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BMW Buries the Door Handle on Its Best-Selling SUV

BMW Buries the Door Handle on Its Best-Selling SUV

Wheel Front Team Jun 16, 2026

The next-generation BMW X5 won’t have door handles where your hand instinctively reaches. Instead, small winglets integrated into the beltline replace the conventional grab point. This design choice will ripple across BMW’s entire large-SUV lineup within two years. Camouflaged prototypes…

AMG’s Flat-Plane Crank V8 Is a Declaration of War

AMG’s Flat-Plane Crank V8 Is a Declaration of War

Wheel Front Team Jun 16, 2026

Mercedes-AMG just told the electrification faithful to wait. The 2027 GLE 63 S and GLS 63, revealed out of Affalterbach and headed to U.S. dealers…

Tesla Gave EU Regulators Inflated FSD Safety Data

Tesla Gave EU Regulators Inflated FSD Safety Data

Wheel Front Team Jun 15, 2026

Tesla wants Full Self-Driving approved across Europe. To get there, the company handed regulators safety statistics that independent researchers say are misleading at best, fabricated…

EV Sales Rebound as Tax Credit Shock Fades

EV Sales Rebound as Tax Credit Shock Fades

Wheel Front Team Jun 15, 2026

The bleeding has nearly stopped. New electric vehicle registrations in the United States fell just 9.8% in April 2026 compared to April 2025, a dramatic…

BMW’s Next M3: Pure Gas or Full Electric, No Hybrids

BMW’s Next M3: Pure Gas or Full Electric, No Hybrids

Wheel Front Team Jun 15, 2026

Frank Van Meel has never been one for half-measures, and the BMW M boss just made that abundantly clear. In an interview with Piston Heads,…

Jeep’s Sarge Edition Plays the WWII Card for $100

Jeep’s Sarge Edition Plays the WWII Card for $100

Wheel Front Team Jun 15, 2026

Jeep is charging as little as a hundred bucks extra to wrap the Wrangler in World War II cosplay. The 2027 Wrangler Sarge and Gladiator…

BMW’s New X5 Parks Itself — But Won’t Let You Leave

BMW’s New X5 Parks Itself — But Won’t Let You Leave

Wheel Front Team Jun 15, 2026

The 2027 BMW X5 just showed its hand on where automated driving is actually headed, and it’s not where most people think. At a prototype…

Tesla Cybercab EPA Docs Reveal a Lightweight EV Mystery

Tesla Cybercab EPA Docs Reveal a Lightweight EV Mystery

Wheel Front Team Jun 15, 2026

The EPA just did Tesla’s job for it. Documents submitted to the Environmental Protection Agency have quietly revealed the core specs of the Tesla Cybercab,…

Corvette ZR1’s Wing Chips Its Own Paint at 180 MPH

Corvette ZR1’s Wing Chips Its Own Paint at 180 MPH

Wheel Front Team Jun 15, 2026

The C8 Corvette ZR1 can embarrass seven-figure supercars in a straight line and threaten Nürburgring lap records. It just can’t keep its paint on above…

Your Car’s Safety Tech Is Quietly Bankrupting You

Your Car’s Safety Tech Is Quietly Bankrupting You

Wheel Front Team Jun 15, 2026

A stone chip used to cost $300 to fix. Now it can run past $1,000, and the culprit is the cluster of cameras hidden behind…