Category Archive: Apex Spotlight, Apex Video, BangShift APEX, Event Coverage, FUNNY STUFF, RACING & ACTION, Videos
O’Reilly Auto Parts, Vice Grip Garage, Tony Angelo, Alex Taylor, And Tate Morgan Race Pontiac Aztek’s In The Desert And Invited Us To Join Them!
Jun 02, 2024Chad ReynoldsComments Off on O’Reilly Auto Parts, Vice Grip Garage, Tony Angelo, Alex Taylor, And Tate Morgan Race Pontiac Aztek’s In The Desert And Invited Us To Join Them!
A few months ago, Derek Bieri, the man behind Vice Grip Garage and Roadworthy Rescue, gave me a call and said “I have a stupid idea and I want you to be a part of it.” My response was...
This Look At The Coolest Ferrari Movie and TV Cars Of All Time Is Great – 1980s Greatness and More
May 29, 2024Brian LohnesComments Off on This Look At The Coolest Ferrari Movie and TV Cars Of All Time Is Great – 1980s Greatness and More
When we think of iconic TV and movie cars, there’s a short list that people default to. KITT, The General Lee, Herbie, and on and on we go. But what of Ferrari? Just when you think it’s a...
History Video: The Changing Architecture Of The Automobile Is A Neat Film About Styling History Made In The 1970s
May 28, 2024Brian LohnesComments Off on History Video: The Changing Architecture Of The Automobile Is A Neat Film About Styling History Made In The 1970s
History is a really neat thing to look at, especially when it comes to cars, right? We get to see the evolution of not only the mechanical end of the machines, we get to see the styling involved as...
Back In 1960 England You Could Cruise Your Steam Traction Engine To The Store, Slowly
May 28, 2024Brian LohnesComments Off on Back In 1960 England You Could Cruise Your Steam Traction Engine To The Store, Slowly
Ahh, 1960. It was about 15 years after the end of WWII, the cold war was brewing up nicely between Russia and everyone else, England had returned back to its jolly ol’ self, and pipe smoking...
10 Minutes Of Brilliance: This Collection Of Vintage VW Television Ads Is Fantastic
May 28, 2024Brian LohnesComments Off on 10 Minutes Of Brilliance: This Collection Of Vintage VW Television Ads Is Fantastic
When it comes to the advertising game on television, especially when we speak about it in terms of automobiles, there’s “before VW” and “after VW”. The way that...
The End Of The Line: This Review Of The 1991 Chevrolet Caprice Station Wagon Shows The End Of An Era
May 21, 2024Brian LohnesComments Off on The End Of The Line: This Review Of The 1991 Chevrolet Caprice Station Wagon Shows The End Of An Era
The 1991 Chevy Caprice station wagon was not some massive revelation in the automotive world but it was (and many people sensed it at the time) basically the closing chapter on something that had...
Awesome Video: Watch Shirley Muldowney Nearly Win A Celebrity Demolition Derby In 1976!
May 16, 2024Brian LohnesComments Off on Awesome Video: Watch Shirley Muldowney Nearly Win A Celebrity Demolition Derby In 1976!
This is why the internet still spins our crank. Seemingly every day we run across a video, a photo, something, that captures a moment we never knew existed in the first place. Seriously, raise your...
This 1979 Jeep Truck Commercial Pits The Truck Against A Tank! Pretty Funny Stuff
May 15, 2024Brian LohnesComments Off on This 1979 Jeep Truck Commercial Pits The Truck Against A Tank! Pretty Funny Stuff
We tend to love 1970s car and truck ads around here for their campiness, not really their creativity. This ons bucks that trend because it is creative, campy, and actually awesome. You are going to...
The New Bird: This 1982 Review Shows Us Just How Far A Leap Forward The 3rd Gen Pontiac Firebird Was
May 14, 2024Brian LohnesComments Off on The New Bird: This 1982 Review Shows Us Just How Far A Leap Forward The 3rd Gen Pontiac Firebird Was
When Ford rolled out their all-new 1979 Mustang, GM was kind of caught flat-footed. Their second-generation F-bodies had been soldiering on for the better part of a decade at that point and in public...
Tony Angelo And Derek Bieri, Two Car Buying “Experts” Try To Guess Current Car PRICES!! If You Expect Them To Be Great At This, You Are Crazy. It’s a DISASTER.
May 09, 2024Chad Reynolds1
Tony Angelo and Derek Bieri suffer from a condition known as automotiveacquititis, a condition I have suffered from for more than 30 years. It’s not fatal, but it can be tough. It involves an...
Classic Wreckage Video: This 1992 Monster Truck, Pulling, and Mud Bog Crash Compilation Is A Whammy Bar Good Time
May 07, 2024Brian LohnesComments Off on Classic Wreckage Video: This 1992 Monster Truck, Pulling, and Mud Bog Crash Compilation Is A Whammy Bar Good Time
Let’s be kids again, shall we? This trip back to 1992 is great because we don’t just see the biggest names of the monster truck world engaged in battle, we see the top pullers, and the...
Was The 1983 Dodge Charger 2.2 The Real First Step Back To Performance Cars At Chrysler?
May 06, 2024Brian LohnesComments Off on Was The 1983 Dodge Charger 2.2 The Real First Step Back To Performance Cars At Chrysler?
That title sounds like some kind of s sick joke when you watch a video about a car that made 94hp but we think that it’s a truthful question to ask. Lee Iacocca saved Chrysler by building loads...
Fun Watch: This Look Back At The Maserati Quattroporte Is Informative and Convincing As To Just How Good It Was
May 01, 2024Brian LohnesComments Off on Fun Watch: This Look Back At The Maserati Quattroporte Is Informative and Convincing As To Just How Good It Was
It’s always fun to learn the stories behind the stories of cars that we either didn’t care much about when they were new or never knew they existed in the first place. In this case the...
This MotorWeek Retro Review of A 1988 Pontiac LeMans Is Hilarious And Telling Of 1980s GM Thinking
Apr 30, 2024Brian LohnesComments Off on This MotorWeek Retro Review of A 1988 Pontiac LeMans Is Hilarious And Telling Of 1980s GM Thinking
We’re pretty sure it went something like this in the meeting room. “Wilson we need a car name here at Pontiac that people remember, but one that we have not whizzed on yet.” Young...