Automotive News

Toyota Ditches Lexus Showroom to Chase Rolls-Royce

Toyota Ditches Lexus Showroom to Chase Rolls-Royce

Wheel Front Team Mar 14, 2026

A blood-red coupe concept sits in a Tokyo showroom window that, until recently, wore a Lexus badge on its facade. That single image tells you everything about where Toyota’s priorities are heading. The Century Studio, as Toyota calls it, has…

VW’s $500 Software Lock Turns Your Car Against You

VW’s $500 Software Lock Turns Your Car Against You

Wheel Front Team Mar 14, 2026

Volkswagen Group has built a digital tollbooth between you and your own vehicle. It’s called Component Protection, and every electronic module in your VW, Audi,…

Tesla’s Robotaxi Fleet Shrinks to Just 4 Cars

Tesla’s Robotaxi Fleet Shrinks to Just 4 Cars

Wheel Front Team Mar 13, 2026

Four. That’s the number of unsupervised Tesla robotaxis apparently still operating in Austin, Texas, down from a peak of eight, according to the independent Robotaxi…

Cadillac Finally Kills Its Confusing Torque Badges

Cadillac Finally Kills Its Confusing Torque Badges

Wheel Front Team Mar 13, 2026

Nobody outside of an engineering lab ever looked at the back of a Cadillac Lyriq and thought, “Ah yes, 500 — that must reference Newton-meters…

Cadillac Goes Electric in Brazil — and It’s a Big Gamble

Cadillac Goes Electric in Brazil — and It’s a Big Gamble

Wheel Front Team Mar 13, 2026

General Motors hasn’t sold a luxury vehicle in Brazil in decades. Now it’s going all-in, announcing Cadillac’s official entry into South America’s largest economy with…

Alpine Is Crashing A110s Into Walls for America

Alpine Is Crashing A110s Into Walls for America

Wheel Front Team Mar 13, 2026

Alpine is smashing next-generation A110 prototypes into barriers to meet U.S. crash standards. That’s not something automakers do for fun. You don’t destroy perfectly good…

Corvette’s 6.7-Liter LS6 and Twin Grand Sports Leak

Corvette’s 6.7-Liter LS6 and Twin Grand Sports Leak

Wheel Front Team Mar 13, 2026

Leaks from General Motors’ annual dealer conference in Las Vegas point to a significantly reshaped 2027 Corvette lineup, headlined by a new 6.7-liter cross-plane V-8…

Jeep’s $695 Blue Paint Job Is Now a “Special Edition”

Jeep’s $695 Blue Paint Job Is Now a “Special Edition”

Wheel Front Team Mar 13, 2026

Seven hundred bucks. That’s what Jeep is charging for some blue accents, cloth seats in a shade called “Jean Blue,” and a mountain graphic on…

Honda Killed Three EVs, Then Its Best One Died Too

Honda Killed Three EVs, Then Its Best One Died Too

Wheel Front Team Mar 13, 2026

Three electric vehicles canceled on Thursday. And now the one Honda EV that was actually selling — the Prologue — appears headed for the grave…

Porsche’s Electric 718 Lives, But the Clock Is Ticking

Porsche’s Electric 718 Lives, But the Clock Is Ticking

Wheel Front Team Mar 13, 2026

Four years ago, Porsche promised an all-electric Boxster and Cayman by mid-decade. It’s now March 2026, and neither car exists outside of prototype form. But…