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Mazda’s Forgotten Rally Weapon Resurfaces After 37 Years

Mazda’s Forgotten Rally Weapon Resurfaces After 37 Years

Wheel Front Team Aug 22, 2026

Lot number 55. That’s how early this 1988 Mazda 323 GTX crossed the block at Bring a Trailer, back when the auction site was still a scrappy upstart. Now it’s back, freshly sorted, with an asking price that will climb…

BMW’s Best Engine Lives Its Most Exciting Life Elsewhere

BMW’s Best Engine Lives Its Most Exciting Life Elsewhere

Wheel Front Team Aug 22, 2026

The most entertaining applications of BMW’s B48 turbocharged four-cylinder don’t wear a roundel. They wear a Toyota badge, a Morgan wing, and a MINI emblem.…

Fiat’s 8-HP Topolino Is Stealing the Golf Cart’s Lunch

Fiat’s 8-HP Topolino Is Stealing the Golf Cart’s Lunch

Wheel Front Team Aug 22, 2026

Three hundred units. That’s all Fiat shipped to the United States, and they’re disappearing faster than anyone at Stellantis likely predicted. The Topolino, an electric…

Tesla’s Design Boss Preserves His Model S, Won’t Mod It

Tesla’s Design Boss Preserves His Model S, Won’t Mod It

Wheel Front Team Aug 21, 2026

Franz von Holzhausen has spent 18 years drawing every Tesla that matters. His latest move involved no pencil, no screen, no clay model. He took…

Audi’s Drain Filter Tackles F1 Tire Dust at Zandvoort

Audi’s Drain Filter Tackles F1 Tire Dust at Zandvoort

Wheel Front Team Aug 21, 2026

A filter originally designed for Berlin street drains is about to get its most punishing test yet. At the Dutch Grand Prix in Zandvoort, the…

BMW Bets Its Electric Future on 40 Years of M3 Cred

BMW Bets Its Electric Future on 40 Years of M3 Cred

Wheel Front Team Aug 21, 2026

Six generations of M3 lined up on a Pacific Grove golf course last Thursday. By nightfall, BMW M CEO Frank van Meel stood next to…

Praga Claims a Spa Record Nobody Was Supposed to Set

Praga Claims a Spa Record Nobody Was Supposed to Set

Wheel Front Team Aug 21, 2026

A Czech hypercar just clocked 2:21.42 around Spa-Francorchamps, beating the Pagani Huayra Roadster BC’s long-standing benchmark by more than 1.5 seconds. And Praga says its…

The 5,267-Pound BMW M5 Has No Business Being This Fast

The 5,267-Pound BMW M5 Has No Business Being This Fast

Wheel Front Team Aug 20, 2026

The BMW M5 posted a 43.6-second run in Car and Driver’s 2026 0-150-0 mph speed test, a number that should embarrass cars weighing a thousand…

BMW iX3 Ran 348 Miles as a Support Car Without Charging

BMW iX3 Ran 348 Miles as a Support Car Without Charging

Wheel Front Team Aug 20, 2026

A cyclist pedaled 560 kilometers around the borders of Upper Austria. His support vehicle, a BMW iX3 50 xDrive loaded with five passengers and roughly…

BMW’s iX3 Wins a Rally by Being Boring on Purpose

BMW’s iX3 Wins a Rally by Being Boring on Purpose

Wheel Front Team Aug 20, 2026

The BMW iX3 50 xDrive just took overall victory at the 2026 Strabag Green Rally, an event where driving too fast gets you penalized. Let…