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Mercedes Goes All-In on Women’s Sports With Coco Gauff

Mercedes Goes All-In on Women’s Sports With Coco Gauff

Wheel Front Team Mar 6, 2026

Coco Gauff signed as a global brand ambassador for Mercedes-Benz in December. Now the automaker is rolling out a full campaign around the 21-year-old tennis star, timed to International Women’s Day on March 8, positioning her as the centerpiece of…

Iran War Squeezes Automakers From Every Direction

Iran War Squeezes Automakers From Every Direction

Wheel Front Team Mar 6, 2026

Toyota is cutting 40,000 vehicles from its production schedule. Aluminum prices have spiked 14 percent in a week. European natural gas prices have nearly doubled…

Ford Recalls 2.3 Million SUVs With No Fix Ready

Ford Recalls 2.3 Million SUVs With No Fix Ready

Wheel Front Team Mar 6, 2026

Ford just slapped three recalls on more than 2.3 million SUVs in a single day, covering backup cameras that don’t work and windshield wipers that…

Jeep Wrangler Finally Stops Flipping in Crash Tests

Jeep Wrangler Finally Stops Flipping in Crash Tests

Wheel Front Team Mar 6, 2026

Six years. That’s how long it took Jeep to solve a problem anyone could see the moment a Wrangler hit the crash barrier: the thing…

AMG’s New GT 4-Door Puts Knobs Where Screens Used to Rule

AMG’s New GT 4-Door Puts Knobs Where Screens Used to Rule

Wheel Front Team Mar 6, 2026

Three rotary knobs on a center console. That’s what Mercedes-AMG wants you to focus on inside the next-generation GT 4-Door Coupe, revealed in interior photos…

Ford Recalls 605,000 SUVs Over Wipers That Just Stop

Ford Recalls 605,000 SUVs Over Wipers That Just Stop

Wheel Front Team Mar 5, 2026

Ford is pulling back nearly 605,000 vehicles in the U.S. because the windshield wiper motors can fail without warning, leaving drivers staring through rain, snow,…

BYD’s New Blade Battery Is a Desperate Bid for Survival

BYD’s New Blade Battery Is a Desperate Bid for Survival

Wheel Front Team Mar 5, 2026

Six years between major battery upgrades is an eternity in China’s EV market. BYD finally broke that silence on Thursday, unveiling a second-generation Blade Battery…

Ford’s “Bounty Culture” Gambles Big on a $30K Truck

Ford’s “Bounty Culture” Gambles Big on a $30K Truck

Wheel Front Team Mar 5, 2026

Ford CEO Jim Farley stood on Threads last month and declared the company isn’t retreating from electric vehicles — it’s “democratizing them.” Bold words from…

Honda Sends the Passport Back to Japan—Left-Hand Drive

Honda Sends the Passport Back to Japan—Left-Hand Drive

Wheel Front Team Mar 5, 2026

A left-hand-drive American SUV, built in Alabama, sold in a country that drives on the left side of the road. That’s the play Honda is…

Ohio-Built Acura Integra Type S Heads to Japan

Ohio-Built Acura Integra Type S Heads to Japan

Wheel Front Team Mar 5, 2026

Forty years ago, Acura was created to sell Japanese-engineered cars to Americans. Now Honda is flipping the script, shipping an Ohio-built Integra Type S back…