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Kids’ Car Seats Get Their Biggest Safety Fix in Decades

Kids’ Car Seats Get Their Biggest Safety Fix in Decades

Wheel Front Team Apr 15, 2026

The crash test dummy sitting in the federally mandated simulated back seat used to evaluate child car seats has been living in the 1970s. That changes this December, when two new federal standards finally drag child restraint testing into the…

Stellantis AGM Locks In Elkann, Signals No Shakeup

Stellantis AGM Locks In Elkann, Signals No Shakeup

Wheel Front Team Apr 15, 2026

John Elkann kept his seat. So did everyone who matters. Stellantis shareholders rubber-stamped the entire slate at the company’s 2026 Annual General Meeting in Amsterdam…

Stellantis Shipments Surge 12%, but the Fine Print Stings

Stellantis Shipments Surge 12%, but the Fine Print Stings

Wheel Front Team Apr 15, 2026

Stellantis pushed 1.36 million vehicles out the door in the first quarter of 2026, a 12 percent jump over the same period last year. Every…

Jensen Interceptor GTX Returns With a V-8 and a Score

Jensen Interceptor GTX Returns With a V-8 and a Score

Wheel Front Team Apr 15, 2026

The name alone is enough to quicken the pulse of anyone who ever saw a Jensen Interceptor parked on a rain-slicked London street. Jensen International…

Infiniti’s Q50 Returns With Z Power and a Stick Shift

Infiniti’s Q50 Returns With Z Power and a Stick Shift

Wheel Front Team Apr 15, 2026

The new Nissan Skyline will wear the Infiniti Q50 badge when it hits American showrooms in 2027. Christian Meunier, Chairman of Nissan Americas, confirmed the…

VW’s Mea Culpa Has Buttons and a Volume Knob

VW’s Mea Culpa Has Buttons and a Volume Knob

Wheel Front Team Apr 15, 2026

Volkswagen sold 78,000 ID.3 hatchbacks across Europe last year with an interior most owners quietly resented. Now the company is fixing what never should have…

Toyota and Isuzu Bet on Japan’s First Fuel Cell Truck

Toyota and Isuzu Bet on Japan’s First Fuel Cell Truck

Wheel Front Team Apr 15, 2026

Toyota and Isuzu have agreed to jointly develop what they’re calling Japan’s first mass-produced light-duty fuel cell electric truck. The announcement pairs the world’s largest…

Jensen Interceptor GTX: A Ghost Brand Bets Big on V8 GTs

Jensen Interceptor GTX: A Ghost Brand Bets Big on V8 GTs

Wheel Front Team Apr 14, 2026

Sixty years after the original Interceptor turned Jensen into a name worth knowing, the brand is trying to conjure that magic again. Jensen International Group…

Radio Still Owns the Dashboard, and Detroit Can’t Kill It

Radio Still Owns the Dashboard, and Detroit Can’t Kill It

Wheel Front Team Apr 14, 2026

Fifty-five percent. That’s the share of in-car audio time Americans still spend listening to AM/FM radio in 2026, according to Edison Research’s latest Share of…

Infiniti Bets Its Survival on Rugged SUVs and a Manual Sedan

Infiniti Bets Its Survival on Rugged SUVs and a Manual Sedan

Wheel Front Team Apr 14, 2026

Five new models in five years. That’s the promise Nissan is making for Infiniti, a brand that has spent the better part of a decade…