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Jeep Turns ’90s Nostalgia Into a $1,900 Upsell

Jeep Turns ’90s Nostalgia Into a $1,900 Upsell

Wheel Front Team Jun 3, 2026

A dot-matrix shift knob, 8-bit leather embossing, and graphics lifted from a 1993 food-court cup. That’s the pitch for the 2026 Jeep Wrangler and Gladiator Rewind special editions, now the sixth installment in the brand’s yearlong Twelve 4 Twelve limited-edition…

Tesla’s FSD Aces Highways, Flunks Parking Lots

Tesla’s FSD Aces Highways, Flunks Parking Lots

Wheel Front Team Jun 3, 2026

A 150-mile stress test on the Pennsylvania Turnpike revealed what anyone paying attention already suspected about Tesla’s Full Self-Driving: it’s becoming genuinely competent on highways…

Kia’s Record May Runs on Hybrids and Telluride

Kia’s Record May Runs on Hybrids and Telluride

Wheel Front Team Jun 3, 2026

Kia America moved 80,502 vehicles in May, the best retail month in the company’s history, topping a previous record set just nine months earlier. The…

Mazda’s May Surge Hides a Deeper Problem

Mazda’s May Surge Hides a Deeper Problem

Wheel Front Team Jun 3, 2026

Mazda sold 39,066 vehicles in the U.S. last month, a 35 percent jump over May 2025 and the brand’s best month in nearly a year.…

BMW M2 Goes AWD: 185 Pounds Buys You 0.3 Seconds

BMW M2 Goes AWD: 185 Pounds Buys You 0.3 Seconds

Wheel Front Team Jun 3, 2026

The BMW M2 was already the best-selling M car on the planet. Now it’s gaining a front axle. BMW announced the 2027 M2 with M…

Rolls-Royce Spectre II: 8,108 Tiny Lights, Bigger Battery

Rolls-Royce Spectre II: 8,108 Tiny Lights, Bigger Battery

Wheel Front Team Jun 3, 2026

Four years in, and Rolls-Royce has finally given its electric flagship a proper midlife refresh. The Spectre Series II arrives with a larger battery, more…

2026 Kia Sportage Refresh: More Than a Mid-Cycle Facelift

2026 Kia Sportage Refresh: More Than a Mid-Cycle Facelift

Wheel Front Team Jun 3, 2026

The 2026 Kia Sportage rolled into Louisville on Monday with a refresh that touches nearly every surface and system on Kia’s best-selling nameplate. It’s technically…

Kia’s Sportage Hybrid Joins the EV Line in Georgia

Kia’s Sportage Hybrid Joins the EV Line in Georgia

Wheel Front Team Jun 3, 2026

Hyundai Motor Group’s Metaplant America in Savannah, Georgia, just hit three firsts simultaneously: its first Kia, its first hybrid, and its third overall vehicle model.…

Tesla’s Europe Comeback Defies the Boycott

Tesla’s Europe Comeback Defies the Boycott

Wheel Front Team Jun 2, 2026

A year ago, French protesters were burning Elon Musk in effigy. In May 2026, Tesla registrations in France surged 655 percent year-over-year to 5,446 vehicles.…

BMW’s Next X7 Goes Boxy and Dealers Want More

BMW’s Next X7 Goes Boxy and Dealers Want More

Wheel Front Team Jun 2, 2026

BMW pulled the curtain back on the second-generation X7 during a closed-door meeting with U.S. dealers in Nashville on May 27. The reactions leaking out…