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Toyota’s Type 26 GR Yaris Is a Race Car With Plates

Toyota’s Type 26 GR Yaris Is a Race Car With Plates

Wheel Front Team Mar 13, 2026

Toyota’s GAZOO Racing division has done something unusual with the GR Yaris — it made the already hardcore hot hatch even more extreme, then slapped a license plate on it. The new Type 26 GR Yaris, named after the Nürburgring…

IndyCar Storms Arlington’s Stadium District

IndyCar Storms Arlington’s Stadium District

Wheel Front Team Mar 12, 2026

Josef Newgarden holds the NTT IndyCar Series points lead heading into Sunday’s inaugural Java House Grand Prix of Arlington, but he’s looking over his shoulder…

The Bolt Is Back, Cheap, and Already on Borrowed Time

The Bolt Is Back, Cheap, and Already on Borrowed Time

Wheel Front Team Mar 12, 2026

General Motors is promising to hold the 2027 Chevrolet Bolt’s base price below $30,000 for as long as the car remains on sale. That sounds…

The 2027 Bolt Is Back—Then Gone Again in 18 Months

The 2027 Bolt Is Back—Then Gone Again in 18 Months

Wheel Front Team Mar 12, 2026

General Motors will build the reborn 2027 Chevrolet Bolt for just 18 months before killing it a second time to make room for gasoline-powered Buicks…

Ford’s 2027 Super Duty Goes Rugged and Ritzy at Once

Ford’s 2027 Super Duty Goes Rugged and Ritzy at Once

Wheel Front Team Mar 12, 2026

Ford just put 35-inch tires on a base-model work truck and leather seats in a chassis cab. That pretty much tells you everything about where…

BMW’s 7-Series Facelift Is “Almost Completely New”

BMW’s 7-Series Facelift Is “Almost Completely New”

Wheel Front Team Mar 12, 2026

Oliver Zipse stood on stage at BMW’s annual conference Wednesday and called the upcoming 2027 7-Series facelift “an almost completely new vehicle.” That’s a bold…

Google Maps Goes 3D and Gets a Chatbot. Here’s What It Means.

Google Maps Goes 3D and Gets a Chatbot. Here’s What It Means.

Wheel Front Team Mar 12, 2026

Google Maps on Thursday launched its most aggressive overhaul in a decade, replacing the familiar two-dimensional driving view with a fully rendered 3D environment and…

Hyundai’s MobED Robot Ditches the Show Floor for Real Sales

Hyundai’s MobED Robot Ditches the Show Floor for Real Sales

Wheel Front Team Mar 12, 2026

Hyundai Motor Group just assembled a 15-partner coalition to sell robots in South Korea. Not demonstrate them. Not tease them on a CES stage. Sell…

Lucid Finally Adds CarPlay to Its Gravity SUV. That’s Not a Win.

Lucid Finally Adds CarPlay to Its Gravity SUV. That’s Not a Win.

Wheel Front Team Mar 12, 2026

Lucid Motors is pushing Apple CarPlay and Android Auto to its Gravity SUV starting March 12, plugging what had become an embarrassing gap in an…

BMW’s iX3 Is So Hot the Factory Can’t Keep Up

BMW’s iX3 Is So Hot the Factory Can’t Keep Up

Wheel Front Team Mar 12, 2026

One out of every three BMW electric vehicles ordered in Europe right now is an iX3. That single statistic tells you everything about how quickly…