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Subaru Tops Forbes Social Impact List Again. So What?

Subaru Tops Forbes Social Impact List Again. So What?

Wheel Front Team Apr 27, 2026

Four consecutive years atop Forbes’ Best Brands for Social Impact list as the highest-rated automaker. Subaru of America announced the distinction on April 27, and the press release reads exactly the way you’d expect — polished, warm, and dripping with…

Chrysler’s Survival Plan Is a Lifted Off-Road Minivan

Chrysler’s Survival Plan Is a Lifted Off-Road Minivan

Wheel Front Team Apr 27, 2026

Chrysler has exactly one vehicle in its lineup. Now the brand reportedly wants to squeeze a second product out of it by lifting the Pacifica,…

Audi’s Q4 E-Tron Refresh Bets Big on a Trunk Outlet

Audi’s Q4 E-Tron Refresh Bets Big on a Trunk Outlet

Wheel Front Team Apr 27, 2026

The Audi Q4 e-tron, the brand’s best-selling electric vehicle, is getting its most significant mid-cycle refresh yet — and the headline feature isn’t a bigger…

GM’s Dustbuster Vans Smacked You in the Face. The Fix? A Sticker.

GM’s Dustbuster Vans Smacked You in the Face. The Fix? A Sticker.

Wheel Front Team Apr 27, 2026

GM part number 10186057 is not a hinge redesign, not a door stop, not a recall-mandated engineering correction. It is a yellow warning sticker. And…

Enterprise Billed a Couple $9,500 for Diesel They Never Pumped

Enterprise Billed a Couple $9,500 for Diesel They Never Pumped

Wheel Front Team Apr 27, 2026

Kelly and Katherine Graves had been home a week from an uneventful trip around Edmonton, Alberta, when Enterprise told them they owed $9,500. The reason:…

Robotaxis Own San Francisco—But Who’s Keeping Score?

Robotaxis Own San Francisco—But Who’s Keeping Score?

Wheel Front Team Apr 26, 2026

The Lanza crime family once ran the streets of San Francisco. Now Waymo does, with more than 800 autonomous vehicles prowling a 260-square-mile swath of…

A $500 Device, 117 Stolen Cars, and a Pipeline to Africa

A $500 Device, 117 Stolen Cars, and a Pipeline to Africa

Wheel Front Team Apr 25, 2026

Six men, 117 stolen vehicles, and a $535 gadget anyone can buy online. That’s the math behind an international car theft ring that treated Northwest…

Beijing Auto Show: China’s 1000-HP EV Onslaught Is Here

Beijing Auto Show: China’s 1000-HP EV Onslaught Is Here

Wheel Front Team Apr 25, 2026

Nearly 1500 vehicles spread across two exhibition centers. Over 200 debuts. The 2026 Beijing auto show isn’t just big — it’s a declaration that China’s…

Porsche Dumps Bugatti to Save Itself

Porsche Dumps Bugatti to Save Itself

Wheel Front Team Apr 24, 2026

Porsche is walking away from Bugatti. The German automaker announced Thursday it will sell its 45 percent stake in the Bugatti-Rimac joint venture and its…

Hyundai’s Record Revenue Can’t Hide a Profit Collapse

Hyundai’s Record Revenue Can’t Hide a Profit Collapse

Wheel Front Team Apr 24, 2026

Hyundai Motor hit its highest-ever first-quarter revenue — KRW 45.94 trillion, roughly $31 billion — and still watched operating profit crater by nearly a third.…