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Was 2004 Really the Best Year for Cars?

Was 2004 Really the Best Year for Cars?

Wheel Front Team May 23, 2026

Jalopnik threw the question to its readers this week: What was the single best year in automotive history? Not just the year your favorite car debuted, but the year the entire market peaked for enthusiasts across every segment — sedans,…

The Viper-Powered Ram That Embarrasses Every New Rumble Bee

The Viper-Powered Ram That Embarrasses Every New Rumble Bee

Wheel Front Team May 23, 2026

A 2004 Dodge Ram SRT-10 with just 3,000 miles on the clock is sitting on Bring a Trailer right now, and it carries two things…

Castroneves Wants Guaranteed Indy 500 Entries. Fans Hate It.

Castroneves Wants Guaranteed Indy 500 Entries. Fans Hate It.

Wheel Front Team May 23, 2026

Exactly 33 cars qualified for the 2026 Indianapolis 500. Not 34. Not 35. Thirty-three entries for thirty-three spots, which means nobody got bumped, nobody went…

Petersen’s Mercedes Show Has Cars Even Mercedes Wants

Petersen’s Mercedes Show Has Cars Even Mercedes Wants

Wheel Front Team May 23, 2026

Forty-two vehicles spanning 140 years of history, and Mercedes-Benz itself only owns four of them. That’s the quiet stunner behind “World-Class: 100 Years of Mercedes-Benz,”…

A ’74 Camaro Z28 Sat 55 Feet Deep in a Maine Lake

A ’74 Camaro Z28 Sat 55 Feet Deep in a Maine Lake

Wheel Front Team May 23, 2026

A guy looking for a lost snowmobile found a muscle car instead. Jason Smith was piloting an underwater drone through Maine’s Sebago Lake when the…

Monster Truck Hits 103 MPH on Indy’s Back Straight

Monster Truck Hits 103 MPH on Indy’s Back Straight

Wheel Front Team May 23, 2026

Camden Murphy pinned the throttle of a 12,000-pound monster truck down the back straight at Indianapolis Motor Speedway and didn’t lift until the speedometer read…

Polish Oddball Cars Land in Illinois Via Facebook

Polish Oddball Cars Land in Illinois Via Facebook

Wheel Front Team May 22, 2026

A pair of FSO Polonez models — one a 1997 hatchback, the other a four-door crew cab pickup — have surfaced on Facebook Marketplace in…

A German Dealer Built a GT3-Style M3 Wagon for €159,500

A German Dealer Built a GT3-Style M3 Wagon for €159,500

Wheel Front Team May 22, 2026

Days after an actual BMW M3 Touring race car finished fifth overall at the Nürburgring 24 Hours, beating a factory M4 GT3 EVO in the…

BMW’s Vision ALPINA Is a GT Car Begging for a Script

BMW’s Vision ALPINA Is a GT Car Begging for a Script

Wheel Front Team May 22, 2026

BMW unveiled the Vision ALPINA concept at Villa d’Este this year, and the internet immediately started casting it in the next James Bond film. It’s…

Fukushima’s Abandoned Farmland Now Fuels Japan’s Fastest Cars

Fukushima’s Abandoned Farmland Now Fuels Japan’s Fastest Cars

Wheel Front Team May 22, 2026

Japan’s top open-wheel racing series opened its 2026 season in April with every car on the grid burning fuel nobody thought possible four years ago.…