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Audi Nails Six Safety Awards While U.S. Sales Crater

Audi Nails Six Safety Awards While U.S. Sales Crater

Wheel Front Team Apr 8, 2026

Six Top Safety Pick+ awards. More than BMW. More than Mercedes-Benz. More than any other premium brand in the 2026 IIHS testing cycle. Audi just turned in the kind of safety performance that should have dealers popping champagne — if…

Cadillac’s Best Sports Sedan Dies April 20th

Cadillac’s Best Sports Sedan Dies April 20th

Wheel Front Team Apr 7, 2026

Cadillac has drawn the line. If you want a CT4-V Blackwing, you have until April 20th to place an order. After that, the best compact…

Mazda Says Badges Don’t Matter. Mazda Would Say That.

Mazda Says Badges Don’t Matter. Mazda Would Say That.

Wheel Front Team Apr 7, 2026

Only 7% of American car buyers define premium as status or social recognition. That’s the headline number from a new 1,000-person survey commissioned by Mazda…

Nissan’s Sold-Out NFL Club Is a $50K Bet on Nashville

Nissan’s Sold-Out NFL Club Is a $50K Bet on Nashville

Wheel Front Team Apr 6, 2026

The Tennessee Titans and Nissan just pulled the curtain back on the Nissan 1960 Club, a 550-seat premium space inside the new Nissan Stadium that’s…

Dodge’s CEO Wants a Cheap Sports Car. There’s No Plan.

Dodge’s CEO Wants a Cheap Sports Car. There’s No Plan.

Wheel Front Team Apr 6, 2026

Matt McAlear stood at the New York International Auto Show this week and said what every enthusiast wants to hear: Dodge believes in affordable sports…

Detroit’s Q1 Bloodbath Hides a Few Surprising Winners

Detroit’s Q1 Bloodbath Hides a Few Surprising Winners

Wheel Front Team Apr 6, 2026

General Motors deliveries dropped 9.7 percent. Ford fell 8.8 percent. Stellantis watched its entire EV lineup crater by double digits. The first quarter of 2026…

Off-Lease EV Tsunami Could Cost Automakers $8 Billion

Off-Lease EV Tsunami Could Cost Automakers $8 Billion

Wheel Front Team Apr 6, 2026

Three-year-old electric vehicles are retaining roughly 40 percent of their original value. In 2022, that number was 90 percent. The distance between those two figures…

Electric G-Wagen’s Wheels Can Fall Off: 3,734 Recalled

Electric G-Wagen’s Wheels Can Fall Off: 3,734 Recalled

Wheel Front Team Apr 6, 2026

Mercedes-Benz built the electric G-Wagen to do tank turns, blast from zero to 60 in under four seconds, and conquer terrain that would break lesser…

Volvo’s Smallest EV Gets the Cross Country Treatment

Volvo’s Smallest EV Gets the Cross Country Treatment

Wheel Front Team Apr 6, 2026

Volvo has pulled the predictable but shrewd move of giving its smallest electric vehicle the Cross Country treatment, rolling out the 2026 EX30 Cross Country…

Bentley’s First EV Enters Through the Back Door

Bentley’s First EV Enters Through the Back Door

Wheel Front Team Apr 6, 2026

Bentley’s electric debut won’t arrive as a flagship. It’ll come in at the bottom of the lineup, positioned as an “urban SUV” priced at the…