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F1’s 2026 Rules Just Put a Driver Into a Wall at 50G

F1’s 2026 Rules Just Put a Driver Into a Wall at 50G

Wheel Front Team Mar 29, 2026

Oliver Bearman was doing 191 mph when his Haas left the track at Suzuka on Sunday. He hit the barrier at 50G. He walked away with a bruised knee and the knowledge that the very regulations governing Formula 1’s new…

GM Revived the Bolt by Crashing Cars on a Computer

GM Revived the Bolt by Crashing Cars on a Computer

Wheel Front Team Mar 29, 2026

General Motors saved roughly two dozen pre-production Chevrolet Bolt EVs from destruction by running almost all of its crash testing in a computer. That decision…

Chrysler’s Big Revival Plan: A Sedan That Isn’t One

Chrysler’s Big Revival Plan: A Sedan That Isn’t One

Wheel Front Team Mar 28, 2026

One vehicle. That’s the entire Chrysler lineup right now. The Pacifica minivan, standing alone in showrooms like the last guest at a party that ended…

Mercedes Gives Its Oldest SUVs a V8 and a Prayer

Mercedes Gives Its Oldest SUVs a V8 and a Prayer

Wheel Front Team Mar 28, 2026

The 2027 Mercedes-Benz GLE and GLS are eight and nine years old, respectively. That’s geriatric by luxury SUV standards. So Mercedes did what you do…

Toyota’s Celica Revival Is Coming—With a Big Catch

Toyota’s Celica Revival Is Coming—With a Big Catch

Wheel Front Team Mar 27, 2026

Three hundred kilowatts. That’s the rumored output for the reborn Toyota Celica, a nameplate dead since 2006 and now apparently rising from the grave as…

The Jeep Renegade Is Living Its Best Life Without Us

The Jeep Renegade Is Living Its Best Life Without Us

Wheel Front Team Mar 27, 2026

The Jeep Renegade just got a new interior, a sharper face, and Stellantis’ latest infotainment tech. You can’t buy it. Not here, anyway. Brazil is…

Honda Aircraft Nails Five Straight FAA Diamond Awards

Honda Aircraft Nails Five Straight FAA Diamond Awards

Wheel Front Team Mar 27, 2026

Forty-two maintenance technicians at Honda Aircraft Company’s Greensboro, North Carolina headquarters just pulled off something that sounds simple on paper and is brutally difficult in…

Ferrari Bets Big on Nostalgia With the 849 Testarossa

Ferrari Bets Big on Nostalgia With the 849 Testarossa

Wheel Front Team Mar 27, 2026

Ferrari has pulled the trigger on one of the most loaded names in its back catalog. The 2027 Ferrari 849 Testarossa is real, it’s been…

The Celica Is Back, and It’s Bringing Batteries With It

The Celica Is Back, and It’s Bringing Batteries With It

Wheel Front Team Mar 27, 2026

Toyota has been running a camouflaged rally car in plain sight for months, and now the veil is lifting. The production version will be called…

Ram’s $61K Patriot Truck Has Denim Seats and Flags

Ram’s $61K Patriot Truck Has Denim Seats and Flags

Wheel Front Team Mar 27, 2026

Stellantis is betting that patriotism sells trucks. The 2026 Ram 1500 America250 special editions, revealed this week in Big Horn, Laramie, and Rebel trims, dress…