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Tesla’s $99 FSD Bet Prints $1.8B a Year

Tesla’s $99 FSD Bet Prints $1.8B a Year

Wheel Front Team Jul 23, 2026

Five months after killing the $8,000 buy-it-outright option for Full Self-Driving, Tesla is sitting on 1.48 million active FSD subscriptions and roughly $1.76 billion in annualized recurring revenue. The Q2 2026 numbers landed during an earnings call where the company…

Six Companies Now Control Nearly Every Auto Shop in America

Six Companies Now Control Nearly Every Auto Shop in America

Wheel Front Team Jul 23, 2026

Mavis Tire just wrote a $700 million check to buy Pep Boys from Carl Icahn’s holding company. That deal, on its own, is routine industry…

Stellantis Poaches VW’s Top U.S. Exec for New Role

Stellantis Poaches VW’s Top U.S. Exec for New Role

Wheel Front Team Jul 23, 2026

Stellantis just created a job title that tells you everything about where the company stands. Pablo Di Si, who until recently ran Volkswagen Group’s entire…

Nissan Z NISMO Gets a Stick Shift for Under $69K

Nissan Z NISMO Gets a Stick Shift for Under $69K

Wheel Front Team Jul 23, 2026

The 2027 Nissan Z NISMO now comes with a six-speed manual transmission, and Nissan wants $68,505 for it. That’s the same price as the automatic.…

The 15-Year-Old Dodge Durango Is Outselling Itself

The 15-Year-Old Dodge Durango Is Outselling Itself

Wheel Front Team Jul 22, 2026

Somewhere in Auburn Hills, a product planner is staring at a spreadsheet and wondering why anyone would greenlight a replacement. The third-generation Dodge Durango, a…

Contractor Stuck 130 Feet Up a Truck Stop Sign for 6 Hours

Contractor Stuck 130 Feet Up a Truck Stop Sign for 6 Hours

Wheel Front Team Jul 22, 2026

A maintenance contractor spent nearly six hours stuck inside a Petro shopping center sign in Wilmington, Illinois this week, trapped at 130 feet with a…

Tesla’s App Now Has Code for Optimus

Tesla’s App Now Has Code for Optimus

Wheel Front Team Jul 22, 2026

Tesla’s smartphone app now contains dedicated code strings for the Optimus humanoid robot, including Bluetooth authentication protocols and in-home data collection consent screens. The company…

BMW Bails on Paris After Publicly Committing

BMW Bails on Paris After Publicly Committing

Wheel Front Team Jul 22, 2026

Months. That’s all it took for BMW to flip its position on the 2026 Paris Motor Show. The company confirmed it would attend, then quietly…

Mavis Swallows Pep Boys for $300M Less Than Icahn Paid

Mavis Swallows Pep Boys for $300M Less Than Icahn Paid

Wheel Front Team Jul 22, 2026

Carl Icahn paid roughly $1 billion for Pep Boys in 2016 after a bruising bidding war with Bridgestone. He’s selling it to Mavis Tire for…

BMW ALPINA Plants Its Flag in Korea With Big Plans

BMW ALPINA Plants Its Flag in Korea With Big Plans

Wheel Front Team Jul 22, 2026

Seven BMW dealerships across South Korea will carve out dedicated ALPINA retail spaces by the end of next year, with the first customer deliveries scheduled…