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Honda is pivoting hard toward hybrids, planning at least 15 new models by 2030, with most headed to the U.S. market. The announcement comes after the automaker killed its upcoming 0 Series electric vehicles and absorbed a staggering $15 billion write-down in the process. That is not a gentle course correction. That is a company […] The post Honda’s $15 Billion EV Disaster Sparks Massive Hybrid Pivot appeared first on Wheel Front.

Polestar sold 14,371 vehicles globally in the third quarter of 2026, a company record, even as it winds down operations in the market that was supposed to be its launchpad into the premium EV space. The U.S. is effectively done for Polestar. The Commerce Department pulled its sales authorization earlier this year, blocking the brand […] The post Polestar Hits Record Sales Just as America Shuts the Door appeared first on Wheel Front.

Jeep hasn’t offered a V8 in a two-door Wrangler since 1986, when the CJ-7 died and took its AMC-sourced eight-cylinder with it. That’s nearly four decades of fans asking for one. The answer keeps coming back to a single, spectacular problem: wheelies. The Wrangler 392, packing the 6.4-liter Hemi, exists only as a four-door. Jeep […] The post Why Jeep Won’t Sell You a Two-Door V8 Wrangler appeared first on Wheel Front.

More than ten miles of wiring runs through the Cadillac Formula 1 Team MAC-26 race car. That is not a typo. Every inch of it exists to measure, record, and transmit data from a machine hurtling around a circuit at speeds that would liquefy most people’s concentration. GM’s YouTube series “What Makes Fast” has pulled […] The post Ten Miles of Wire: Inside Cadillac F1’s Data Obsession appeared first on Wheel Front.

Jeep’s new Cherokee hits the scales at 4,403 pounds. That is more than 500 pounds heavier than the Honda CR-V Hybrid or Toyota RAV4 Hybrid it needs to beat. You feel every one of those pounds when you mash the throttle. The Cherokee nameplate returns after a three-year absence with boxy styling that deliberately buries […] The post The 2026 Jeep Cherokee Is Square, Slow, and Overweight appeared first on Wheel Front.