Automotive News

VW’s Tukan Pickup Is an SUV With a Bed and a Plan

VW’s Tukan Pickup Is an SUV With a Bed and a Plan

Wheel Front Team May 19, 2026

Volkswagen just parked a camouflaged pickup truck next to Carlo Ancelotti in Rio de Janeiro, timed perfectly to Brazil’s 2026 World Cup roster announcement. Subtlety has never been VW’s play in South America, and the Tukan is no exception. The…

Ferrari’s First EV Prowls Maranello in Heavy Camo

Ferrari’s First EV Prowls Maranello in Heavy Camo

Wheel Front Team May 19, 2026

A Ferrari Luce prototype just rolled through the streets of Maranello wearing enough camouflage to make a military convoy jealous. The company’s first electric car…

Ram’s Rumble Bee Is Back With Dana White at the Wheel

Ram’s Rumble Bee Is Back With Dana White at the Wheel

Wheel Front Team May 19, 2026

Ram isn’t being subtle anymore. A second teaser video in two weeks shows a black-and-yellow Ram 1500 doing donuts with UFC boss Dana White behind…

Honda and Acura Are Taking Very Different Roads to Hybrids

Honda and Acura Are Taking Very Different Roads to Hybrids

Wheel Front Team May 19, 2026

Honda’s electrification strategy just cleaved in two. After abandoning several ambitious North American EV programs, including the 0 Saloon, 0 SUV, and Acura RSX EV,…

Toyota Hits $25B Profit, Still Expects a Decline

Toyota Hits $25B Profit, Still Expects a Decline

Wheel Front Team May 19, 2026

Toyota just became the first Japanese company to crack 50 trillion yen in operating revenue. Its reward? A forecast for a third straight year of…

Stellantis Bets on a Tiny, Cheap EV to Save Its Soul

Stellantis Bets on a Tiny, Cheap EV to Save Its Soul

Wheel Front Team May 19, 2026

Stellantis just announced a small, affordable, fully electric car it’s calling the “E-Car,” with production slated for 2028 at its storied Pomigliano d’Arco plant in…

BMW Splits the 1 Series Into Two Completely Different Cars

BMW Splits the 1 Series Into Two Completely Different Cars

Wheel Front Team May 19, 2026

Nearly 200,000 BMW 1 Series hatchbacks found buyers last year. Not bad for a compact car that doesn’t even exist in North America. Now Munich…

Airbag Theft Is Booming and Your Steering Wheel Is Next

Airbag Theft Is Booming and Your Steering Wheel Is Next

Wheel Front Team May 18, 2026

Around 50,000 airbags are stolen every year in the United States. That number, from the National Insurance Crime Bureau, puts airbag theft in the same…

Kimera’s K39: A Koenigsegg V8 in a 2,400-Pound Missile

Kimera’s K39: A Koenigsegg V8 in a 2,400-Pound Missile

Wheel Front Team May 18, 2026

A tiny Italian coachbuilder best known for reimagining 1980s Lancia rally cars just showed up at Villa d’Este with a clean-sheet hypercar packing a Koenigsegg…

BMW’s Last Manual M3: Rear-Drive, 473 HP, and $107K

BMW’s Last Manual M3: Rear-Drive, 473 HP, and $107K

Wheel Front Team May 18, 2026

The 2027 BMW M3 CS Handschalter exists. A 6-speed manual, rear-wheel-drive-only M3 CS with 473 horsepower, built from the ground up as its own car…