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BMW’s Next iX1 Ditches Front-Wheel Drive Forever

BMW’s Next iX1 Ditches Front-Wheel Drive Forever

Wheel Front Team Aug 7, 2026

A prototype of the next-generation BMW iX1, codenamed NB5, has been spotted running hot-weather tests in Spain wearing the same swirly camouflage it’s carried since last September. The wrap is thick enough to blur body lines but too thin to…

Audi A2 e-tron Arrives, Leaves BMW i1 Two Years Behind

Audi A2 e-tron Arrives, Leaves BMW i1 Two Years Behind

Wheel Front Team Aug 7, 2026

Audi just drew a line in the sand. The A2 e-tron arrives this fall with a preliminary WLTP consumption of 12.8 kWh per 100 km,…

Dodge Paints Over the Durango’s Age Problem

Dodge Paints Over the Durango’s Age Problem

Wheel Front Team Aug 7, 2026

A two-tone concept SUV and a handful of new paint colors won’t make a 16-year-old platform any younger. But Dodge is betting they’ll make it…

Dodge Charger Super Bee Returns With 600-HP Turbo Six

Dodge Charger Super Bee Returns With 600-HP Turbo Six

Wheel Front Team Aug 7, 2026

The old Super Bee ran a 6.4-liter naturally aspirated V8. The new one gets a turbocharged inline-six. That sentence alone tells you everything about where…

Dodge Brings Custom Paint to the Masses for 2027

Dodge Brings Custom Paint to the Masses for 2027

Wheel Front Team Aug 7, 2026

Dodge just announced that its factory custom paint program, previously reserved for six-figure halo cars like the Challenger SRT Demon 170, is coming to everyday…

Chery Outsells Honda and Mazda Combined in Britain

Chery Outsells Honda and Mazda Combined in Britain

Wheel Front Team Aug 7, 2026

Twelve months ago, nobody in Britain had heard of Chery. Last month, the Chinese automaker registered 3,212 vehicles in the UK, beating Honda and Mazda’s…

BMW Put a Spider-Man Ad on Your Dashboard

BMW Put a Spider-Man Ad on Your Dashboard

Wheel Front Team Aug 7, 2026

In late July 2026, BMW owners in more than 70 countries started their cars and found a full-color promotional banner for Sony’s “Spider-Man: Brand New…

The Camaro Returns With Four Doors and a Delay

The Camaro Returns With Four Doors and a Delay

Wheel Front Team Aug 7, 2026

Chevrolet’s next Camaro won’t arrive until the 2029 model year, a full year later than previously expected, and it will carry a configuration that would…

Robovan Returns — in a Render, Not a Factory

Robovan Returns — in a Render, Not a Factory

Wheel Front Team Aug 7, 2026

Nearly two years after Elon Musk pitched the Robovan as a driverless, 20-passenger urban shuttle at under a dollar a mile, the vehicle resurfaced Thursday…

Ferrari’s Purosangue May Lose Its V12. That’s the Plan.

Ferrari’s Purosangue May Lose Its V12. That’s the Plan.

Wheel Front Team Aug 7, 2026

A heavily camouflaged Ferrari Purosangue prototype rolled out of the Maranello factory gates this week, captured on video by YouTuber Varryx. The disguise was thorough…