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Nissan’s Xterra Comeback Bets Big on Body-on-Frame

Nissan’s Xterra Comeback Bets Big on Body-on-Frame

Wheel Front Team Apr 17, 2026

Nissan Americas Chairman Christian Meunier posted a shadowy teaser of the next-generation Xterra on LinkedIn this week and called it “badass.” Coming from a company that just announced it’s cutting 11 models to stay alive, the swagger is deliberate. The…

Ford’s GTD Competition Nukes Corvette’s ‘Ring Record

Ford’s GTD Competition Nukes Corvette’s ‘Ring Record

Wheel Front Team Apr 17, 2026

A 6:40.835 lap around the Nürburgring Nordschleife. That’s the number Ford dropped Friday morning, and it lands like a grenade in Chevrolet’s lap. The Mustang…

A Fish Finder Just Solved a 44-Year-Old Car Theft

A Fish Finder Just Solved a 44-Year-Old Car Theft

Wheel Front Team Apr 16, 2026

A fisherman dropped his lines into Rochdale Pond in Leicester, Massachusetts, on Monday, April 13, expecting bass. His sonar pinged something considerably larger. Sitting 14…

SpaceX Bought 1 in 5 Cybertrucks to Mask Sales Collapse

SpaceX Bought 1 in 5 Cybertrucks to Mask Sales Collapse

Wheel Front Team Apr 16, 2026

Elon Musk’s SpaceX purchased 1,279 Cybertrucks during the fourth quarter of 2025, accounting for more than 18 percent of all U.S. registrations in that period.…

$806 a Month and Climbing: The Car Payment Crisis

$806 a Month and Climbing: The Car Payment Crisis

Wheel Front Team Apr 16, 2026

The average monthly new-car payment hit $806 in March, up $40 from a year ago, and nearly one in five buyers is now shelling out…

Hyundai’s $39,250 Elantra N TCR Embarrasses Everyone

Hyundai’s $39,250 Elantra N TCR Embarrasses Everyone

Wheel Front Team Apr 16, 2026

The 2026 Hyundai Elantra N TCR Edition starts at $39,250 before destination for the six-speed manual. The dual-clutch transmission bumps that to $40,750. Add the…

Stellantis Hands Microsoft the Keys to Its Digital Future

Stellantis Hands Microsoft the Keys to Its Digital Future

Wheel Front Team Apr 16, 2026

Stellantis just signed a five-year deal with Microsoft that touches nearly every digital surface of the automaker’s sprawling global operation. We’re talking more than 100…

Honda’s Tiny eQuad Lands Its First Real Customer

Honda’s Tiny eQuad Lands Its First Real Customer

Wheel Front Team Apr 16, 2026

Honda built a four-wheeled electric micromobility vehicle and a fleet management platform to go with it. Now it needs someone to actually buy in. The…

Hyundai’s Boulder Concept Takes Aim at Truck Country

Hyundai’s Boulder Concept Takes Aim at Truck Country

Wheel Front Team Apr 16, 2026

Hyundai just walked into the New York International Auto Show and dropped a body-on-frame SUV concept on the floor like a gauntlet. The Boulder Concept,…

Mercedes Is Going All-In on an Electric C-Class

Mercedes Is Going All-In on an Electric C-Class

Wheel Front Team Apr 16, 2026

The C-Class has been Mercedes-Benz’s bread and butter for decades, the volume seller that quietly funds the company’s grander ambitions. Now Stuttgart is sending it…