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BMW’s Wagon Race Car Nearly Podiumed at Goodwood

BMW’s Wagon Race Car Nearly Podiumed at Goodwood

Wheel Front Team Jul 18, 2026

A station wagon came within a quarter-second of a podium finish at the 2026 Goodwood Festival of Speed. The BMW M3 Touring 24H, piloted by South African racing driver Jordan Pepper, clocked a 46.54-second hillclimb run. That put him just…

This 1948 Mercury Woody 4×4 Is the SUV Ford Forgot

This 1948 Mercury Woody 4×4 Is the SUV Ford Forgot

Wheel Front Team Jul 18, 2026

A 1948 Mercury Eight Wagon with a factory-approved Marmon-Herrington four-wheel-drive conversion just rolled onto Bring a Trailer, and it might be the most beautiful argument…

95-Year-Old Nashville Mechanic Still Rebuilds Five V8s a Week

95-Year-Old Nashville Mechanic Still Rebuilds Five V8s a Week

Wheel Front Team Jul 18, 2026

John Larkin spent his 95th birthday exactly where he wanted to be — under fluorescent lights at USA Motor & Machine in Nashville, Tennessee, pointing…

Aston Martin’s New V-12 SUV Only Exists in Call of Duty

Aston Martin’s New V-12 SUV Only Exists in Call of Duty

Wheel Front Team Jul 16, 2026

Aston Martin just designed a twin-tow-hooked, V-12-powered, carbon-fiber off-road SUV with quad exhaust pipes, knobby tires, and military-grade armor plating. You can’t buy it. You…

Concept Cars Lost Their Magic. A Designer Knows Why

Concept Cars Lost Their Magic. A Designer Knows Why

Wheel Front Team Jul 16, 2026

Jon Ikeda has been at Honda for 36 years. Twenty-five of those were spent designing cars, including a stretch running Acura’s design studio. He still…

BMW’s $70K Sticker Job Honoring a Dead F1 Program

BMW’s $70K Sticker Job Honoring a Dead F1 Program

Wheel Front Team Jul 16, 2026

BMW built exactly 135 of the E82 135i Sauber F1 Team Edition. Not because 135 was a round number or a marketing gimmick, but because…

A Cummins Diesel at -40: Where Cold Wins

A Cummins Diesel at -40: Where Cold Wins

Wheel Front Team Jul 15, 2026

Banks Power dragged a 2024 Ram 2500 HD into a cold chamber in Southern California and froze it until the truck simply quit. The breaking…

Red Bull’s $7.5M RB17 Screams to Life at Goodwood

Red Bull’s $7.5M RB17 Screams to Life at Goodwood

Wheel Front Team Jul 15, 2026

Adrian Newey clipped the grass at Turn 2. The man who shaped the most dominant Formula 1 cars of the last three decades was behind…

MINI’s Alpine Fantasy for the Aceman E Is a Stretch

MINI’s Alpine Fantasy for the Aceman E Is a Stretch

Wheel Front Team Jul 15, 2026

The MINI Aceman E is getting a mountain makeover, though the mountains in question might push the little electric crossover to its limits. MINI has…

Kia Keeps Winning Design Awards. That’s Not the Story.

Kia Keeps Winning Design Awards. That’s Not the Story.

Wheel Front Team Jul 15, 2026

Kia’s Vision Meta Turismo just picked up a Red Dot Award 2026 in the Design Concept category for Cars and Motorcycles. That’s nice. What’s more…