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Category Archive: CAR FEATURES, OTHER, Videos

Jay Leno Takes A Close Look At The Brand New 2016 Cadillac CTS-V…200 MPH, Handling For Days, And More Power Than Jay’s Personal CTS-V Coupe!

Ever since Cadillac brought the CTS-V to market in 2004, the concept of the wreath-and-crest cars being rolling Titanics with vertical taillights, more interior fluff than a Build-A-Bear workshop and...

Roadkill Extra! Freiburger, Finnegan and Dodge Put Eight Fans Inside Hellcats And Vipers For A Showdown!

If you are going to be sponsored by a name as big as Dodge, there really is only one way to work the deal properly so that both sides benefit from the relationship and the audience has nothing to...

It’s A Four By Four And A Church Bus…Motorweek Takes A Look Back At A 2000 Chevrolet Van Converted By Quigley!

Ah, the cargo van. With the demise of the Ford Econoline, the full-size American cargo van has finally disappeared into history, but not so long ago the Chevrolet Express, GMC Savana, and the...

Pennzoil’s Drifting Yellow Hellcat Challenger Is Back And Fully WFO In The Prequel To The “Airlift Drift” Ad

Earlier this year Pennzoil returned to our radar in a big way with their “Airlift Drift” advertisement that involved a bright yellow Dodge Challenger Hellcat being driven sideways at...

SEMA 2015: The Rollout After-Party And SEMA Ignited! From The Parade Out To Drifting And A Cacklefest, This Is Where The Show Lets Loose!

The end of the main show at SEMA on Friday afternoon has fluctuated between awesome (picture a monster truck Chevy and a Lexus LF-A sitting next to each other at the intersection of Paradise Road and...

Hang In The Hot Rod Garage With Tony As He Performs An Autopsy On His Demon’s Freshly-Siezed 340!

A little while ago, Hot Rod Garage’s Tony Angelo got a swift kick in the kiddies when the 340 in his Dodge Demon went full-stop during a cam break-in and all but locked up. Instead of bringing...

MORE: MOPAR, TECH, Videos

Question Of The Day: Has YouTube Influenced Your Automotive Leanings Any, And If So, How?

YouTube has been the world’s greatest drain on productivity since it appeared on the Internet in 2005. A majority of my day is spent surfing YouTube for work, never mind what I do on my time...

Crash And Burn: This 8-Second Honda Pile-Drives The Barrier Before Doing A Barrel Roll And Landing On It’s Roof!

At about 150 miles an hour, aerodynamic forces go from being an afterthought to being a concern for any automobile driver. Lift is a genuine concern, and any air that can get underneath a car can...

The Sloppy Mechanics Give A Buick Regal GS A Turbo, A Buttload Of Nitrous And A Viking Funeral In One Shot!

In their annual tradition of giving a junkyard-bound beater the ultimate sendoff, the Sloppy Mechanics turned their tools onto a car that coincidentally enough, has a relevant feature for BangShift:...

BangShift.com LIVE From SEMA 2015 Continues Today! 3:00 Pacific – Street Outlaws Chief, Aaron From Gas Monkey Replay From Yesterday On Now.

That’s right folks, BangShift.com will once again be broadcasting live from the SEMA Show in Las Vegas starting next Tuesday at 3pm Pacific Time! Thanks to our friends at Aeromotive Fuel...

The Utah Alliance Is Calling Out The BLM In This Video On Bonneville’s Future!

The BLM is probably one of the least liked government agencies when it comes to automotive enthusiasts. For decades the off-road community has gone head to head with them, whether for access to...

MORE: HISTORIC

RJ Anderson Pushes A Polaris RZR To The Limit In An Industrial Wasteland In XP1K3

We were standing at BFGoodrich’s gigantic projector screen in the Silver Lot at SEMA when UTVUnderground and RJ Anderson unveiled their new XP1K3 video. Anderson has made a name for himself by...

Classic YouTube: Motorweek Takes A Look Back At The 1993 Escort Cosworth RS – The Escort We Deserved, But Didn’t Get

The 1993 Ford Escort, for American buyers, was pretty much the same boring pile of “blech” that had been served hot and fresh on a paper plate since 1990. The nicest thing we will ever...

Bringing Four Generations Of Family Together Over A 1951 Chevrolet – How One Car Connected A Family

To some people a car is just that, a car. Even gearheads can think this…they build, they break, they enjoy it just the same, but in the end it is still glass, metal and rubber. To others, the...