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Cupra Still Wants America, But Can’t Pull the Trigger

Cupra Still Wants America, But Can’t Pull the Trigger

Wheel Front Team Mar 26, 2026

Cupra CEO Markus Haupt says the plan to sell cars in the United States is sitting “in the cupboard” ready for use. The cupboard, apparently, is locked, and nobody knows where the key is. The Volkswagen Group’s sporty Spanish brand…

Mazda’s Safety Tech Cuts Crashes 39%. The Catch?

Mazda’s Safety Tech Cuts Crashes 39%. The Catch?

Wheel Front Team Mar 26, 2026

A 39 percent drop in property damage claims. That’s the number sitting at the top of a new Highway Loss Data Institute study examining Mazda’s…

Tesla’s 365K Q1 Target Is a Trap It Set for Itself

Tesla’s 365K Q1 Target Is a Trap It Set for Itself

Wheel Front Team Mar 26, 2026

Tesla posted its company-compiled analyst consensus for Q1 2026 on Wednesday: 365,645 deliveries. That number is now the line in the sand, and every trader,…

Mustang GTD’s Alleged 6:41 ‘Ring Lap Reignites Detroit War

Mustang GTD’s Alleged 6:41 ‘Ring Lap Reignites Detroit War

Wheel Front Team Mar 26, 2026

Eighteen months ago, the fastest American car around the Nürburgring was a trivia question nobody argued about. A privately run Dodge Viper had held the…

Toyota’s TRD Hammer Takes Dead Aim at the Raptor

Toyota’s TRD Hammer Takes Dead Aim at the Raptor

Wheel Front Team Mar 26, 2026

Toyota has filed a trademark for the TRD Hammer, a wide-body, long-travel Tundra designed to compete directly with the Ford F-150 Raptor and the Ram…

Lamborghini Wants a Grand Tourer. Again.

Lamborghini Wants a Grand Tourer. Again.

Wheel Front Team Mar 26, 2026

Stephan Winkelmann stood in the Sebring paddock and said something nobody expected from the CEO of a company that just killed its electric car: Lamborghini…

The Corvette Grand Sport Is Back With 409 Cubes of Fury

The Corvette Grand Sport Is Back With 409 Cubes of Fury

Wheel Front Team Mar 26, 2026

Chevrolet just buried the displacement debate. The 2027 Corvette Grand Sport and Grand Sport X arrive packing a 6.7-liter naturally aspirated V8 that makes 535…

Jeep’s Electric Wagoneer S Has a Recall Problem

Jeep’s Electric Wagoneer S Has a Recall Problem

Wheel Front Team Mar 26, 2026

Stellantis is pulling back 11,767 Jeep Wagoneer S models — spanning three model years, 2024 through 2026 — because a liftgate hinge cover might fly…

Audi Swaps CEOs at Its China EV Plant as Reality Sets In

Audi Swaps CEOs at Its China EV Plant as Reality Sets In

Wheel Front Team Mar 26, 2026

Audi is changing the guard at its most strategically important factory in China, replacing the man who built the place with someone the company hopes…

Mercedes’ Little G Is Coming to Print Money by 2027

Mercedes’ Little G Is Coming to Print Money by 2027

Wheel Front Team Mar 26, 2026

New spy footage of the downsized Mercedes G-Class just surfaced, and the camouflaged prototype looks exactly like a G-Wagen that got shrunk in the wash.…