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Damd’s $330 Trim Piece Fakes a Soft Top on Your Jimny

Damd’s $330 Trim Piece Fakes a Soft Top on Your Jimny

Wheel Front Team Jul 12, 2026

Suzuki never gave the current Jimny a convertible option. Japanese tuner Damd decided to fake one instead. The company’s new Slash Garnish is a diagonal trim strip that mounts directly onto the rear side glass of the three-door Jimny, splitting…

A Stripeless Ford GT Is the Rarest Kind of Rebel

A Stripeless Ford GT Is the Rarest Kind of Rebel

Wheel Front Team Jul 12, 2026

Only two 2006 Ford GTs rolled out of the Wixom Assembly Plant in Speed Yellow without racing stripes. One of them is now up for…

This 550-HP Studebaker Has NASCAR Guts and Street Plates

This 550-HP Studebaker Has NASCAR Guts and Street Plates

Wheel Front Team Jul 12, 2026

A 1954 Studebaker Champion Starlight just showed up on Bring a Trailer, and it is not the kind of Studebaker anyone’s grandmother drove to church.…

Pastrana’s 670-HP Subaru Brataroo Attacks Goodwood Sideways

Pastrana’s 670-HP Subaru Brataroo Attacks Goodwood Sideways

Wheel Front Team Jul 12, 2026

Travis Pastrana showed up at the 2026 Goodwood Festival of Speed with 670 horsepower, a carbon-bodied homage to the original Subaru Brat, and absolutely zero…

This Mini Semi Chevy Dually Is Peak ’80s Swagger

This Mini Semi Chevy Dually Is Peak ’80s Swagger

Wheel Front Team Jul 12, 2026

A 1988 Chevrolet 3500 dually converted into a pint-sized semi truck is heading to Mecum’s Harrisburg auction on July 23, and it might be the…

Slate’s Crayola Wraps Can’t Hide the Math Problem

Slate’s Crayola Wraps Can’t Hide the Math Problem

Wheel Front Team Jul 12, 2026

A $25,000 electric pickup with crank windows and no screen walks into a room with Crayola. That’s not a joke—it’s Slate’s actual go-to-market strategy. The…

When Lexus Tried to Out-Cool Mercedes, Stuttgart Won

When Lexus Tried to Out-Cool Mercedes, Stuttgart Won

Wheel Front Team Jul 12, 2026

Twenty-three years ago, Car and Driver loaded a Lexus SC430 and a Mercedes-Benz CLK430 convertible onto an epic 1,640-mile Florida road trip and came back…

BMW’s April Fool’s Joke Just Stormed Goodwood Hill

BMW’s April Fool’s Joke Just Stormed Goodwood Hill

Wheel Front Team Jul 11, 2026

What started as a throwaway April Fool’s gag on BMW Motorsport’s social media in April 2025 is now one of the most talked-about machines at…

700-HP CTS-V Wagon Is the Caddy GM Should’ve Built

700-HP CTS-V Wagon Is the Caddy GM Should’ve Built

Wheel Front Team Jul 11, 2026

A 2012 Cadillac CTS-V wagon with 700 horsepower at the wheels just hit Bring a Trailer, and it’s the kind of car that makes you…

Hyundai’s Humblest Truck Lands Its Biggest Gig Yet

Hyundai’s Humblest Truck Lands Its Biggest Gig Yet

Wheel Front Team Jul 11, 2026

A battered red 1976 Hyundai Pony pickup is now a playable vehicle in one of the most successful indie video games of the decade, and…