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Ford’s Farley Pitches Chinese Cars on U.S. Soil

Ford’s Farley Pitches Chinese Cars on U.S. Soil

Wheel Front Team Mar 5, 2026

Ford CEO Jim Farley has been quietly lobbying senior Trump administration officials on a framework that would let Chinese automakers build vehicles in America — with guardrails to protect domestic manufacturers. The Detroit News broke that story, and it landed…

VW’s Golf 9 Plays It Safe Against Radical Change

VW’s Golf 9 Plays It Safe Against Radical Change

Wheel Front Team Mar 5, 2026

Volkswagen just showed its workforce in Wolfsburg the first silhouette of the next-generation Golf, and the message couldn’t be louder: the revolution is over, and…

BMW’s Electric 3 Series Arrives March 18. Finally.

BMW’s Electric 3 Series Arrives March 18. Finally.

Wheel Front Team Mar 5, 2026

BMW dropped a teaser this week for the Neue Klasse i3 sedan, confirming a March 18 debut date for what may be the most consequential…

The Cheapest 2026 Lexus ES Is the Electric One

The Cheapest 2026 Lexus ES Is the Electric One

Wheel Front Team Mar 5, 2026

The cheapest way into a 2026 Lexus ES is to skip the gas engine entirely. That’s not a typo. Lexus has released pricing for its…

Mercedes-Benz VLE Wants to Invent a Whole New Segment

Mercedes-Benz VLE Wants to Invent a Whole New Segment

Wheel Front Team Mar 5, 2026

Mercedes-Benz will unveil the all-electric VLE on March 10 in Stuttgart, a vehicle the company is calling a “grand limousine” — a term no one…

Tariffs Are Gutting Korea’s Best EVs From U.S. Showrooms

Tariffs Are Gutting Korea’s Best EVs From U.S. Showrooms

Wheel Front Team Mar 4, 2026

The Kia EV6 GT, a car good enough to win Road & Track’s Performance EV of the Year in the under-$100,000 category, is now gone…

Ford’s EV Sales Crater 71% as F-Series Stumbles

Ford’s EV Sales Crater 71% as F-Series Stumbles

Wheel Front Team Mar 4, 2026

Ford sold 2,112 electric vehicles in February. That’s not a typo. It’s a 71 percent collapse from the same month a year ago, and it…

Honda Recalls 65K Electric SUVs That Can Go Blind

Honda Recalls 65K Electric SUVs That Can Go Blind

Wheel Front Team Mar 4, 2026

Six software bugs lurking inside a single module. That’s what Honda says is wrong with 65,135 Prologue and ZDX electric SUVs now under recall, every…

Mazda’s February Sales Hide a Deepening Lineup Crisis

Mazda’s February Sales Hide a Deepening Lineup Crisis

Wheel Front Team Mar 4, 2026

Mazda moved 33,497 vehicles in February, a number the company called flat compared to the same month last year. On a daily selling rate basis,…

Subaru Goes Hands-Free—And Doesn’t Charge a Dime

Subaru Goes Hands-Free—And Doesn’t Charge a Dime

Wheel Front Team Mar 4, 2026

Subaru just entered the hands-free highway driving race, and it’s doing something almost nobody else does: giving it away for free. The 2026 Outback Touring…