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Mazda’s CEO Admits the Brand’s Real Crisis Is Identity

Mazda’s CEO Admits the Brand’s Real Crisis Is Identity

Wheel Front Team May 31, 2026

Tom Donnelly, Mazda’s top executive in North America, just told his own dealers the quiet part out loud: nobody knows what Mazda is. Not the customers. Not the casual shoppers. Maybe not even the dealers themselves. Speaking at the company’s…

Huawei’s X800 SUV Wants Cullinan Clout at BMW Money

Huawei’s X800 SUV Wants Cullinan Clout at BMW Money

Wheel Front Team May 31, 2026

Seventeen thousand sedans in a year. That is how many Maextro S800s Huawei’s luxury brand has moved in China, outselling every European luxury car above…

Car Batteries in Dumpsters Are Blowing Up Garbage Trucks

Car Batteries in Dumpsters Are Blowing Up Garbage Trucks

Wheel Front Team May 30, 2026

Three garbage trucks in three different states were damaged or set ablaze in a single week, all because someone tossed car batteries into the trash.…

BMW’s $15K Paint Job Takes 75 Hours and 20 Workers

BMW’s $15K Paint Job Takes 75 Hours and 20 Workers

Wheel Front Team May 30, 2026

For €14,000 — the price of a brand-new Dacia Sandero in Germany — BMW will now paint your 7 Series in two finishes of the…

Boulder Residents Sue to Kill 31 License Plate Cameras

Boulder Residents Sue to Kill 31 License Plate Cameras

Wheel Front Team May 30, 2026

Thirty-one cameras. That’s how many Flock Safety automated license plate readers Boulder, Colorado, has deployed across the city, and two residents just filed suit to…

AC Cobra GT Coupe: 720 HP and a Huge Gamble

AC Cobra GT Coupe: 720 HP and a Huge Gamble

Wheel Front Team May 30, 2026

AC Cars just turned 125 years old, and it’s celebrating by announcing plans that would have seemed delusional a decade ago: a tenfold increase in…

Toyota’s Woven City Bets Big on AI and “Kakezan”

Toyota’s Woven City Bets Big on AI and “Kakezan”

Wheel Front Team May 29, 2026

Toyota’s experimental smart city at the base of Mount Fuji just got its nerve center. The Inventor Garage, a development hub inside Woven City, officially…

Ferrari vs. Toyota: Two Opposite Bets on the EV Future

Ferrari vs. Toyota: Two Opposite Bets on the EV Future

Wheel Front Team May 29, 2026

Benedetto Vigna has a message for everyone who looked at Ferrari’s first electric vehicle and recoiled: you’re wrong, and the people who actually matter are…

BMW’s New 7 Series Starts at €117,900 With Nothing On It

BMW’s New 7 Series Starts at €117,900 With Nothing On It

Wheel Front Team May 29, 2026

BMW’s German configurator for the facelifted 2027 7 Series went live this week, and for the first time, you can see exactly what €117,900 buys…

Stellantis Taps a UK Startup for Its Self-Driving Future

Stellantis Taps a UK Startup for Its Self-Driving Future

Wheel Front Team May 29, 2026

Stellantis just handed a significant piece of its autonomous driving roadmap to a company most consumers have never heard of. The automaker announced a strategic…