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Phoenix Cops Caught Running Mexican Plates

Phoenix Cops Caught Running Mexican Plates

Wheel Front Team Apr 19, 2026

Two Chevrolet Silverados rolling through Phoenix with license plates from Morelos and Zacatecas would normally draw zero attention. Plenty of Mexican-plated vehicles move through southern Arizona every day. Except these trucks belonged to the Phoenix Police Department. A TikTok video…

NCCU’s All-Female Squad Finally Wins Honda’s HBCU Quiz Bowl

NCCU’s All-Female Squad Finally Wins Honda’s HBCU Quiz Bowl

Wheel Front Team Apr 18, 2026

Thirty-four trips to the National Championship Tournament. Thirty-three times going home without the title. North Carolina Central University finally broke through at the 37th Honda…

Audi’s Five-Cylinder May Need a Battery to Survive

Audi’s Five-Cylinder May Need a Battery to Survive

Wheel Front Team Apr 18, 2026

The Audi RS3 is already off sale in Europe. Gone from showroom configurators, pulled ahead of Euro 7 emissions regulations taking effect this November, and…

Stellantis Ships 1.4M Units in Q1. Now Prove It Paid Off.

Stellantis Ships 1.4M Units in Q1. Now Prove It Paid Off.

Wheel Front Team Apr 18, 2026

Stellantis will release its first-quarter 2026 financial results on April 30, a date that lands just two weeks after the automaker quietly dropped a number…

Audi Goes All-In on China With New Shanghai R&D Hub

Audi Goes All-In on China With New Shanghai R&D Hub

Wheel Front Team Apr 17, 2026

Audi is doubling down on its Chinese joint venture with SAIC Motor, announcing a new Shanghai-based Innovation & Technology Center and four upcoming models built…

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…

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…