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Italy’s Newest Supercar Has a V8 and a Manual

Italy’s Newest Supercar Has a V8 and a Manual

Wheel Front Team Jul 12, 2026

Automobili Mignatta showed up to the 2026 Goodwood Festival of Speed with sketches, not a finished car, and still managed to generate more honest excitement than half the electrified hypercars on the lawn. The young Piedmont-based coachbuilder used Goodwood to…

BMW’s China Sales Crater 30% as Local Brands Take Over

BMW’s China Sales Crater 30% as Local Brands Take Over

Wheel Front Team Jul 11, 2026

BMW and MINI sold 117,815 vehicles in China during the second quarter of 2026. That’s a 30.2% nosedive from the same period a year ago,…

MG’s Electric Hot Hatch Is Everything America Can’t Have

MG’s Electric Hot Hatch Is Everything America Can’t Have

Wheel Front Team Jul 11, 2026

The last MG sold in America was a 1980 MGB that rolled off dealer lots with rubber bumpers, anemic performance, and a ride height better…

The $2,700 StepRanger Is a Truck’s Truck

The $2,700 StepRanger Is a Truck’s Truck

Wheel Front Team Jul 11, 2026

A flat platform on four wheels with a step on the back for the operator and handlebars for steering. That’s the StepRanger, and it might…

Waymo Rats Out Two Teens With Toy Guns and Booze

Waymo Rats Out Two Teens With Toy Guns and Booze

Wheel Front Team Jul 11, 2026

Two fifteen-year-olds thought a driverless car would be the perfect cover for a joyride through San Mateo, California. No adult driver to object. No one…

The Polestar 3 Could Survive With a Volvo Badge

The Polestar 3 Could Survive With a Volvo Badge

Wheel Front Team Jul 11, 2026

The 2027 Polestar 3 is dead in America. But the SUV it shares a factory floor, platform, and software with — the Volvo EX90 —…

Tesla Guts Its Birthplace to Build Robots

Tesla Guts Its Birthplace to Build Robots

Wheel Front Team Jul 11, 2026

Forty-six days. That’s all it took Tesla to rip out the assembly line that built the Model S and Model X, the two vehicles that…

Bizzarrini Built the Car It Designed 60 Years Ago

Bizzarrini Built the Car It Designed 60 Years Ago

Wheel Front Team Jul 11, 2026

Giotto Bizzarrini sketched a targa-topped version of his 5300 GT in the late 1960s. He never built it. The company folded, he moved on to…

Toyota Avalon Gets Its Third Facelift in China

Toyota Avalon Gets Its Third Facelift in China

Wheel Front Team Jul 11, 2026

Three years after Toyota pulled the Avalon from American showrooms, China just gave the sedan its third facelift. Not its first. Not its second. Its…

Luxury Car Owners Are Downgrading Their Gas

Luxury Car Owners Are Downgrading Their Gas

Wheel Front Team Jul 10, 2026

A 5 percent drop in premium gasoline sales over a four-day stretch in late June tells you everything about where American drivers’ heads are right…