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BMW’s Last Diesel X5 Is Slower, Heavier, Weaker

BMW’s Last Diesel X5 Is Slower, Heavier, Weaker

Wheel Front Team Sep 13, 2026

Only 6.5 percent of new cars registered in Europe during the first half of 2026 ran on diesel. A decade ago, that number was north of 50 percent. Into that collapsing market, BMW just rolled a 2027 X5 40d xDrive…

BMW’s i3 Sedan Hints at the Next 3 Series’ Future

BMW’s i3 Sedan Hints at the Next 3 Series’ Future

Wheel Front Team Sep 13, 2026

The 2027 BMW i3 50 xDrive rolled into the Turin Motor Show this weekend wearing M Le Castellet Blue and a predominantly white interior, offering…

Tesla’s Roadster Finally Gets a Date After Nine Years

Tesla’s Roadster Finally Gets a Date After Nine Years

Wheel Front Team Sep 13, 2026

Tesla posted a single image on X Saturday showing its long-promised Roadster bathed in launch-pad lighting with “10.01” stamped across the bottom and the caption…

Google Maps Is Choking on Its Own Success

Google Maps Is Choking on Its Own Success

Wheel Front Team Sep 12, 2026

Seven billion devices now rely on GPS worldwide. That number helps explain why your morning commute shortcut through that quiet residential street no longer works.…

BMW’s Chennai Plant Now Builds Its Priciest EV

BMW’s Chennai Plant Now Builds Its Priciest EV

Wheel Front Team Sep 12, 2026

BMW’s Chennai plant just became the only factory outside Germany trusted to assemble the i7, the company’s most expensive and technically complex electric sedan. Production…

Tesla’s FSD Safety Claims Hit a Wall Before v15

Tesla’s FSD Safety Claims Hit a Wall Before v15

Wheel Front Team Sep 12, 2026

Ashok Elluswamy, Tesla’s AI lead, responded to a near-miss video this week by promising that Full Self-Driving version 15 will deliver “even earlier prediction of…

Toyota Wants Your Car to Photograph What You Stare At

Toyota Wants Your Car to Photograph What You Stare At

Wheel Front Team Sep 12, 2026

A patent application published last week describes a Toyota system that uses interior cameras to track a driver’s eye movements, then commands exterior cameras to…

Porsche 718 EV Drops Its Camo at the Nürburgring

Porsche 718 EV Drops Its Camo at the Nürburgring

Wheel Front Team Sep 12, 2026

A prototype of the electric Porsche 718 Boxster was photographed lapping the Nürburgring this week wearing almost nothing. No body cladding. No vinyl wrap distorting…

Ram’s $40K Euro Van Is a Lifeline, Not a Strategy

Ram’s $40K Euro Van Is a Lifeline, Not a Strategy

Wheel Front Team Sep 12, 2026

Ram is bringing back the ProMaster City for 2027 at $39,995 including destination, making it the cheapest new work van you can buy in America.…

Mini’s 1998 GT Has JCW Bones but Can’t Justify Its Price

Mini’s 1998 GT Has JCW Bones but Can’t Justify Its Price

Wheel Front Team Sep 12, 2026

Mini just revealed the 1998 GT, the latest in its “Icon drop” series of limited-edition cars, and on paper it sounds like exactly the kind…