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The Charger R/T Is a Gas Muscle Car Built on an EV’s Bones

The Charger R/T Is a Gas Muscle Car Built on an EV’s Bones

Wheel Front Team Mar 11, 2026

Four hundred twenty horsepower from a twin-turbo inline-six, standard all-wheel drive, and a chassis originally designed around a battery pack it doesn’t carry. That’s the 2026 Dodge Charger R/T — a gas-powered muscle car forced into existence on an electric…

Stellantis Raises $5.8B in Bonds After Betting Wrong on EVs

Stellantis Raises $5.8B in Bonds After Betting Wrong on EVs

Wheel Front Team Mar 11, 2026

Five billion euros. That’s how much Stellantis just raised in hybrid bonds, maxing out its entire board authorization in a single shot. The settlement date…

Audi’s March 17 Reckoning: A CEO, a Balance Sheet, and a Brutal Year

Audi’s March 17 Reckoning: A CEO, a Balance Sheet, and a Brutal Year

Wheel Front Team Mar 11, 2026

Audi has locked in March 17, 2026, for its Annual Media Conference, where CEO Gernot Döllner and CFO Jürgen Rittersberger will face the cameras from…

Porsche Plans a Supercar Above the 911 to Fight a 93% Profit Collapse

Porsche Plans a Supercar Above the 911 to Fight a 93% Profit Collapse

Wheel Front Team Mar 11, 2026

Operating profit at Porsche cratered from €5.64 billion in 2024 to just €0.41 billion in 2025. That’s not a dip. That’s a 93 percent collapse,…

Ford’s Explorer EV Gets Smarter in Europe While the U.S. Watches

Ford’s Explorer EV Gets Smarter in Europe While the U.S. Watches

Wheel Front Team Mar 11, 2026

Ford just handed its European Explorer EV a lithium-iron phosphate battery, bidirectional charging, and a suite of new driver-assistance tech. Meanwhile, back home in Dearborn,…

Ram Crawls Back to the Small Van Game It Helped Kill

Ram Crawls Back to the Small Van Game It Helped Kill

Wheel Front Team Mar 11, 2026

Three years after Ram walked away from the small commercial van segment, leaving tradespeople and delivery fleets scrambling, the brand wants back in. The 2027…

Subaru Turned 141,000 New-Car Deliveries Into a Charity Machine

Subaru Turned 141,000 New-Car Deliveries Into a Charity Machine

Wheel Front Team Mar 10, 2026

Subaru of America says 141,184 customers redeemed social impact gifts in the first year of its Love-Encore gifting program, a post-purchase initiative that quietly became…

Honda’s NSX Heritage Parts Program Finally Hits U.S. Dealers

Honda’s NSX Heritage Parts Program Finally Hits U.S. Dealers

Wheel Front Team Mar 10, 2026

Thirty-five years after the first Acura NSX rolled off the line, Honda is throwing its most iconic mid-engine car a lifeline. Starting this summer, reproduction…

Mercedes Bets Americans Will Pay Limo Money for a Minivan

Mercedes Bets Americans Will Pay Limo Money for a Minivan

Wheel Front Team Mar 10, 2026

Mercedes-Benz just unveiled the VLE-Class, a fully electric passenger van it desperately wants you to call a “grand limousine.” It’s headed to North America in…

Audi’s Five-Cylinder Swan Song Costs Nearly Double the Standard RS3

Audi’s Five-Cylinder Swan Song Costs Nearly Double the Standard RS3

Wheel Front Team Mar 10, 2026

Seven hundred and fifty cars. That’s how many RS3 Competition Limited editions Audi Sport will build to mark a half-century of five-cylinder engines — a…