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Chevy Dumps the CVT Nobody Asked For in the Equinox

Chevy Dumps the CVT Nobody Asked For in the Equinox

Wheel Front Team Mar 24, 2026

For the 2027 model year, Chevrolet is reportedly replacing the continuously variable transmission in front-wheel-drive versions of the Equinox with a conventional eight-speed automatic. It’s a rare admission — without actually admitting anything — that a cost-saving drivetrain choice wasn’t…

Car Theft Hits 40-Year Low, but One Vanishes Every 48 Seconds

Car Theft Hits 40-Year Low, but One Vanishes Every 48 Seconds

Wheel Front Team Mar 24, 2026

The Hyundai Elantra is the most stolen car in America. Not a Lamborghini. Not a tricked-out Hellcat. A Hyundai Elantra. In 2025, thieves drove off…

Nissan’s $22,600 Sentra Joins the IIHS Safety Elite

Nissan’s $22,600 Sentra Joins the IIHS Safety Elite

Wheel Front Team Mar 24, 2026

The cheapest car to earn the IIHS’s highest safety designation this cycle costs $22,600. It’s not a Volvo. It’s not a Genesis. It’s a Nissan…

Honda’s Cheapest Cars Are Now America’s Safest

Honda’s Cheapest Cars Are Now America’s Safest

Wheel Front Team Mar 24, 2026

Four Honda models just swept IIHS safety awards for 2026, and the real story isn’t the trophies. It’s the price tags hanging from them. The…

Mazda’s Safety Streak Hits Three Years Running

Mazda’s Safety Streak Hits Three Years Running

Wheel Front Team Mar 24, 2026

Eight vehicles. Eight TOP SAFETY PICK+ awards. For the third straight year, Mazda has collected more of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s highest honors…

IIHS Raises the Bar for 2026, and Most Brands Can’t Clear It

IIHS Raises the Bar for 2026, and Most Brands Can’t Clear It

Wheel Front Team Mar 24, 2026

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety dropped its 2026 Top Safety Pick list on Monday, and the results reveal a widening gap between automakers who…

Audi’s Transformation Chief Exits After CEO’s Victory Lap

Audi’s Transformation Chief Exits After CEO’s Victory Lap

Wheel Front Team Mar 24, 2026

Six days. That’s all the gap between Audi CEO Gernot Döllner telling the world his company had entered a triumphant “new chapter” and the quiet…

Mazda Wants a Rugged CX-5 It Already Built Once

Mazda Wants a Rugged CX-5 It Already Built Once

Wheel Front Team Mar 24, 2026

Mazda program manager Koichiro Yamaguchi told Australian outlet CarSales the company is “open” to building a more off-road-capable version of its bestselling CX-5. He stopped…

Ferrari Called NASA to Tame Its 1,000-HP EV Brain

Ferrari Called NASA to Tame Its 1,000-HP EV Brain

Wheel Front Team Mar 24, 2026

Ferrari CEO Benedetto Vigna just admitted something no supercar maker has ever had to say out loud: his company’s first electric vehicle accelerates hard enough…

Dodge Drops 475 HP Into the Durango for Under $52K

Dodge Drops 475 HP Into the Durango for Under $52K

Wheel Front Team Mar 24, 2026

The 6.4-liter Hemi V8 is back in the Dodge Durango, slotted into a resurrected R/T trim that nobody saw coming. Starting at $49,995 before destination,…