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A Chevy Spark Engine Finally Found a Job Worth Doing

A Chevy Spark Engine Finally Found a Job Worth Doing

Wheel Front Team May 11, 2026

The Chevrolet Spark’s 1.4-liter inline four made 98 horsepower and 94 pound-feet of torque. In a subcompact city car, those numbers were a punchline. In a Polaris Ranger, they’re a revelation. Mad Goat Customs stuffed that wheezy little Ecotec four-cylinder…

Why RS Watanabe Wheels Take Two Years to Make

Why RS Watanabe Wheels Take Two Years to Make

Wheel Front Team May 11, 2026

A fifty-minute YouTube video just pulled back the curtain on one of Japan’s most secretive wheel shops, and what it reveals is almost absurdly analog.…

Evel Knievel’s Museum Ditches Kansas for Vegas

Evel Knievel’s Museum Ditches Kansas for Vegas

Wheel Front Team May 11, 2026

The helmet that kept Evel Knievel alive after he came up short jumping the Caesar’s Palace fountains in 1967 and spent 29 days in a…

Audi Laces Up to Prove It Still Loves Its Hometown

Audi Laces Up to Prove It Still Loves Its Hometown

Wheel Front Team May 11, 2026

Approximately 7,500 runners will line up in Ingolstadt on May 9 for the city’s 25th annual half marathon. Audi, the town’s largest employer and economic…

Ogier’s Portugal Heartbreak Hands Neuville a Stolen Win

Ogier’s Portugal Heartbreak Hands Neuville a Stolen Win

Wheel Front Team May 11, 2026

Sébastien Ogier held a 17.3-second lead with two stages left in Rally de Portugal. He drove home with nothing but a sixth-place finish and a…

1,600-HP Raptor R Gets 39-Inch Slicks and a Slam

1,600-HP Raptor R Gets 39-Inch Slicks and a Slam

Wheel Front Team May 10, 2026

Brad DeBerti has a problem most truck owners would kill for: 1,600 horsepower and nowhere to put it. His twin-turbo Ford F-150 Raptor R makes…

The Alfa Romeo Museum Is Worth Every Euro

The Alfa Romeo Museum Is Worth Every Euro

Wheel Front Team May 10, 2026

For eight euros — about eleven bucks — you can walk into the Museo Alfa Romeo outside Milan and stand face to face with the…

BMW’s Fuel Gamble Delivers First WEC Hypercar Win

BMW’s Fuel Gamble Delivers First WEC Hypercar Win

Wheel Front Team May 10, 2026

The No. 20 BMW M Hybrid V8 started 11th on the grid at Spa-Francorchamps. It didn’t even make Hyperpole. Six hours later, Robin Frijns, Rene…

Detroit’s DIY Garage Revival Is What Car Culture Needs

Detroit’s DIY Garage Revival Is What Car Culture Needs

Wheel Front Team May 10, 2026

Devin Sykes bought an abandoned 1920s service station in Detroit and is turning it into a rent-by-the-hour workshop where anyone can roll in, use professional…

Golf GTI Steals FWD ‘Ring Crown by 0.358 Seconds

Golf GTI Steals FWD ‘Ring Crown by 0.358 Seconds

Wheel Front Team May 10, 2026

Less than four-tenths of a second. That’s all that separates the new front-wheel-drive Nürburgring king from the old one. The Volkswagen Golf GTI Edition 50…