Andrei Nedelea
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Personal motto:
"If one does not fail at times, then one has not challenged himself" - Ferdinand Porsche
He is a strong believer in the recent developments in green car tech and especially its entertaining applications. However, for him, green is more than just a brash color sprayed onto a supercar, it's a different way of thinking and perceiving modern car culture.
Fiat Returning to Korea with Freemont and 500
14 Aug 2012, 15:41 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Fiat had stopped selling cars in South Korea, but since their merger with Chrysler, the network of dealerships and showrooms was taken out of order. This is an understandable decision, since the Korean car market is not a growing one, surviving mai...
US-Bound Nissan Juke Gets Special ‘Midnight Edition’ Accessories Pack
14 Aug 2012, 15:24 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The Nissan Juke is a real head-turner, even for such a small and inexpensive vehicle which has been on the market for a while now, people still stop and stare. Now, to boost its appeal in the US, Nissan have introduced a new variant for the US-boun...
First Sanya Skypump EV Charging Station Sees Active Duty in Spain
14 Aug 2012, 15:02 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The Sanya Skypump is a joint-project between Urban Green Energy (UGE) and General Electric. It is basically a wind turbine, albeit one with a special design, which is used to charge up EVs via an integrated charging station. It is also very compact...
Polish Rally Driver in Mitsubishi EVO Makes Huge Save
14 Aug 2012, 14:33 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Some driving maneuvers are so unbelievable, so breathtaking, that you would think they employed strings and stunt drivers to get done. Well, not here, as this guy is a true driving hero with unparalleled skills. During a recent stage of the Rall...
Vintech P550 Tribute Coming to Pebble Beach
14 Aug 2012, 13:59 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Porsche’s 550 was a mid engined sports car built between 1953 and 1956. It was basically a racing evolution of Porsche’s 356, which was very light, low to the ground and agile. Now, a French company is bringing back a modernized version...
US Energy Information Administration Deems US Most Efficient Since 2007
14 Aug 2012, 13:38 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / It seems that the slow trend towards renewable and ‘green’ is slowly trickling into the minds of more and more Americans. While most will still opt to buy a useless SUV which they will drive in town, some are beginning to understand the...
Opel Now Offering HiPerStrut Suspension on FWD Insignia
14 Aug 2012, 13:01 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / One of the main features of the Vauxhall / Opel Insignia VXR / OPC version was the trick HiPerStrut suspension which reduced understeer and improved the overall handling characteristics - similarly to what Ford’s Revo Knuckle (which we explai...
Watch The Fiat Panda Being Made
14 Aug 2012, 12:13 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The name Panda has been attributed to the first Fiat small family hatchback back in 1980, when the boxy first generation car burst onto the scene. It spawned numerous Fiat and Seat badged cars, including a van and electric version. Its productio...
Fisker Reacts to Recent Karma Fire - Battery Not to Blame!
14 Aug 2012, 11:35 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Fisker has officially issued a response to the recent fire-related incident from Woodside, California, regarding one of their Karmas. It took place this weekend and according to Fisker officials, the car’s lithium-ion battery pack is not to b...
Drunk Hungarian Truck Driver Forgets He Is in the UK
14 Aug 2012, 10:01 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / We are not going to start a lecture on drinking and driving. We are, however, going to show you what alcohol can do to a truck driver who up to this point had an “unblemished record”. The driver, a 50 year-old 18-wheeler driver from Hun...
Ukrainian Drivers Show No Discipline
14 Aug 2012, 09:46 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Traveling in the Ukraine can be a treacherous undertaking for all but the most hardy drivers (or drivers from Russia). In this video, these Ukrainian drivers have clogged up a road which is much too narrow to handle the number of cars which are usi...
Great Reflexes Avoid Head-On Crash in Russia
14 Aug 2012, 09:23 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Just another regular day in Russia. People are minding their own business, just driving along on the highway, when all of a sudden, a Toyota RAV4 veers off course and heads straight for a car with a dash-mounted camera. Thankfully, the driver&rsquo...
Mercedes-Benz Officially Discontinues the Maybach
14 Aug 2012, 07:16 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / While the Maybach by Mercedes-Benz was touted as being the best luxury car in the world, it never really reached its full potential. It looked too much like a regular Mercedes-Benz, both inside and out, and despite the sheer quality and luxury of t...
Ford B-Max Gets Official UK Pricing
13 Aug 2012, 15:46 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The Romanian-built Ford B-Max has received its official pricing details for the United Kingdom, where it will go on sale this September. This small MPV, with rear sliding doors and a top notch interior will definitely be a strong seller with UK fam...
Seven-Seater Fiat 500 XL Confirmed by Patent Drawing?
13 Aug 2012, 14:51 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / You may remember us posting a picture of an alleged larger version of the now-launched Fiat 500L MPV. Well, the 7-seater version of the 500 L has now resurfaced, thanks to a few patent drawings, courtesy of jokeforblog.blogspot.com. They show a ...
Ford Falcon FPV GT RSpec Gets 450 hp
13 Aug 2012, 14:20 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / While not very well known outside Australia, the first use of the Ford Falcon name can be traced back some 62 years, to the very nice-looking XK-saloon. In its current incarnation, the Falcon has been with us since 2008 and is the seventh incarnati...
Truck Lands On Boats After Doing Doughnuts Near Marina
13 Aug 2012, 13:19 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / It seems so obvious now that it happened, how and why it happened, but we’re sure it must have seemed like a great and exciting idea at the time. A man from Westpointe, Michigan, was out near the Harrison Township marina, when he decided to d...
VW Creates China-Bound Version of Skoda Rapid Saloon
13 Aug 2012, 12:55 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The Skoda Rapid has already spawned another ‘sibling’ in the form of the Seat Toledo. We must admit to not being particularly fond of the Rapid (though we are waiting for the hatchback version of the car), as we say it looks much too bl...
Small Chinese Hatchback Boosted to 10X Its Original Power
13 Aug 2012, 12:37 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The term tuning is so liberally used these days, as it encompasses everything from remaping one’s engine, to fitting an aftermarket exhaust. This little hatchback, however, is China’s equivalent of the Renault Clio V6, as it has become ...
Great Wall Coolbear Gets Tuned in China
13 Aug 2012, 11:50 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / We had not heard, until today, that is, about the Great Wall Coolbear - a Chinese car which is strikingly similar to the Scion xB, while also borrowing some styling cues from other models. We will ignore the fact that it is a blatant copy, and just...