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We Drive A JDM Freak! This 1995 Mitsubishi Chariot Resort Runner GT Is A Rally Rocket For The Whole Family!

Picture this: it’s the height of an automotive performance era, and executives at a car company are burning the midnight oil trying to figure out all sorts of ways to inject excitement into...

The 3hp Hellcat Tune Can Now Be Yours: Dodge Offering Security Mode That Locks Engine At Idle

(By Tom Lohnes) – Are you tired of your SRT vehicle getting stolen? Well, Dodge is too, and they’ve come up with a way to stop it. At the end of 2021, any Dodge Charger, Challenger, or...

Scrapple, Your Guide To The “meh”-Worthy News! This Week: Cat Thieves, Technoking And More!

Welcome to Spring! Flowers, trees, birds…allergies. Whatever…it’s another year and the season is already underway! So if you are just now crawling out to the garage and you...

The Fab Rats Cut In Half YJ Is Alive! Cut In Half, Chassis Extended, Suspension Linked, Body Lengthened, Brake Lines And Wiring, And Now A Running Ride!

Like I said before, the Fab Rats are not afraid to cut or modify whatever rolls into the shop. And they seem to have a lot of fun doing it! We’ve been following this build from the first cut,...

Here We Go Again: With Weak Sales Chrysler Nameplate May Be On The Chopping Block After PSA Merger

(By Tom Lohnes) – After selling only just over 31,000 vehicles in 2020, the Chrysler brand may be on the chopping block after the recent merge with PSA. If you do not live under a rock, you...

Best of 2020: How Lee Iacocca Almost Got A Lamborghini Edition Chrysler Imperial

(Imperial and Daytona renderings: Abimelec Design) It would be unfair to say that Lee Iacocca wasn’t a genius. Over his almost half-century in the auto game, the man had a ton of credits to his...

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BangShift Question Of The Day: Bring Back One Unloved Design And Make It Cool

In 2017 I penned a little April Fool’s piece about FCA jamming the Hellcat Hemi into everything within the portfolio at the time. And since then…well, see for yourself: Ram Trucks: Rebel...

Prodigal Buick: Driving A 1956 Special Back Home Where It Belongs

My father went through a few cars before his clock ran out in 2005. Most were simply daily beaters, nothing to get worked up about. He had a Pontiac GTO he always reminisced about, either a 1968 or...

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The Top 11 Worst Ever Special-Edition Vehicles

Oh the dreaded “special edition” car. In many ways it represents the worst part of the car-making business. These are packages born completely from the heads of people who count beans, sell ads,...

Rough Start: A Pontiac Grand Am That’s Begging For A New Beginning

Between the Pontiac Grand Am CA and the Chevrolet Malibu Black Sterling that I recently found, I’ve been foaming at the mouth of a 1978-82 GM A-body build. Look, I like the G-body cars....

BangShift Question Of The Day: What Is Your Hope For The 2021 Ford Bronco?

Today’s the day that Ford is set to unveil everything that they have been working on that has the name “Bronco” attached to it. Which, last we checked, was three items: a two-door...

Morning Symphony: LS1-Powered Subaru Forester Getting Kicked Off The Track At Powercruise

As I grew up and grew older, as minivans gave way to Explorers, Grand Cherokees and Tahoes, I wondered what the aftermarket landscape would look like when these were old, beat up vehicles and not the...

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2020 Lonestar Throwdown Photo Coverage: The Coolest Truck Show In The Country!

(Words and photos by Mike Brooks) – Over the past 9 years, the Lone Star Throwdown has evolved into one of the largest and most happening custom truck events in the country. The truck scene...

Ow, My Spleen: Brutal Tough Truck Action From The Clark County Fair

Tough truck competitions started out honest enough: whose truck was capable of man-handling an off-road course of bumps, jumps and other assorted obstacles. The goal was to be the fastest, and to not...