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Category Archive: CRASH & BURN, Videos

Watch This Explorer Go For Distance (No Rednecks Were Harmed In The Making Of This YouTube Video)

Before the Internet, daydreaming meant that you were staring off into space while your mind was taking a trip to Aruba or something like that. In the Age of Internet, I’m pretty sure that for a...

Check Out The Sexy That Hurst Is Bringing Back! It’s Not Linda Vaughn…But It’s Close!

The aftermarket is getting better and better about cool videos all the time, and we like what the guys at Hurst have ended up rolling with. We dig the message of this video, the style, and the...

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Ferrari Enzo Wrecked In Connecticut Was Being Driven By Dealership Technicians-Cue “Ferris Bueller” jokes.

(Courtesy of Jalopnik/Michael Ballaban) The owner of a Ferrari Enzo might be on the hunt for a new shop for his Enzo after two technicians fishtailed the Italian hypercar coming off of an on-ramp,...

A 4 Cylinder Briggs And Stratton?! Watch How These Guys Put One Together That Runs!

A few months ago Brian ran a video of an inline 4 cylinder Briggs and Stratton engine that some dudes put together themselves and that actually starts and runs bitchin. Well he missed the mark on...

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These Slow-Motion Crash Tests Will Have You Cringing In Real Time

Crash-testing a vehicle is the perfect real-world method of seeing how a car will stand up to a variety of impacts. Whether it be head-on, an offset crash, a side-impact crash or a rear impact,...

The Moment That A Driver Fears: Watch The Footage of Guerlain Chicherit’s Attempt At the World Record for Longest Jump

Guerlain Chicherit is a 36 year old French rally driver and accomplished freestyle skier who has had his eye on the world record for longest vehicle jump, a record that’s been held by Tanner...

Ouch! Hot Rod Blocks Traffic After An Accident In New Zealand

(Photo: New Zealand Daily Herald/George Novak) It’s always cringeworthy when you hear of someone’s pride and joy getting wrecked. It’s seriously cringeworthy when you make the paper...

Watch A Kid Scare The Hell Out Of His Dad In A Sleeper LS-Turbo Fairmont!

This is like a great version of a gearhead silent movie. While we don’t get to hear the conversation between the driver (son) and the passenger (dad) we do get to hear the turbocharged LS...

New Jeep Renegade Commercial – Hipsters Replaced Off-Roading

The last time I posted something about the upcoming Jeep Renegade cute-ute, I made it clear that it was the furthest thing possible from what a Jeep stood for. It’s tiny, underpowered, low,...

Carnage Video: Watch a Geo Metro Get Turned Into Farm Fertilizer!

Ah, the manure spreader. It doesn’t lead a glorious life. It spends every second of it’s life either taking crap, giving crap, being filled with crap, or reeking of crap. That’s a...

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The Promotional Video for the 1978 Dodge Aspen Lineup Is The Most Seventies Thing I’ve Seen…Ever!

It’s not a secret around BangShift that I’m a fan of Chrysler’s F-J-M bodystyles. I’ve at some point or another have dealt with all three: I almost had a really decent Aspen (F-car) when I...

BMW Takes Flight, No Dixie Horn Needed – An Incredible Jump From The Viru Rally In Estonia

You’ve gotta love rally. Insane speeds while driving like a maniac over any surface you can think of with a screaming passenger just sounds like a load of fun. It’s great to watch and a...

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The Best Oil Sales Video In History. Piston King Motor Oil’s Dipstick Films Rule!

While looking at a video yesterday that someone sent in I noticed an ad on YouTube for Piston King Motor Oil. I clicked it because the logo looked cool and I’d never heard of Piston King Motor...

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GM got mileage around the world from its “Baseball, Hot Dogs, Apple Pie and Chevrolet” ad

Back in 1974 Chevrolet launched the “Baseball, Hot Dogs, Apple Pie and Chevrolet” campaign, and those ads have been recognized by none other than Car and Driver as the best automobile...