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Porsche’s $8,550 Manual Tax Is Just the Beginning

Porsche’s $8,550 Manual Tax Is Just the Beginning

Wheel Front Team Aug 25, 2026

The manual transmission in a Porsche 911 Carrera S used to be free. Now it costs $8,550. And the company’s CEO says there’s more coming. PCNA chief Timo Resch laid out the rationale during a Q&A session at Monterey Car…

Honda Vows to Keep the Manual Alive Despite All Logic

Honda Vows to Keep the Manual Alive Despite All Logic

Wheel Front Team Aug 25, 2026

The manual transmission is dying. Honda knows it. And Honda doesn’t care. American Honda VP of Auto Sales Lance Woelfer laid it out plainly at…

Tesla Hikes Cybertruck Prices $5K After Supplier Brawl

Tesla Hikes Cybertruck Prices $5K After Supplier Brawl

Wheel Front Team Aug 25, 2026

Six weeks ago, Tesla was in federal court begging a judge to stop a parts supplier from holding Cybertruck production hostage. Now the company is…

Near-Prime Auto Loans Surge 55% as Lenders Push

Near-Prime Auto Loans Surge 55% as Lenders Push

Wheel Front Team Aug 25, 2026

The dollar value of auto loan originations for borrowers with credit scores between 620 and 659 jumped 55.4% in the second quarter of 2026 compared…

Honda’s Next Ridgeline Keeps the Platform Nobody Wants

Honda’s Next Ridgeline Keeps the Platform Nobody Wants

Wheel Front Team Aug 25, 2026

Honda will build its third-generation Ridgeline on a unibody platform, doubling down on the architecture every new entrant to the mid-size truck segment is running…

BMW’s Stretched i3 Sedan Is China-Only, and That Stings

BMW’s Stretched i3 Sedan Is China-Only, and That Stings

Wheel Front Team Aug 25, 2026

BMW rolled out all nine paint options for the long-wheelbase i3 Sedan at the Chengdu Auto Show this week, and the rest of the world…

Chevy’s High Country Gets a Premium Makeover for 2027

Chevy’s High Country Gets a Premium Makeover for 2027

Wheel Front Team Aug 25, 2026

Traverse sales climbed 20 percent in Q2 2026 and posted the nameplate’s best first half ever. Chevrolet is rewarding that momentum by overhauling its top…

Audi’s 1,001-HP Nuvolari Is a Confession of Ambition

Audi’s 1,001-HP Nuvolari Is a Confession of Ambition

Wheel Front Team Aug 25, 2026

Seventeen days. That is all the breathing room Audi gave between unveiling its new Q9 SUV in New York and rolling a near-production Nuvolari supercar…

BMW Blames Young Buyers for Killing the Buttons

BMW Blames Young Buyers for Killing the Buttons

Wheel Front Team Aug 25, 2026

Vikram Pawah, the CEO of BMW Group Australia, told CarExpert that buyers under 45 prefer touchscreens and voice commands to physical controls. That, according to…

GM and Unifor Cut a Deal as Tariff Storm Closes In

GM and Unifor Cut a Deal as Tariff Storm Closes In

Wheel Front Team Aug 25, 2026

Unifor and General Motors reached a tentative three-year labor agreement covering roughly 4,600 hourly workers across four Canadian plants, the union announced on Aug. 22.…