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Ford’s European Survival Plan Runs on Renault’s Platform

Ford’s European Survival Plan Runs on Renault’s Platform

Wheel Front Team Apr 3, 2026

Ford’s European market share has cratered to 2.8 percent. The Focus is dead. The Fiesta is dead. The Mondeo is dead. The company that once sold millions of passenger cars across the continent is now clinging to two crossovers —…

Handcuffed Woman Slips Out Cop Car Window, Runs Free

Handcuffed Woman Slips Out Cop Car Window, Runs Free

Wheel Front Team Apr 2, 2026

Kendra Aney, 38, shimmied through a half-open patrol car window while handcuffed in Muskegon Heights, Michigan, last Saturday, dropped to the pavement, and sprinted away…

Bentley’s First EV Won’t Be Sold as an EV

Bentley’s First EV Won’t Be Sold as an EV

Wheel Front Team Apr 2, 2026

Bentley just cliniced a smaller electric SUV with potential buyers in Miami and Los Angeles over the past six weeks. Eight out of ten said…

100 Baidu Robotaxis Freeze on Wuhan Streets, Trap Riders

100 Baidu Robotaxis Freeze on Wuhan Streets, Trap Riders

Wheel Front Team Apr 2, 2026

At least 100 Baidu Apollo Go robotaxis stopped dead in the middle of Wuhan’s busy roads Tuesday night, stranding passengers and snarling traffic across the…

Ford’s Bronco Hybrid Finally Arrives—Eight Years Late

Ford’s Bronco Hybrid Finally Arrives—Eight Years Late

Wheel Front Team Apr 2, 2026

Ford first talked about building a hybrid Bronco in 2018. The SUV itself hadn’t even been revived yet. Jim Farley wasn’t yet CEO. And here…

Mercedes Kills the Steering Column. The Germans Are Late.

Mercedes Kills the Steering Column. The Germans Are Late.

Wheel Front Team Apr 2, 2026

For 140 years, Mercedes-Benz has reminded us it invented the automobile. Now it’s the third company to ship a car without a steering column, trailing…

The Montero Is Back, Built on Nissan Armada Bones

The Montero Is Back, Built on Nissan Armada Bones

Wheel Front Team Apr 2, 2026

Mitsubishi will debut a new Montero in the third quarter of this year, and the nameplate’s resurrection comes with a catch — it’s a reskinned…

Hyundai’s 58-Model American Blitz Is Bold—Maybe Too Bold

Hyundai’s 58-Model American Blitz Is Bold—Maybe Too Bold

Wheel Front Team Apr 2, 2026

Fifty-eight vehicles in five years. That’s the number Hyundai Motor Group CEO José Muñoz dropped at the New York Auto Show this week, outlining an…

Toyota Flips the Script: American Trucks Head to Japan

Toyota Flips the Script: American Trucks Head to Japan

Wheel Front Team Apr 2, 2026

Toyota is about to do something it almost never does: ship full-size American trucks across the Pacific to sell in Japan. The company announced it…

AMG’s Electric GT 4-Door: Three Motors, Zero Apologies

AMG’s Electric GT 4-Door: Three Motors, Zero Apologies

Wheel Front Team Apr 2, 2026

Three axial flux electric motors, a directly cooled battery, and over 500 individual validation tests on frozen Swedish lakes. That’s what Mercedes-AMG just put the…