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Nissan’s Bold Gamble: Two Pathfinders, Two Platforms, One Showroom

Nissan’s Bold Gamble: Two Pathfinders, Two Platforms, One Showroom

Wheel Front Team Feb 26, 2026

Nissan is plotting something unusual, even by today’s anything-goes SUV market standards. The automaker plans to sell two completely different vehicles under the Pathfinder name at the same time — one built on a car-like unibody platform, the other on…

Audi’s New RS5 Tips the Scales at Over 5,200 Pounds and They Want You to Be OK With That

Audi’s New RS5 Tips the Scales at Over 5,200 Pounds and They Want You to Be OK With That

Wheel Front Team Feb 26, 2026

Audi Sport has a weight problem. And rather than apologize for it, they’re leaning into it—literally. The new RS5, Audi Sport’s first plug-in hybrid performance…

Volvo’s $3,200 Bowers & Wilkins System Has Two Audio Controls You’ve Never Seen Before—And the Science Behind Them Is Wild

Volvo’s $3,200 Bowers & Wilkins System Has Two Audio Controls You’ve Never Seen Before—And the Science Behind Them Is Wild

Wheel Front Team Feb 25, 2026

The 2026 Volvo V60 Cross Country Ultra might have the best factory car stereo money can buy. That’s a strong claim, but after spending time…

Jeep Admits It Lost Its Way — Now Comes the Hard Part

Jeep Admits It Lost Its Way — Now Comes the Hard Part

Wheel Front Team Feb 25, 2026

An American institution is in trouble, and the people running it know it. Jeep, the brand so synonymous with off-roading that its name became a…

Chrysler Proves It’s Still Alive With a Dramatically Restyled 2027 Pacifica

Chrysler Proves It’s Still Alive With a Dramatically Restyled 2027 Pacifica

Wheel Front Team Feb 25, 2026

Chrysler just reminded the world it still exists. The brand dropped teaser images of the 2027 Pacifica on its social media channels, and the refreshed…

Volvo Turns Every EX30 Into a Portable Power Station With a Single Software Push

Volvo Turns Every EX30 Into a Portable Power Station With a Single Software Push

Wheel Front Team Feb 25, 2026

Volvo just proved that the best new car features don’t always require buying a new car. The Swedish automaker announced that the 2027 EX30 will…

The Tiny Plastic Part That Can Wreck Your Gas Mileage and Leave You Stranded

The Tiny Plastic Part That Can Wreck Your Gas Mileage and Leave You Stranded

Wheel Front Team Feb 25, 2026

There’s a small, unassuming chunk of plastic sitting somewhere in your engine bay right now, and you’ve probably never thought about it once. That changes…

Three Popular Compact SUVs Bombed the IIHS’s Brand-New Whiplash Test — And the Results Are Ugly

Three Popular Compact SUVs Bombed the IIHS’s Brand-New Whiplash Test — And the Results Are Ugly

Wheel Front Team Feb 25, 2026

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety doesn’t roll out new crash tests very often. So when it does, the industry pays attention. This time, the…

Nissan Builds a New Versa, But Americans Can’t Have It

Nissan Builds a New Versa, But Americans Can’t Have It

Wheel Front Team Feb 25, 2026

Nissan just started rolling a brand-new Versa off the assembly line in Aguascalientes, Mexico. The third-generation subcompact sedan is real, it’s in production, and it’s…

Toyota Reclaims the Reliability Crown From Subaru in Consumer Reports’ 2026 Rankings

Toyota Reclaims the Reliability Crown From Subaru in Consumer Reports’ 2026 Rankings

Wheel Front Team Feb 25, 2026

Reliability still moves metal. A 2024 CarGurus study found that 41% of buyers rank dependability as their top priority when shopping for a new car,…