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Subaru’s 65,000 Free Trees Are Marketing With Roots

Subaru’s 65,000 Free Trees Are Marketing With Roots

Wheel Front Team Apr 1, 2026

Subaru of America is giving away 65,000 trees this April through nearly 600 of its dealerships nationwide, part of its annual Subaru Loves the Earth initiative run in partnership with the Arbor Day Foundation. The program, which runs through May…

Dodge Is Now a One-Truck Brand, and That Truck Is 15

Dodge Is Now a One-Truck Brand, and That Truck Is 15

Wheel Front Team Apr 1, 2026

Ninety percent. That’s the share of Dodge’s total Q1 2026 sales captured by a single model: the Durango. Out of 22,693 vehicles sold under the…

Ioniq 5 Sales Climb 14% Despite Death of EV Subsidies

Ioniq 5 Sales Climb 14% Despite Death of EV Subsidies

Wheel Front Team Apr 1, 2026

Six months after the federal government killed electric vehicle subsidies, the Hyundai Ioniq 5 is doing something almost nobody in the industry predicted. It’s growing.…

Honda’s Q1 Dip Hides a Massive Shift to Hybrids

Honda’s Q1 Dip Hides a Massive Shift to Hybrids

Wheel Front Team Apr 1, 2026

American Honda moved 336,830 vehicles in the first quarter of 2026. The company calls that strong. The year-over-year math says otherwise: total sales dropped 4.2…

Nissan Is Shrinking to Grow, and the Math Is Messy

Nissan Is Shrinking to Grow, and the Math Is Messy

Wheel Front Team Apr 1, 2026

Nissan sold 247,068 vehicles in the United States during the first quarter of 2026. That is 20,017 fewer than the same period last year, a…

Subaru’s March Sales Plunge 23% But the Real Story Is Worse

Subaru’s March Sales Plunge 23% But the Real Story Is Worse

Wheel Front Team Apr 1, 2026

Subaru sold 54,674 vehicles in March 2026, a 23.5 percent decline from the same month a year ago. The company blamed the drop on “record-breaking…

Kia EV3 Hits the U.S. With 320 Miles and a $35K Gamble

Kia EV3 Hits the U.S. With 320 Miles and a $35K Gamble

Wheel Front Team Apr 1, 2026

Nearly two years after Kia first showed the EV3 to the world, the subcompact electric crossover is finally headed to American driveways. The 2027 model…

VW’s Hybrid Gamble Won’t Pay Off Until 2029

VW’s Hybrid Gamble Won’t Pay Off Until 2029

Wheel Front Team Apr 1, 2026

Volkswagen just committed to putting a hybrid powertrain in three of its most important American nameplates — the Atlas, the Tiguan, and the yet-to-be-revealed second-generation…

Hyundai Wants to Fight Bronco and Jeep on Their Turf

Hyundai Wants to Fight Bronco and Jeep on Their Turf

Wheel Front Team Apr 1, 2026

Hyundai didn’t tease a pickup truck at the 2026 New York Auto Show. It teased a whole empire. The Boulder concept, revealed Wednesday in a…

Subaru’s 420-HP Getaway Is Its Biggest EV Bet Yet

Subaru’s 420-HP Getaway Is Its Biggest EV Bet Yet

Wheel Front Team Apr 1, 2026

Four years ago, Subaru had exactly one electric vehicle — the underwhelming Solterra, a Toyota joint venture that barely registered in the market. Now the…