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VW Group’s China Collapse Forces a Corporate Gut Job

VW Group’s China Collapse Forces a Corporate Gut Job

Wheel Front Team Jul 10, 2026

Volkswagen Group lost more than a third of its China sales last quarter. That single number—down 36.6 percent from April through June—explains nearly everything the company has done in the past week, from announcing it will kill up to half…

VW Plans to Kill Half Its Models Worldwide

VW Plans to Kill Half Its Models Worldwide

Wheel Front Team Jul 10, 2026

Volkswagen Group just announced it will slash up to 50 percent of its global model lineup and cut equipment options by as much as 75…

Nissan Kills Its Sedans and Goes All-In on Hybrids

Nissan Kills Its Sedans and Goes All-In on Hybrids

Wheel Front Team Jul 10, 2026

Nissan is killing the Altima. The Versa is already dead. The Maxima is gone. And the Ariya EV has been pulled from U.S. showrooms entirely.…

Tesla’s “iPhone Moment” Meets Miami’s Two-Car Reality

Tesla’s “iPhone Moment” Meets Miami’s Two-Car Reality

Wheel Front Team Jul 10, 2026

Pierre Ferragu wants you to believe Tesla’s Full Self-Driving is about to change the world the way the iPhone did. Meanwhile, in Miami, Tesla’s unsupervised…

Bentley Names Its First EV “Torcal”

Bentley Names Its First EV “Torcal”

Wheel Front Team Jul 10, 2026

Bentley has spent the last year and a half killing off electric vehicle plans. Now it wants you to believe in the one that survived.…

Polestar 4 SUV Launches Everywhere Except America

Polestar 4 SUV Launches Everywhere Except America

Wheel Front Team Jul 10, 2026

Polestar will begin selling an upright SUV variant of its Polestar 4 in European and Asian markets on September 2, expanding its lineup at the…

Toyota’s Electric Highlander Delay Says It All

Toyota’s Electric Highlander Delay Says It All

Wheel Front Team Jul 10, 2026

Toyota confirmed this week that production of the all-electric 2027 Highlander has been pushed back at least eight weeks, torpedoing plans for late-2026 sales and…

BMW Kills the Gas-Powered X4. Only Electric Survives.

BMW Kills the Gas-Powered X4. Only Electric Survives.

Wheel Front Team Jul 10, 2026

Every BMW X4 ever built rolled out of Spartanburg, South Carolina, powered by gasoline or diesel. That era is over. The next X4 will be…

Electric Trucks Flopped. Now Comes the Hard Part.

Electric Trucks Flopped. Now Comes the Hard Part.

Wheel Front Team Jul 9, 2026

Ford killed the F-150 Lightning. Ram buried its electric truck before it ever reached a single driveway. GM’s Silverado EV is selling at roughly three…

Mazda Quietly Hits 100 IIHS Safety Awards. Nobody Noticed.

Mazda Quietly Hits 100 IIHS Safety Awards. Nobody Noticed.

Wheel Front Team Jul 9, 2026

The 2026 Mazda CX-5 just picked up a TOP SAFETY PICK+ rating from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, and with it, Mazda quietly crossed…