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Rivian Bets Everything on R2—And Says Profits Come Fast

Rivian Bets Everything on R2—And Says Profits Come Fast

Wheel Front Team Jun 10, 2026

Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe isn’t hedging. In an extensive sit-down with The Drive’s Joel Feder in Park City, Utah, Scaringe laid out a timeline that leaves zero room for ambiguity: the R2 compact SUV, which begins deliveries this week, will…

BMW’s G80 M3 Gets Individual Colors Just Before Death

BMW’s G80 M3 Gets Individual Colors Just Before Death

Wheel Front Team Jun 10, 2026

The first BMW M3 G80s wearing Individual paint landed in Brazil this month, roughly five months late and roughly one year before the car ceases…

Rivian’s 50-Day Service Nightmare Is Finally Over

Rivian’s 50-Day Service Nightmare Is Finally Over

Wheel Front Team Jun 10, 2026

Fifty days. That’s how long some Rivian owners waited to get non-critical service work done at their worst moments. A rattle, a broken trim piece,…

That Leaked C9 Corvette? It’s Last Year’s Concept Car

That Leaked C9 Corvette? It’s Last Year’s Concept Car

Wheel Front Team Jun 10, 2026

The internet wanted it to be real. Screenshots ripped from an NBC News interview with GM CEO Mary Barra appeared to show digital renderings of…

GM Bets Its Future on Batteries That Won’t Go in Cars

GM Bets Its Future on Batteries That Won’t Go in Cars

Wheel Front Team Jun 10, 2026

General Motors is now making sodium-ion batteries for data centers and solar farms. Not for cars. For the electrical grid. The company that wrote down…

Chinese Automakers Ghost Detroit While Waiting to Pounce

Chinese Automakers Ghost Detroit While Waiting to Pounce

Wheel Front Team Jun 9, 2026

SAIC keeps a locked, darkened office on the fourth floor of a white building on Big Beaver Road, eight miles north of Detroit. No one…

Ford’s 5,000 Empty Service Bays Expose a Deeper Crisis

Ford’s 5,000 Empty Service Bays Expose a Deeper Crisis

Wheel Front Team Jun 9, 2026

Ford Motor Co. has 5,000 dealership service bays sitting idle — equipped with lifts, tools, and nobody to operate them. CEO Jim Farley admitted as…

Audi’s 1,000-HP Nuvolari Is Already Lapping the Ring

Audi’s 1,000-HP Nuvolari Is Already Lapping the Ring

Wheel Front Team Jun 9, 2026

The paint was barely dry on the press release before Audi’s Nuvolari supercar showed up at the Nürburgring in full camouflage, hammering out development laps…

The Eclipse Returns as a Rebadged Leaf. Pour One Out.

The Eclipse Returns as a Rebadged Leaf. Pour One Out.

Wheel Front Team Jun 9, 2026

Mitsubishi just confirmed it’s bringing the Eclipse name back from the dead. Again. This time it’s pinned to a fully electric crossover called the Eclipse…

Mazda Squeezes 4 More Horses From Europe’s MX-5

Mazda Squeezes 4 More Horses From Europe’s MX-5

Wheel Front Team Jun 9, 2026

Four horsepower. That’s what Mazda’s engineers extracted from the 1.5-liter Skyactiv-G engine in the 2027 European MX-5, bringing the total to a princely 134 hp.…