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Toyota’s V6 Tundra Fix Just Got Stingier

Toyota’s V6 Tundra Fix Just Got Stingier

Wheel Front Team Jun 17, 2026

More than 270,000 vehicles recalled. Over 70,000 engines already ripped out and replaced. And now Toyota is changing the rules mid-game, telling a big chunk of Tundra owners they might not get a new engine after all. A National Highway…

Chevy’s Silverado ZR2 Gets Forged Carbon Before the ZR1X

Chevy’s Silverado ZR2 Gets Forged Carbon Before the ZR1X

Wheel Front Team Jun 16, 2026

Chevrolet debuted the 2027 Silverado ZR2 and Trail Boss with bigger tires, new V-8 engines, and one detail that says everything about where GM’s priorities…

GM’s New 350, 400, and 409 V8s Are a Calculated Bet

GM’s New 350, 400, and 409 V8s Are a Calculated Bet

Wheel Front Team Jun 16, 2026

General Motors is stamping familiar numbers on a new generation of small-block V8s, and the nostalgia is no accident. The company just announced that 5.7-liter…

Chevy’s New Silverado Bets Big on V8s, Kills the EV

Chevy’s New Silverado Bets Big on V8s, Kills the EV

Wheel Front Team Jun 16, 2026

Nearly a decade. That’s how long Chevrolet let the Silverado — the second-best-selling vehicle in America — ride on the same architecture while Ford and…

Dodge Bets Europe Wants a $76K American Muscle Car

Dodge Bets Europe Wants a $76K American Muscle Car

Wheel Front Team Jun 16, 2026

Dodge is shipping the next-generation Charger across the Atlantic, opening order books for European buyers at a starting price of 66,000 euros — roughly $76,206…

Audi’s A6 Allroad Goes Wide and Gets a Plug

Audi’s A6 Allroad Goes Wide and Gets a Plug

Wheel Front Team Jun 16, 2026

The Audi A6 allroad has been 111 millimeters wider than the standard A6 Avant exactly zero times in its 27-year history. That changes now. The…

The Aston Martin Valkyrie Can Catch Fire on Track

The Aston Martin Valkyrie Can Catch Fire on Track

Wheel Front Team Jun 16, 2026

Seven Aston Martin Valkyries sold in the United States are being recalled because their rear brakes can get hot enough to set the car on…

Akio Toyoda Wants to Be the Auto Industry’s Lighting Guy

Akio Toyoda Wants to Be the Auto Industry’s Lighting Guy

Wheel Front Team Jun 16, 2026

Akio Toyoda stood inside Toyota Arena Tokyo on May 25 and told a room full of government officials and industry executives that his job isn’t…

Toyota’s Mid-Engine MR2 Prototype Overheats in 20 Minutes

Toyota’s Mid-Engine MR2 Prototype Overheats in 20 Minutes

Wheel Front Team Jun 16, 2026

Twenty minutes. That’s how long you can drive Toyota’s mid-engine M Concept prototype before it overheats. And Toyota invited journalists to drive it anyway. That…

Jeep Grand Cherokee Trailhawk Returns, Sans Plug

Jeep Grand Cherokee Trailhawk Returns, Sans Plug

Wheel Front Team Jun 16, 2026

Stellantis killed every plug-in hybrid it sells in January. Five months later, the Jeep Grand Cherokee Trailhawk is back from the dead — reborn with…