Automotive News

BMW’s Neue Klasse Gamble Is Starting to Pay Off

BMW’s Neue Klasse Gamble Is Starting to Pay Off

Wheel Front Team May 14, 2026

Fifty thousand orders before the first customer took delivery. That’s the number BMW is hanging its hat on as the redesigned iX3 SUV — the first vehicle built on the automaker’s long-promised Neue Klasse platform — rolls into European driveways.…

GM Tells 66 Truck and SUV Owners: Park It Now

GM Tells 66 Truck and SUV Owners: Park It Now

Wheel Front Team May 14, 2026

A missing tube the size of your forearm has prompted General Motors to issue a do-not-drive order on 66 full-size trucks and SUVs. This is…

Hyundai’s Bold Bet: 20 Million Cars, One Brain

Hyundai’s Bold Bet: 20 Million Cars, One Brain

Wheel Front Team May 13, 2026

Hyundai Motor Group started shipping its Pleos Connect infotainment system this month, kicking off what the Korean automaker calls its transition to software-defined vehicles. The…

Tesla’s FSD Racks Up 93,000 Miles in Germany—Illegally?

Tesla’s FSD Racks Up 93,000 Miles in Germany—Illegally?

Wheel Front Team May 13, 2026

Every Model Y rolling off the line at Giga Berlin drives itself to the parking lot. No human behind the wheel. No regulatory permission required.…

Ford Kills the 6.8L V8 After Just Four Years

Ford Kills the 6.8L V8 After Just Four Years

Wheel Front Team May 13, 2026

The 6.8-liter V8 in the Ford Super Duty is dead. Introduced only in 2023, it’s already been axed from the lineup for 2027, replaced as…

Mercedes’ 650-HP V8 CLE Mythos: 30 Cars, Zero Chill

Mercedes’ 650-HP V8 CLE Mythos: 30 Cars, Zero Chill

Wheel Front Team May 13, 2026

Mercedes-AMG has been testing V8 CLE prototypes for years, teasing enthusiasts with spy shots that never quite promised a production car. Now the promise is…

Jaguar Type 01: 986 HP and a $130K Bet on Rebirth

Jaguar Type 01: 986 HP and a $130K Bet on Rebirth

Wheel Front Team May 13, 2026

Two years after the Type 00 concept sent the internet into convulsions, Jaguar has finally named the production car that will decide its future. It’s…

Mercedes’ Green GLB Claims Need a Reality Check

Mercedes’ Green GLB Claims Need a Reality Check

Wheel Front Team May 13, 2026

Mercedes-Benz wants you to know the electric GLB is 21 percent cleaner in its supply chain than it would have been without intervention. Read that…

Toyota Built an AI Clone of Akio Toyoda. He Hates It.

Toyota Built an AI Clone of Akio Toyoda. He Hates It.

Wheel Front Team May 13, 2026

Well, not exactly. But for over a year, Toyota Chairman Akio Toyoda has been telling his own artificial intelligence replica, “That’s not me,” over and…

Zipse Leaves BMW Vindicated. His Successor Gets the Hard Part.

Zipse Leaves BMW Vindicated. His Successor Gets the Hard Part.

Wheel Front Team May 13, 2026

Oliver Zipse joined BMW as a trainee in 1991. He exits as CEO having outmaneuvered every German rival that bet the house on battery-electric vehicles…