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Ford’s CMO Is Out After Just Two Years on the Job

Ford’s CMO Is Out After Just Two Years on the Job

Wheel Front Team May 22, 2026

Lisa Materazzo is out at Ford. The global chief marketing officer, who joined in 2023 and led the company’s “Ready, Set, Ford” brand refresh, will leave effective June 1. Ford announced the departure Monday with the kind of warm corporate…

Stellantis Just Handed Its Software Brain to Silicon Valley

Stellantis Just Handed Its Software Brain to Silicon Valley

Wheel Front Team May 22, 2026

Stellantis just handed another chunk of its software future to a company most car buyers have never heard of. The Dutch-Italian automaker announced Wednesday it…

Stellantis Bets €60 Billion It Can Grow Out of Trouble

Stellantis Bets €60 Billion It Can Grow Out of Trouble

Wheel Front Team May 22, 2026

Stellantis just told investors it plans to grow revenues from €154 billion to €190 billion by 2030. That’s a 23 percent jump in five years…

Jeep Recon Gets a Gas Engine: EVs Alone Won’t Cut It

Jeep Recon Gets a Gas Engine: EVs Alone Won’t Cut It

Wheel Front Team May 22, 2026

The Jeep Recon was supposed to be the brand’s electric trail weapon — a 650-hp, dual-motor off-roader built to prove Jeep’s future didn’t need fossil…

Alfa Romeo’s Surprise Shooting Brake Changes Everything

Alfa Romeo’s Surprise Shooting Brake Changes Everything

Wheel Front Team May 22, 2026

Stellantis dropped another round of product reveals this week, and buried in the avalanche of announcements tied to its $70 billion “FaSTLAne 2030” plan was…

Audi’s Concept C Sweeps Four Design Awards. Now Prove It.

Audi’s Concept C Sweeps Four Design Awards. Now Prove It.

Wheel Front Team May 22, 2026

Four international design awards in one sweep. That’s what Audi is claiming for its Concept C, an all-electric study that has now collected trophies from…

Tesla Scrambles to Hire Self-Driving Team in China

Tesla Scrambles to Hire Self-Driving Team in China

Wheel Front Team May 20, 2026

Tesla posted urgent job listings across nine Chinese cities this month for autopilot test engineers, data labelers, and real-world test operators. The hiring spree covers…

Tesla’s FSD Hits Lithuania as Europe Finally Cracks

Tesla’s FSD Hits Lithuania as Europe Finally Cracks

Wheel Front Team May 20, 2026

Lithuania became the second European Union country to receive Tesla’s Full Self-Driving suite on May 20, marking the moment a tightly controlled regulatory rollout starts…

Stellantis Invites China to Build EVs in France

Stellantis Invites China to Build EVs in France

Wheel Front Team May 20, 2026

Stellantis just invited a Chinese automaker to build electric vehicles inside a French factory, and the implications stretch far beyond a single plant in Rennes.…

Stellantis and JLR Circle Each Other in a Deal Worth Watching

Stellantis and JLR Circle Each Other in a Deal Worth Watching

Wheel Front Team May 20, 2026

Stellantis and Jaguar Land Rover signed a memorandum of understanding on Tuesday to explore joint product development in the United States. The deal pairs two…