Watch Chris Harris Hoon A New Z/28 Around A Wet Track Just Because
Chris Harris from /drive is currently one of my favorite presenters doing the automotive gig right now. Think of him as a shorter, less offensive and more brown version of Jeremy Clarkson: he’s...
Check Out The Trailer For Forza Horizon 2: All In-Game Footage And It Looks Spectacular
Winter is coming, and it’s supposed to be a nasty one this year. Rain, snow, ice and cold temperatures do not make for happy BangShifters (excepting our Nordic friends, who don’t seem to...
Forgotten Concept: 1981 Ford-McLaren Mustang M81
1981, the year that could be considered one of, if not the weakest and lowest year for automotive fun. The GM mid sizes were wheezing forms of their former selves. The F-car twins and the Corvette...
Drag Week 2014 Roadside Find: This 1957 Chevy 1-Ton Wearing An Old Camper Is Perfection
Here’s a sweet roadside find from the road on Drag Week 2014 that we ran into yesterday at a route checkpoint. The truck was kind of hidden in the back but once my wandering eye caught it, I...
Unhinged: Did The Factory Skunkworks Teams Go Away?
At the ripe old age of thirty-one (stop laughing), I grew up just as Detroit was waking up from the coma the EPA induced using a baseball bat in the early Seventies. 5.0 Mustangs and IROC Camaros...
Drag Week 2014 Roadside Find: Muffler Car! This (Was) A Running And Driving Promo Vehicle
One of my favorite parts about Drag Week is the fact that competitors have to drive on a predetermined route to the next track. On the route they have to pay attention, wear seat belts, and stop at...
Tanner Foust’s New Global RallyCross VW Beetle Makes A Teaser Appearance, Demands To Be Taken Seriously
Tanner Foust, the lovable little imp from Top Gear USA and professional rallycross driver, has ditched his Ford Festiva WRC ride for a Volkswagen Beetle. But don’t be too quick to like up the...
Watch As This Toyota Land Cruiser Takes A Lesiurely Swim In An Australian River
The standard rule of thumb when it comes to crossing a river in a car of any type is: DON’T. Ask anyone in Phoenix right now who had the misfortune of learning the hard way this week. But...
Check This Out: Highly Detailed Model Trucks And Scenery At A Show In Germany
Most of us are used to the point-and-squirt style of remote controlled vehicles. But the highly detailed R/C car business is a big deal in other parts of the world. This video was taken this April at...
Enjoy This Classical Rally Footage Of Ford Escorts Playing In The Woods
Oh, yes, this rules. This movie was compiled together from Ford historical footage, so ignore the stupid late-1980’s music playing in the film and enjoy the sounds and sights of Ford Escorts...
Ferrari CEO di Montezemelo Steps Down! What Is The Future Of The Prancing Horse?
It’s official: Luca di Montezemelo stepped down as CEO of Ferrari. After years fighting with Fiat owner Sergio Marchionne over Ferrari’s production direction coupled with a disastrous...
Hotchkis Sport Suspension End Of Summer Sale Means Big Time Savings Are At Hand! Over $1,000 On Some Products
Sad as it is to say, Summer is nearly over and that means (for most of us) that it will be soon time to park the cars and get thinking on plans for 2015. Well, the people at Hotchkis know that and...
Three Guys, A Dragster, A Wounded Station Wagon, And A Rickety Trailer – An Adventure For The Ages In 1978
(Words and Photos by Carl Blanton) – (Editor’s note: There are few cooler things in the world to read than racers telling their stories of high adventure from back in the day. I was...
Gallery: Cool Engines Captured From The BangShift Photo Vault
(Photos from the BangShift collection) — I have always thought that engines make for compelling photos. The way people modify them, the way they dress them up, the way they try to disguise or...
