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The 2028 Mercedes VLE Drives Like an S-Class Van

The 2028 Mercedes VLE Drives Like an S-Class Van

Wheel Front Team Jul 7, 2026

Mercedes-Benz has spent decades trying to convince American buyers that a van can be a luxury vehicle. The 2028 VLE, arriving in the second half of 2027, is its most aggressive attempt yet. It’s a fully electric people-mover engineered from…

O’Reilly’s $10B NAPA Bid Could Kill Your Local Parts Counter

O’Reilly’s $10B NAPA Bid Could Kill Your Local Parts Counter

Wheel Front Team Jul 7, 2026

O’Reilly Automotive has made a roughly $10 billion bid to acquire NAPA’s auto parts operations. The move would collapse two of America’s four remaining major…

Lucid Slashes Prices on Unsold Gravitys Nobody Asked For

Lucid Slashes Prices on Unsold Gravitys Nobody Asked For

Wheel Front Team Jul 7, 2026

Lucid is offering zero percent financing for 72 months and a $10,000 credit on the 2026 Gravity SUV. That’s the kind of deal you roll…

$777 a Month for Seven Years: The New Car Normal

$777 a Month for Seven Years: The New Car Normal

Wheel Front Team Jul 7, 2026

Nearly one in four Americans who financed a new car last quarter signed up for a loan lasting at least seven years. That number, 23.9%,…

Audi Brings Matrix Headlights to the US. BMW? Crickets.

Audi Brings Matrix Headlights to the US. BMW? Crickets.

Wheel Front Team Jul 7, 2026

The 2027 Audi Q7 and SQ7 will land in American showrooms late this year carrying a technology that European drivers have enjoyed for over a…

Cadillac Vistiq Recall: Power-Folding Seat Can Trap Kids

Cadillac Vistiq Recall: Power-Folding Seat Can Trap Kids

Wheel Front Team Jul 6, 2026

A Cadillac engineer blew the whistle, and now every 2026 and 2027 Vistiq built is under recall. The power-folding third-row seat can pin an occupant…

2027 Kia Carnival Starts at $37,490 With a Key Fix

2027 Kia Carnival Starts at $37,490 With a Key Fix

Wheel Front Team Jul 6, 2026

The 2027 Kia Carnival opens at $37,490 before destination, and the most interesting change has nothing to do with the price tag. Kia is finally…

BMW’s Electric M3 Flashes the Concept’s Ducktail

BMW’s Electric M3 Flashes the Concept’s Ducktail

Wheel Front Team Jul 6, 2026

A pair of electric BMW M3 prototypes filmed lapping the Nürburgring are wearing noticeably less camouflage than before, and what’s peeking through tells a story.…

Tesla Stretches the Model Y as Model X Fades Away

Tesla Stretches the Model Y as Model X Fades Away

Wheel Front Team Jul 6, 2026

Tesla just put a three-row, long-wheelbase Model Y on sale in the United States, and the timing tells you everything you need to know about…

AMG’s 1,153-HP Electric SUV Fakes a V8 It Never Had

AMG’s 1,153-HP Electric SUV Fakes a V8 It Never Had

Wheel Front Team Jul 5, 2026

Mercedes-AMG is building a 1,153-horsepower electric SUV that simulates gear shifts it doesn’t need and plays a synthesized V8 soundtrack from an engine that doesn’t…