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Tesla’s $29K Model 3 Lands in Canada From Shanghai

Tesla’s $29K Model 3 Lands in Canada From Shanghai

Wheel Front Team May 2, 2026

Tesla just dropped a bomb on the Canadian market. The Model 3 RWD is now available north of the border for $39,490 CAD — roughly $29,000 USD — the lowest price Tesla has ever offered in Canada. The car ships…

Nissan Kills $500M Mississippi EV Plan, Bets on Gas

Nissan Kills $500M Mississippi EV Plan, Bets on Gas

Wheel Front Team May 2, 2026

Four years ago, Nissan stood in front of investors and promised a bold electric future under its “Ambition 2030” banner. A half-billion dollars would flow…

GM Bets Gemini AI Can End Voice Assistant Rage

GM Bets Gemini AI Can End Voice Assistant Rage

Wheel Front Team May 2, 2026

Four million GM vehicles are about to get a brain transplant. Google’s Gemini AI is rolling out via over-the-air update to every Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet,…

Rivian Goes Bigger in Georgia With $2.1B Less to Spend

Rivian Goes Bigger in Georgia With $2.1B Less to Spend

Wheel Front Team May 2, 2026

Rivian just upped the ante on its Georgia factory by 50 percent — while simultaneously taking $2.1 billion less from the federal government to build…

Mazda’s April Collapse Hides a Two-Speed Problem

Mazda’s April Collapse Hides a Two-Speed Problem

Wheel Front Team May 2, 2026

Mazda sold 31,128 vehicles across North America in April, a 17.3 percent drop from the same month last year. The year-to-date picture is no prettier:…

Subaru’s April Dip Hides a Deeper Year-Long Slide

Subaru’s April Dip Hides a Deeper Year-Long Slide

Wheel Front Team May 2, 2026

Subaru of America sold 52,733 vehicles in April 2026, down 5.9 percent from a year ago. That’s the headline the company wants you to focus…

BMW’s 7 Series Facelift Is a Gut Renovation, Not a Nip-Tuck

BMW’s 7 Series Facelift Is a Gut Renovation, Not a Nip-Tuck

Wheel Front Team May 2, 2026

The 2027 BMW 7 Series starts at $101,350, just $500 more than last year, and for that modest bump, buyers get what amounts to an…

Toyota Welcomes 2,317 New Hires by Firing Up a V8

Toyota Welcomes 2,317 New Hires by Firing Up a V8

Wheel Front Team May 1, 2026

On April 1, Toyota Motor Corporation did something no onboarding PowerPoint could ever accomplish. Executive Vice President Hiroki Nakajima cranked a GR GT3 engine on…

Ford’s Patriot Pricing Play Is Back for Round Two

Ford’s Patriot Pricing Play Is Back for Round Two

Wheel Front Team May 1, 2026

Ford is offering employee pricing to every American buyer for the second year running, this time wrapping the discount in red, white, and blue bunting…

Rivian’s CEO Made $402M While Its Stock Tanked

Rivian’s CEO Made $402M While Its Stock Tanked

Wheel Front Team May 1, 2026

RJ Scaringe pulled in $402.6 million in total compensation for 2025. That’s not a typo. It’s one of the largest annual CEO payouts in the…