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Japan’s 14 Automakers Admit Going It Alone Is Over

Japan’s 14 Automakers Admit Going It Alone Is Over

Wheel Front Team Apr 22, 2026

Fourteen automakers walked into a room and admitted something Japanese industry almost never says out loud: going it alone is no longer working. At its first press conference under new Chairman Koji Sato on March 19, the Japan Automobile Manufacturers…

Smart Remembers What Made It Famous

Smart Remembers What Made It Famous

Wheel Front Team Apr 22, 2026

The Smart brand spent the last five years getting fat. Now it wants to remember what made it famous. Smart unveiled the Concept #2 this…

GM Kills Next-Gen Electric Trucks as Sales Crater

GM Kills Next-Gen Electric Trucks as Sales Crater

Wheel Front Team Apr 22, 2026

General Motors has indefinitely delayed its next-generation full-size electric truck program, killing plans to bring updated, lower-cost versions of the Chevrolet Silverado EV, GMC Sierra…

Hyundai Just Built the Plumbing for a Truck Empire

Hyundai Just Built the Plumbing for a Truck Empire

Wheel Front Team Apr 22, 2026

Hyundai Motor isn’t chasing headlines with another concept car or a flashy EV reveal. Instead, the Korean automaker just made its most telling commercial vehicle…

Hyundai and TVS Team Up to Electrify India’s Rickshaws

Hyundai and TVS Team Up to Electrify India’s Rickshaws

Wheel Front Team Apr 22, 2026

Hyundai Motor Company just signed a Joint Development Agreement with TVS Motor Company to build electric three-wheelers for India. Not crossovers. Not sedans. Three-wheelers —…

Mercedes Bets Its Bestseller on Electrons

Mercedes Bets Its Bestseller on Electrons

Wheel Front Team Apr 22, 2026

The C-Class has been Mercedes-Benz’s bread and butter for decades, the volume car that funds the S-Class dreams. Now Stuttgart is taking its most consequential…

Five Florida Men Stole $2M in Supercars by Just Opening Doors

Five Florida Men Stole $2M in Supercars by Just Opening Doors

Wheel Front Team Apr 20, 2026

Thirty-three luxury cars. Lamborghinis, Ferraris, Rolls-Royces, Range Rovers, G-Wagons. Combined value north of $2 million. And every single one was unlocked with the keys sitting…

This Alberta Startup Sells No-Tech Tractors for Half Price

This Alberta Startup Sells No-Tech Tractors for Half Price

Wheel Front Team Apr 20, 2026

Four hundred inquiries from American farmers poured in after a single interview. Not for a John Deere. Not for a Case IH. For a tractor…

Bronx Jeep Dealer Accused of Forging Signatures

Bronx Jeep Dealer Accused of Forging Signatures

Wheel Front Team Apr 20, 2026

Louis Huertas thought he was buying a new Jeep Grand Cherokee L with 13 miles on the clock for $49,000 cash. He drove it home…

Honda Knew Odyssey Airbags Were Faulty. It Waited Five Years.

Honda Knew Odyssey Airbags Were Faulty. It Waited Five Years.

Wheel Front Team Apr 20, 2026

In November 2017, Honda got its first report of an Odyssey minivan’s side curtain airbags going off without a crash. A pothole did it. By…