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A $4,500 Roofless Jeep Liberty Is Peak American Spirit

A $4,500 Roofless Jeep Liberty Is Peak American Spirit

Wheel Front Team Jul 5, 2026

While every major automaker stumbles over itself releasing tepid America 250 special editions draped in patriotic decals and black tape stripes, the real spirit of independence is alive and well on Facebook Marketplace in Cherryvale, Kansas. A 2003 Jeep Liberty…

The 4Runner’s Soul Is a Roll-Down Rear Window

The 4Runner’s Soul Is a Roll-Down Rear Window

Wheel Front Team Jul 5, 2026

Toyota sells a version of the 4Runner that doesn’t even have four-wheel drive. The base SR5 is rear-drive only. But strip every option from the…

Russian Gearheads Build Exhaust-Driven Alternator

Russian Gearheads Build Exhaust-Driven Alternator

Wheel Front Team Jul 5, 2026

A group of Russian mechanics known as Garage 54 just bolted a homemade turbine to a car’s tailpipe and used exhaust gases to generate electricity.…

F1’s Lego Parade Doubles Down With 22 Karts at Silverstone

F1’s Lego Parade Doubles Down With 22 Karts at Silverstone

Wheel Front Team Jul 5, 2026

Last year in Miami, 20 Formula 1 drivers crammed into 10 drivable Lego cars — two drivers per car, each vehicle weighing 3,306 pounds and…

The 430-HP ALPINA B12 6.0 Is a V12 Ghost Story

The 430-HP ALPINA B12 6.0 Is a V12 Ghost Story

Wheel Front Team Jul 5, 2026

Fewer than 100 were ever built. Most have vanished into collections in Japan and the United States. And the ones that surface in Europe now…

BMW Unveils New X5 and 7 Series at Czech Film Fest

BMW Unveils New X5 and 7 Series at Czech Film Fest

Wheel Front Team Jul 5, 2026

BMW brought more than 80 vehicles to the 60th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in the Czech Republic this week, but two of them carried…

BMW Will Give Away an X5 Nobody Can Buy Yet

BMW Will Give Away an X5 Nobody Can Buy Yet

Wheel Front Team Jul 4, 2026

The 2027 BMW X5 M60e sitting on the 17th tee at Munich’s Eichenried Golf Club is finished in Frozen Space Silver, a matte Individual paint…

Where All the Pimp My Ride Cars Went to Die

Where All the Pimp My Ride Cars Went to Die

Wheel Front Team Jul 4, 2026

Seventy-two cars got the MTV treatment between 2004 and 2007. Fewer than half can be accounted for today, and most of those aren’t running. That’s…

When Ford’s Expedition First Dethroned Chevy’s SUV Dynasty

When Ford’s Expedition First Dethroned Chevy’s SUV Dynasty

Wheel Front Team Jul 4, 2026

In December 1996, Car and Driver lined up three full-size SUVs in the flatlands of Indiana and the sand dunes of Michigan, and the results…

A 951-Mile 1975 Caprice Convertible Seeks Its First Summer

A 951-Mile 1975 Caprice Convertible Seeks Its First Summer

Wheel Front Team Jul 4, 2026

A 1975 Chevrolet Caprice Classic Convertible with 951 miles on its odometer is crossing the auction block on Bring a Trailer, and the timing is…