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Audi’s Transformation Chief Exits After CEO’s Victory Lap

Audi’s Transformation Chief Exits After CEO’s Victory Lap

Wheel Front Team Mar 24, 2026

Six days. That’s all the gap between Audi CEO Gernot Döllner telling the world his company had entered a triumphant “new chapter” and the quiet departure of the executive who was supposed to write it. Yvonne Bettkober, head of Audi’s…

Mazda Wants a Rugged CX-5 It Already Built Once

Mazda Wants a Rugged CX-5 It Already Built Once

Wheel Front Team Mar 24, 2026

Mazda program manager Koichiro Yamaguchi told Australian outlet CarSales the company is “open” to building a more off-road-capable version of its bestselling CX-5. He stopped…

Ferrari Called NASA to Tame Its 1,000-HP EV Brain

Ferrari Called NASA to Tame Its 1,000-HP EV Brain

Wheel Front Team Mar 24, 2026

Ferrari CEO Benedetto Vigna just admitted something no supercar maker has ever had to say out loud: his company’s first electric vehicle accelerates hard enough…

Dodge Drops 475 HP Into the Durango for Under $52K

Dodge Drops 475 HP Into the Durango for Under $52K

Wheel Front Team Mar 24, 2026

The 6.4-liter Hemi V8 is back in the Dodge Durango, slotted into a resurrected R/T trim that nobody saw coming. Starting at $49,995 before destination,…

AMG Turns One Concept Into Two Weapons

AMG Turns One Concept Into Two Weapons

Wheel Front Team Mar 24, 2026

The camouflaged prototype has been pounding tarmac since October 2025, racking up laps at Bilster Berg, Portimão, Monteblanco, and Immendingen. Now Mercedes-AMG has finally revealed…

Maybach S-Class Gets Its Biggest Overhaul Ever

Maybach S-Class Gets Its Biggest Overhaul Ever

Wheel Front Team Mar 24, 2026

Mercedes-Maybach just threw everything it had at the S-Class. A larger grille, a new operating system, a re-engineered V8, and enough bespoke leather options to…

Maybach Built an Electric Van. Yes, Really.

Maybach Built an Electric Van. Yes, Really.

Wheel Front Team Mar 24, 2026

Mercedes-Maybach dropped the VLS on Tuesday alongside the latest Maybach S-Class, and it was the van — not the flagship sedan — that grabbed headlines.…

Honda Puts AC in a Side-by-Side. Yes, Really.

Honda Puts AC in a Side-by-Side. Yes, Really.

Wheel Front Team Mar 24, 2026

Ten years into the Pioneer 1000 platform, Honda just did something no one asked for on paper but everyone who’s worked a July afternoon in…

Newey Quits as Aston Martin Boss After Just Four Months

Newey Quits as Aston Martin Boss After Just Four Months

Wheel Front Team Mar 19, 2026

Adrian Newey lasted exactly four months as Aston Martin’s team principal. The most celebrated aerodynamicist in Formula One history is reportedly stepping aside from the…

Japan Just Pulled the Plug on the Subaru WRX

Japan Just Pulled the Plug on the Subaru WRX

Wheel Front Team Mar 19, 2026

Subaru will stop taking orders for the WRX S4 in Japan on May 18, pulling the plug on its home-market performance sedan because the car…