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Audi’s New Q7 Goes All-Diesel in an EV-Crazed World

Audi’s New Q7 Goes All-Diesel in an EV-Crazed World

Wheel Front Team Jun 9, 2026

The third-generation Audi Q7 launches with exactly zero electrified powertrain options. No plug-in hybrid. No battery-electric variant. Just a pair of 3.0-liter V6 diesels, a mild-hybrid system, and a starting price of 87,900 euros in Germany. That’s either a bold…

One Rogue Parakeet Is Waging War on Cars in Scotland

One Rogue Parakeet Is Waging War on Cars in Scotland

Wheel Front Team Jun 9, 2026

A single rose-ringed parakeet has been systematically destroying vehicles across a quiet suburb of Inverness, Scotland, and nobody can legally stop it. Residents of Lochardil…

Cargo Thieves Now Just Sign for the Load—$18M Lost Daily

Cargo Thieves Now Just Sign for the Load—$18M Lost Daily

Wheel Front Team Jun 9, 2026

Criminals don’t need crowbars anymore. They need a printer, a fake identity, and a phone number that rings to a burner. That’s the new face…

Honda’s Passport and Accord Are Getting a Major Shakeup

Honda’s Passport and Accord Are Getting a Major Shakeup

Wheel Front Team Jun 8, 2026

Honda is preparing to swing hard at two of its most important nameplates. An executive teased a “substantially redesigned Accord that will feel like a…

Honda’s Accord Refresh Will “Feel Like a New Model”

Honda’s Accord Refresh Will “Feel Like a New Model”

Wheel Front Team Jun 8, 2026

The Honda Accord, America’s most dependable appliance on four wheels, is about to get something it hasn’t had in years: actual design ambition. Gary Robinson,…

Lotus Emira 420 Sport: 414 HP From Four Cylinders

Lotus Emira 420 Sport: 414 HP From Four Cylinders

Wheel Front Team Jun 8, 2026

Two weeks after Lotus publicly abandoned its EV-only strategy and teased a 1,000-plus horsepower hybrid, the British sports car maker is doubling down on internal…

Ford Killed Its Sedans. Now It Wants Them Back.

Ford Killed Its Sedans. Now It Wants Them Back.

Wheel Front Team Jun 8, 2026

Six years after Ford torched every sedan and hatchback in its U.S. lineup, the company wants you to know it was brilliant. And also that…

Lithium Batteries Are Turning Garbage Trucks Into Firebombs

Lithium Batteries Are Turning Garbage Trucks Into Firebombs

Wheel Front Team Jun 8, 2026

A garbage truck caught fire in Brooklyn in late May, moderately injuring two Department of Sanitation workers. The likely cause: a lithium-ion battery that someone…

Subaru Just Committed to Three New Manual Cars

Subaru Just Committed to Three New Manual Cars

Wheel Front Team Jun 8, 2026

Subaru stood in front of cameras at Fuji Speedway and committed to building three new manual-transmission cars, all slated for production by the end of…

BMW Built a Whole New Chassis Because the Old M3 Couldn’t Cope

BMW Built a Whole New Chassis Because the Old M3 Couldn’t Cope

Wheel Front Team Jun 7, 2026

The front and rear axles of every M3 ever built weren’t good enough. BMW scrapped them both for the electric ZA0 M3, developing entirely new…