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Hyundai’s $39,250 Elantra N TCR Embarrasses Everyone

Hyundai’s $39,250 Elantra N TCR Embarrasses Everyone

Wheel Front Team Apr 16, 2026

The 2026 Hyundai Elantra N TCR Edition starts at $39,250 before destination for the six-speed manual. The dual-clutch transmission bumps that to $40,750. Add the $1,245 freight charge and you’re looking at $40,495 and $41,995 out the door, respectively. Those…

Stellantis Hands Microsoft the Keys to Its Digital Future

Stellantis Hands Microsoft the Keys to Its Digital Future

Wheel Front Team Apr 16, 2026

Stellantis just signed a five-year deal with Microsoft that touches nearly every digital surface of the automaker’s sprawling global operation. We’re talking more than 100…

Honda’s Tiny eQuad Lands Its First Real Customer

Honda’s Tiny eQuad Lands Its First Real Customer

Wheel Front Team Apr 16, 2026

Honda built a four-wheeled electric micromobility vehicle and a fleet management platform to go with it. Now it needs someone to actually buy in. The…

Hyundai’s Boulder Concept Takes Aim at Truck Country

Hyundai’s Boulder Concept Takes Aim at Truck Country

Wheel Front Team Apr 16, 2026

Hyundai just walked into the New York International Auto Show and dropped a body-on-frame SUV concept on the floor like a gauntlet. The Boulder Concept,…

Mercedes Is Going All-In on an Electric C-Class

Mercedes Is Going All-In on an Electric C-Class

Wheel Front Team Apr 16, 2026

The C-Class has been Mercedes-Benz’s bread and butter for decades, the volume seller that quietly funds the company’s grander ambitions. Now Stuttgart is sending it…

Toyota Will Sell the Tundra in Japan. It Expects 80 a Month.

Toyota Will Sell the Tundra in Japan. It Expects 80 a Month.

Wheel Front Team Apr 16, 2026

Toyota plans to sell the Tundra pickup in Japan. It expects to move 80 units a month. That’s not a typo. For context, Toyota sold…

Nissan’s Sports Car Revival Sounds Great. The Math Doesn’t.

Nissan’s Sports Car Revival Sounds Great. The Math Doesn’t.

Wheel Front Team Apr 16, 2026

Nissan’s new CEO Ivan Espinosa has been on the job roughly a year, and already the promises are stacking up like cordwood. A new GT-R…

Two CEOs Just Called Plug-In Hybrids a Fraud

Two CEOs Just Called Plug-In Hybrids a Fraud

Wheel Front Team Apr 16, 2026

Two CEOs from opposite ends of the automotive spectrum just said the quiet part out loud about plug-in hybrids. Polestar’s Australian chief Scott Maynard called…

Nissan’s Next GT-R Will Burn Gas. Just Not Only Gas.

Nissan’s Next GT-R Will Burn Gas. Just Not Only Gas.

Wheel Front Team Apr 16, 2026

Richard Candler didn’t mince words. “We’re not going to go with batteries in the next generation. No way,” Nissan’s global head of product strategy told…

Audi Killed Its Own Rings to Survive in China

Audi Killed Its Own Rings to Survive in China

Wheel Front Team Apr 16, 2026

Ten thousand cars. That’s all the ringless AUDI brand has managed to sell since its E5 Sportback launched in China last September. Now the joint…