, a way to capitalize on the incoming Baby Boomer generation as they gained enough spending money to pick up a lower-budget sporty car that they...
Unhinged: DeSotos And Fargos And Luminas – The Middle East Car Diaries
Nov 01, 2019Bryan McTaggart4
According to the paperwork that tracked every move I made in the Army, I spent the better part of two years in the Middle East. For that time, I was either in Kuwait or Iraq. And for the majority of...
Unhinged: $ 454 Billion To Push Electric Vehicles Onto Consumers? Sounds Like Cash 4 Clunkers 2
Oct 26, 2019Bryan McTaggart10
For the last five years or so, the idea of widespread electric vehicle use has shifted from an almost laughable proposition into a serious matter. Look at the sales of plug-in hybrids. Look at the...
Unhinged: Drifting In Iraq And Why It’s Important
Oct 25, 2019Bryan McTaggart1
I have a question for you: can you identify anything about the country of Iraq that doesn’t involve any tie to a war? Think back twenty, thirty, forty years. It is difficult, isn’t it?...
Unhinged: 2020 Jeep Gladiator “Scrambler” – Never Forget Your Roots
Oct 24, 2019Bryan McTaggart2
Okay, for the most part, it’s a 2020 Jeep Gladiator S. It’s got the 3.6L V6, it’s an automatic, and it has all of the goodies that you would expect from a brand-new JT Gladiator. If...
Unhinged: More Mopar Musings And A Monaco With A Three On The Tree
Oct 16, 2019Bryan McTaggart2
I’ve absolutely relished my weird side here ever since Brian and Chad decided that I would make a great addition to BangShift. Pushing six years in, that hasn’t changed too much. What has...
Unhinged: The Kevin Hart Crash, The CHP, And What It Might Mean For You
Sep 11, 2019Bryan McTaggart16
On September 1, 2019, comedian Kevin Hart, along with Jared Black and an unnamed third passenger, were involved in a single-vehicle accident in Calabasas, California. Black was at the wheel of...
Unhinged: Roast The Late-Model Driver Nanny Of Your Choice!
Aug 30, 2019Bryan McTaggart9
In a study conducted by J.D. Power, drivers of newer vehicles with features like lane-depart assist are more annoyed than anything by them. One of the figures cited was the amount of people...
Unhinged: Can A Car Meet Save Your Soul?
Aug 29, 2019Bryan McTaggart3
Can a car meet save your soul, or is it just destined to turn into a gathering in a parking lot that will have plenty of phones at the ready to record the next “Crowd-Killer Mustang” meme...
Unhinged: No Filming At The Nurburgring Without Pre-Approval – Bad For The Community?
Aug 25, 2019Bryan McTaggart3
I genuinely thought this was a clickbait video when I first watched it. Auto Addiction is a YouTube channel that has consistently provided great footage from the Nurburgring in Germany. We’ve...
Unhinged: A Final Look Back At The 2019 Danchuk Tri-Five Nationals
Aug 16, 2019Bryan McTaggart1
Covering the Danchuk Tri-Five Nationals is both a treat and a curse for me. The treat part is that I get to show you some of the best examples of the breed of Chevrolet that many, gearheads and...






