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Toyota Built an AI Clone of Akio Toyoda. He Hates It.

Toyota Built an AI Clone of Akio Toyoda. He Hates It.

Wheel Front Team May 13, 2026

Well, not exactly. But for over a year, Toyota Chairman Akio Toyoda has been telling his own artificial intelligence replica, “That’s not me,” over and over again, every single day, trying to teach a machine what it means to be…

Zipse Leaves BMW Vindicated. His Successor Gets the Hard Part.

Zipse Leaves BMW Vindicated. His Successor Gets the Hard Part.

Wheel Front Team May 13, 2026

Oliver Zipse joined BMW as a trainee in 1991. He exits as CEO having outmaneuvered every German rival that bet the house on battery-electric vehicles…

Google Just Made Your Car’s Own Software Obsolete

Google Just Made Your Car’s Own Software Obsolete

Wheel Front Team May 13, 2026

Google just dropped the most significant Android Auto redesign since the platform launched, and the numbers alone tell you why. There are now more than…

Trumpchi’s New Off-Roader Borrows From Everyone

Trumpchi’s New Off-Roader Borrows From Everyone

Wheel Front Team May 13, 2026

GAC’s Trumpchi brand just pulled the sheet off the Yue 7, and the result looks like someone fed a Toyota Land Cruiser and a Land…

Jaguar Type 01: A Name Won’t Save a Brand Without a Car

Jaguar Type 01: A Name Won’t Save a Brand Without a Car

Wheel Front Team May 13, 2026

Jaguar’s reborn electric sedan now has a name, and it’s about as daring as a spreadsheet formula. The Type 01, revealed ahead of a September…

Honda’s Racing Division Now Wants to Sell You a Tent

Honda’s Racing Division Now Wants to Sell You a Tent

Wheel Front Team May 13, 2026

Honda Racing Corporation USA is hauling a matte Thermal Orange Passport TrailSport concept to six overlanding expos across the country this summer, starting May 15…

Mazda’s EV Retreat Is a Masterclass in Failing Well

Mazda’s EV Retreat Is a Masterclass in Failing Well

Wheel Front Team May 12, 2026

Mazda just slashed its electric vehicle investment by nearly half, delayed its first dedicated EV by two years, and somehow came out looking smarter than…

Trump’s China Trip Has Automakers Bracing for Betrayal

Trump’s China Trip Has Automakers Bracing for Betrayal

Wheel Front Team May 12, 2026

President Trump is wheels-up for Beijing this week, and the American auto industry is holding its breath. The White House insists cars aren’t on the…

Honda’s Quiet Georgia Plant Just Hit 5 Million Gearboxes

Honda’s Quiet Georgia Plant Just Hit 5 Million Gearboxes

Wheel Front Team May 12, 2026

A small plant in Tallapoosa, Georgia, just quietly passed a milestone that says more about Honda’s American manufacturing strategy than any press conference ever could.…

Chrysler’s $20K Hail Mary: A Car Called Pronto

Chrysler’s $20K Hail Mary: A Car Called Pronto

Wheel Front Team May 12, 2026

A Pennsylvania Chrysler dealer just let slip what Stellantis has been keeping close to the vest. Dave Kelleher told The Detroit News that last fall,…