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Australia’s Simply Sports Cars Builds the Most Powerful Road-Legal Lotus Ever — and You Can’t Have One

Australia’s Simply Sports Cars Builds the Most Powerful Road-Legal Lotus Ever — and You Can’t Have One

Wheel Front Team Feb 24, 2026

Forget Hethel. The most powerful road-legal Lotus with an internal combustion engine wasn’t born in the brand’s storied Norfolk factory. It came from Australia. Simply Sports Cars, the official Australian distributor for Lotus, has just pulled the wraps off the…

Lincoln Is Building a Bronco-Based Luxury Off-Roader to Fight Range Rover and G-Wagen

Lincoln Is Building a Bronco-Based Luxury Off-Roader to Fight Range Rover and G-Wagen

Wheel Front Team Feb 24, 2026

Lincoln wants to play in the dirt. And not just any dirt — the kind that comes with six-figure price tags and leather-lined cabins. Sources…

The Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo Evo2 Just Demolished VIR With a Screaming V-10 Farewell

The Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo Evo2 Just Demolished VIR With a Screaming V-10 Farewell

Wheel Front Team Feb 24, 2026

Car and Driver’s annual Lightning Lap is the closest thing American automotive journalism has to a gladiator pit. Sixteen street-legal performance cars, a boss’s vintage…

Audi’s 912-HP RS e-tron GT Just Proved Electric Cars Are Getting Scary Fast on Track

Audi’s 912-HP RS e-tron GT Just Proved Electric Cars Are Getting Scary Fast on Track

Wheel Front Team Feb 24, 2026

The Audi RS e-tron GT just laid down a 2:50.6 lap at Virginia International Raceway during Car and Driver’s annual Lightning Lap test, and the…

The Cadillac CT5-V Blackwing Precision Package Falls Just Short of the Four-Door Record at Lightning Lap — Again

The Cadillac CT5-V Blackwing Precision Package Falls Just Short of the Four-Door Record at Lightning Lap — Again

Wheel Front Team Feb 24, 2026

There’s a particular kind of heartbreak reserved for the almost. The kind where you build an entire track-focused package, re-engineer the suspension, retune the differential,…

Tesla Model 3 Performance Cracks the Three-Minute Barrier at VIR, Claims EV Crown Under $100K

Tesla Model 3 Performance Cracks the Three-Minute Barrier at VIR, Claims EV Crown Under $100K

Wheel Front Team Feb 24, 2026

The Tesla Model 3 Performance just did something no electric vehicle under six figures has managed at Virginia International Raceway. It broke the three-minute mark.…

China Pulls the Plug on Yoke Steering Wheels, Dealing Another Blow to Tesla’s Design Legacy

China Pulls the Plug on Yoke Steering Wheels, Dealing Another Blow to Tesla’s Design Legacy

Wheel Front Team Feb 24, 2026

China just told the automotive world to keep its steering wheels round. The country’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has drafted regulations that will…

Polestar Bets Its American Future on a New SUV — And Three More EVs Behind It

Polestar Bets Its American Future on a New SUV — And Three More EVs Behind It

Wheel Front Team Feb 24, 2026

Polestar is done playing defense. The Geely-owned Swedish EV maker just laid out an aggressive product roadmap that includes four new vehicles over the next…

Ram Brings Back the Rebel X for 2026, and It’ll Cost You North of $71K

Ram Brings Back the Rebel X for 2026, and It’ll Cost You North of $71K

Wheel Front Team Feb 24, 2026

Ram isn’t reinventing the wheel here. It doesn’t need to. The Rebel X package proved itself as a hit when it debuted for 2025, and…

Scout’s Comeback Is in Trouble, and the Problems Run Deeper Than VW Wants to Admit

Scout’s Comeback Is in Trouble, and the Problems Run Deeper Than VW Wants to Admit

Wheel Front Team Feb 24, 2026

The resurrection of the Scout brand, Volkswagen’s ambitious bid to crack the American truck market, is reportedly sliding off the rails. Germany’s Der Spiegel claims…