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GM’s $10 Billion Bet on American Factory Floors

GM’s $10 Billion Bet on American Factory Floors

Wheel Front Team Jul 31, 2026

General Motors is already spending $9 billion on American manufacturing this year. Now it wants to pile on another $1 billion to $1.5 billion for 2027, pushing its domestic production capacity to 2 million units. CEO Mary Barra laid out…

Ford’s Bronco Fire Recall Spans 566K SUVs, Six Years

Ford’s Bronco Fire Recall Spans 566K SUVs, Six Years

Wheel Front Team Jul 31, 2026

A wiring harness that rubs itself raw and starts fires. That’s the problem Ford just disclosed across nearly 566,000 Bronco SUVs spanning model years 2021…

Seven New Plants, Four Million Units Already Idle

Seven New Plants, Four Million Units Already Idle

Wheel Front Team Jul 31, 2026

American automakers and their foreign competitors are preparing to open seven new assembly plants in the United States before the end of this decade. Toyota,…

Mercedes Admits It Went Too Far Ditching Buttons

Mercedes Admits It Went Too Far Ditching Buttons

Wheel Front Team Jul 31, 2026

Mercedes-Benz sales and marketing boss Mathias Geisen told Autocar what most owners already knew: the company stripped too many physical controls from its interiors. The…

The 2027 Hyundai Tucson Kills Pure Gas Engines for Good

The 2027 Hyundai Tucson Kills Pure Gas Engines for Good

Wheel Front Team Jul 31, 2026

The next Hyundai Tucson has been caught testing on public roads in heavy camouflage, and what’s underneath the wraps looks like a complete departure from…

Mercedes Recalls 310K Cars Over a Tiny Corroded Switch

Mercedes Recalls 310K Cars Over a Tiny Corroded Switch

Wheel Front Team Jul 31, 2026

A corroded microswitch smaller than a thumbnail. That is what could send more than 310,000 Mercedes-Benz vehicles rolling away from their owners, according to recall…

Stellantis Triples Profit, but One Region Does All the Work

Stellantis Triples Profit, but One Region Does All the Work

Wheel Front Team Jul 31, 2026

Stellantis posted 773 million euros in adjusted operating income for the second quarter of 2026, more than tripling the 213 million euros it scraped together…

Ford, GM Fight for $1B Army Truck Contract

Ford, GM Fight for $1B Army Truck Contract

Wheel Front Team Jul 31, 2026

The U.S. Army quietly awarded prototype contracts to Ford, General Motors, and BC Customs on June 30, setting up a three-way brawl over a deal…

BMW Tops a Million Sales but the Cracks Are Showing

BMW Tops a Million Sales but the Cracks Are Showing

Wheel Front Team Jul 30, 2026

BMW moved 1,004,669 vehicles worldwide in the first half of 2026, a 6.2 percent decline from the same period last year. The million-unit threshold sounds…

Leasing Is Still Broken, and Automakers Like It That Way

Leasing Is Still Broken, and Automakers Like It That Way

Wheel Front Team Jul 30, 2026

Leases made up 23% of new vehicle transactions in the first half of 2026, according to fresh JD Power data. That is a recovery from…