Automotive News

Truck Hoods Are Now Tall Enough to Floor Half of America

Truck Hoods Are Now Tall Enough to Floor Half of America

Wheel Front Team Jun 25, 2026

A hood height of 45 inches doesn’t sound like much until you realize it catches a grown adult at chest level. That’s the average clearance on a new pickup truck. According to a New York Times investigation pulling from federal…

This Dutch Startup Wants You to Ride Your Hypercar

This Dutch Startup Wants You to Ride Your Hypercar

Wheel Front Team Jun 25, 2026

A Netherlands-based company called Sanrivatti has no engine specs, no powertrain details, and no confirmed engineering partnerships. What it does have is a seating position…

Porsche Kills the Cayman GT4 Racer, Hands the Job to 911

Porsche Kills the Cayman GT4 Racer, Hands the Job to 911

Wheel Front Team Jun 25, 2026

For a decade, the Cayman was Porsche’s GT4 workhorse. More than 1,500 race cars built since 2016, a genuine grassroots motorsport success story. Now the…

Your Smart Devices Are Snitching on You to Cops

Your Smart Devices Are Snitching on You to Cops

Wheel Front Team Jun 24, 2026

Leonardo, the Italian defense contractor, has already begun deploying a surveillance technology called SignalTrace that turns ordinary license plate reader cameras into something far more…

Automakers Threaten to Quit California Over a Data Law

Automakers Threaten to Quit California Over a Data Law

Wheel Front Team Jun 24, 2026

The Alliance for Automotive Innovation, representing General Motors, Toyota, Volkswagen, Hyundai, and most other major automakers, warned Tuesday that car companies may halt sales of…

Cybertruck: Safest Pickup in the US, Illegal in the UK

Cybertruck: Safest Pickup in the US, Illegal in the UK

Wheel Front Team Jun 24, 2026

The IIHS just handed the 2025-2026 Tesla Cybertruck its Top Safety Pick+ award, the highest designation the institute offers. No other full-size pickup truck in…

Honda’s Rust Problem Won’t Quit: 880K Trucks Recalled

Honda’s Rust Problem Won’t Quit: 880K Trucks Recalled

Wheel Front Team Jun 24, 2026

American Honda is pulling back 880,000 SUVs and pickup trucks because the paint on their rear suspension components wasn’t applied correctly, and road salt is…

Lucid Cuts 18% of U.S. Staff as Cash Burn Hits $3B

Lucid Cuts 18% of U.S. Staff as Cash Burn Hits $3B

Wheel Front Team Jun 24, 2026

Lucid Motors is cutting 18% of its U.S. hourly and salaried workforce and eliminating the chief operating officer role entirely. These moves land barely four…

California’s Car Sales Freeze Threat Is a Smokescreen

California’s Car Sales Freeze Threat Is a Smokescreen

Wheel Front Team Jun 24, 2026

The Alliance for Automotive Innovation says California dealerships could be forced to stop selling new cars on July 1. That’s the kind of headline that…

Roush Ditches Ford Loyalty, Signs Deal to Build a Ram

Roush Ditches Ford Loyalty, Signs Deal to Build a Ram

Wheel Front Team Jun 24, 2026

For decades, Roush and Ford were practically synonymous. The Michigan tuner made its fortune bolting superchargers onto Mustangs and F-150s, becoming the unofficial performance arm…