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Rare Fox: This 1986 Mercury Cougar XR-7 Turbo Is A Nearly Extinct 80’s Performance Car You Probably Forgot Existed!

Just about every gearhead out there looks back fondly at their high school ride. Wile some of you may still have your first car, most everyone (myself included) sold their teenage chariot long ago....

Unveiled: 2019 Chevrolet Blazer. Well, It’s Here, A Camaro-Like Crossover…

It’s right there, and I can’t un-see the resemblance, no matter how hard I try. Yes, I complained about the interior room of the sixth-gen Camaro every single, solitary time I drove...

Car Feature Re-Run: The King Komet, A 1968 Mercury Cyclone Drag Race Survivor

There’s a lame saying about old drag cars and how they never die and it is total crap. Old drag cars get bent, wrecked, blown up, burned down, hacked up, and restored to factory condition all...

DeMuro Vs. A 1977 Cadillac Eldorado – Age Before Beauty Or Yield To Tonnage?

I don’t know Doug DeMuro. Never met the guy. I’ve only seen his writings and his YouTube content. The only facts I know about him is that he’s just a few years younger than me,...

Going Fast With Class: This 1964 Buick Wildcat Was No GTO, But It Was No Slouch Either

I’ve had an unhealthy, or perhaps healthy fascination with the Buick Wildcat since I first saw one in this exact color roaming the streets of my little Massachusetts town. In fact, the car that...

Unhinged: Rekindling An Old Flame With A Six-Speed SRT Challenger

As you’ve seen recently, I’ve been lucky enough to make friends at some of the local dealerships. This allows me to get behind the wheel of some vehicles that ordinarily I’d never...

BangShift Test-Drive: 2018 Buick Regal TourX AWD: Trying Out A Wagon In A Sea Of SUVs

I don’t care how Buick wants to market the Regal TourX…it’s a station wagon. A turbocharged, all-wheel-drive station wagon, but a wagon nonetheless. And that’s ok…the...

Rare Forced Air: This 1980 Monte Carlo Turbo Is Not Something You See Every Day!

Back when I was in high school in the late 1990’s, my friend Greg had a thing for GM G-Body cars of the Chevrolet variety. He had a 1986 Monte Carlo that we called the “PseudoSport”...

Cheap Shop Truck Idea: Hack Up A Minivan! This 1994 Plymouth Voyager Can Haul Whatever You Need Now That It’s Done Hauling Brats Around!

The Chrysler minivans were the answer to the prayers of what had been a failing automaker just a few years prior when they debuted in 1984. A box on wheels that wasn’t the massive truck-based...

BangShift Test Drive: 2018 Jeep Wrangler JL Unlimited Sport 4×4 – Rest Easy, It’s Still Every Part A Jeep!

When a manufacturer has a vehicle they make that is popular, sells, and has a fan base best described as “rabid”, approaching a new generation of the model becomes a harrowing experience...

Soaking Behemoth – The Mack Super Pumper Was A Locomotive Engined Fire Fighter That Could Extinguish Hell Itself (And Often Did)

(Lead image: Philip Goldstein) – In the early 1960s the New York City Fire Department was facing a host of problems. The world around them was growing ever taller, ever more compact, and ever...

The Coolest Buick On Earth Is For Sale: 1965 Buick Wildcat – Dual Quad 425 Nailhead, Four Speed, Convertible!

Just when you think it is safe to go outside, killer muscle cars that you never knew existed pop out of the woodwork. In this case it just happens to be the coolest Buick on Earth, a 1965 Buick...

BangShift Test Drive: The BMW M760i Is A Twin Turbocharged, All-Wheel Drive, 600hp Monster – Gallery, Video

Let’s get a few things out of the way right off the bat. Yes, this car costs $179,586 per the window sticker provided by BMW. Yes, this car is designed to transport people with big bucks in...

Unveiled: 2019 Ram – An All-New Truck To Compete In The Heated Marketplace!

Ram, like Dodge before the split, refreshens trucks on a glacial scale. The current generation has been on sale since 2009, and while that isn’t nearly as long as the D/W-series’...