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Mercedes Says Its New Cars Are Future Classics

Mercedes Says Its New Cars Are Future Classics

Wheel Front Team Aug 11, 2026

Mercedes-Benz rolled into Pebble Beach this week not just to celebrate 140 years of building cars but to make a bold claim: that its current showroom models deserve a spot alongside prewar coachbuilt royalty. The vehicle chosen to carry that…

Eccentrica Chops the Roof Off Its Diablo Restomod

Eccentrica Chops the Roof Off Its Diablo Restomod

Wheel Front Team Aug 11, 2026

Nineteen units. That is the entire production run for the Eccentrica V12 Roadster, a roofless rework of the Lamborghini Diablo that the small Italian outfit…

The $840K, 830-HP Marsien GT Is a 911 for Just 30 Buyers

The $840K, 830-HP Marsien GT Is a 911 for Just 30 Buyers

Wheel Front Team Aug 11, 2026

Strip a Porsche 992 Turbo down to its bones, replace roughly 1,500 components, hand the flat-six to Ruf for an 830-horsepower tune, wrap the whole…

Dodge Builds 750-HP Drift Chargers, Still Won’t Give You a V8

Dodge Builds 750-HP Drift Chargers, Still Won’t Give You a V8

Wheel Front Team Aug 10, 2026

Stellantis just commissioned two drift-spec Chargers with 750 horsepower each, manual transmissions, and rear-wheel drive. They are, on paper, exactly the kind of cars Dodge…

A Le Mans Winner on Street Tires Hits the Auction Block

A Le Mans Winner on Street Tires Hits the Auction Block

Wheel Front Team Aug 10, 2026

Forty years ago, a rotary-powered Lola prototype won its class at the 24 Hours of Le Mans running on BFGoodrich street tires. Now that car,…

Kith Stuffed a V10 Into a 2000 BMW X5 and It’s Wild

Kith Stuffed a V10 Into a 2000 BMW X5 and It’s Wild

Wheel Front Team Aug 10, 2026

Ronnie Fieg stuffed a 5.0-liter S85 V10 and a six-speed manual into a 2000 BMW X5, then paired it with a bespoke 2027 X5 wearing…

BMW Killed the X4 and Left a Gap Nobody Else Will

BMW Killed the X4 and Left a Gap Nobody Else Will

Wheel Front Team Aug 10, 2026

The last gasoline BMW X4 rolled off the Spartanburg line in late 2025. No combustion successor is coming. BMW’s official position is that the front-wheel-drive-based…

Japan’s Coolest Car Watches Cost Less Than a Tire Set

Japan’s Coolest Car Watches Cost Less Than a Tire Set

Wheel Front Team Aug 9, 2026

A bright yellow Seiko chronograph honoring the Mazda RX-7 twin-turbo from Initial D. A reissued Citizen watch timed to Honda’s Prelude revival. And a Seiko…

The Pickup Trucks That Patrol America After Dark

The Pickup Trucks That Patrol America After Dark

Wheel Front Team Aug 9, 2026

Every night across coastal America, ordinary pickup trucks roll through empty streets trailing massive white clouds behind them. No flashy liveries. No specialized chassis. Just…

The 25-HP Microvan That Launched Subaru in America

The 25-HP Microvan That Launched Subaru in America

Wheel Front Team Aug 9, 2026

Before there were Outbacks clogging every Whole Foods parking lot in America, before Foresters became the unofficial car of every Pacific Northwest trail system, Subaru’s…