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.
BMW Considering Mexico Production of 3-Series and 1-Series GT
6 Aug 2012, 08:29 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / BMW’s Spartanburg plant currently makes the X3, X5 and X6, and it used to make the Z3, Z4 and the 318i and 318is (between 1994 - 1996), so it’s safe to say it’s one of BMW’s most important production sites. It’s also t...
Curiosity Rover Successfully Lands on Mars!
6 Aug 2012, 07:52 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Back on November 26th 2011, NASA launched an Atlas V541 from Cape Canaveral carrying a very special payload: it was the largest and most complex rover ever sent into space - ‘Curiosity’. Its destination was Mars. Now, after an eight-...
Ultimate BMW Sleeper For Sale in The Netherlands - E30 with 4.4-Liter V8
6 Aug 2012, 07:25 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / No, it isn’t a new M5 engine stuck under the hood of a late 80s, early 90s BMW 3-Series, despite displacing the same 4.4-lites as the all-new twin-turbo unit. The Bavarian automaker has been using a 4.4-liter V8 for years, and the one under t...
Ferrari 458 Owner Runs Over Cop’s Foot - Gets More than a Ticket!
6 Aug 2012, 06:53 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / This is one of the stranger video stories we’ve brought you recently. There’s this cop writing a ticket for a Ferrari 458 which is supposedly ‘illegally’ parked (despite the fact that it was apparently in a valet parking are...
Citroen Launches Special Edition C1 ‘Connexion’ - Designed by Facebook Fans
4 Aug 2012, 10:36 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / While the Citroen C1 has been around for a few years now (seven, to be precise), it seems that Citroen are not willing to let go of the Toyota Aygo based motor too easily. They have launched a UK-only special edition of the car, which has been desi...
Russian Man Attempts to Board Moving Lada - Fails and Loses His Hat!
4 Aug 2012, 10:17 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Some videos we understand, while others remain a mystery even after watching them repeatedly. Take the driver of this Lada who does not stop to pick up a passenger who is forced to get into the classic Russian car via the right rear window - while ...
Blue Chrome Wrap Strikes Again - Lambo Gallardo from China
4 Aug 2012, 09:57 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / While we do appreciate a flashy and nice-looking motor as much as the next automotive publication, we say that too many blue chrome-wrapped cars are beginning to surface. We fear it may become a global phenomenon, as it’s cheap enough to be a...
Tramontana Peparing XTR V12 Supercar with 888 HP !
4 Aug 2012, 09:25 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / We must admit that we really like how Spanish supercar maker Tramontana does things. We loved the R’s looks which are unmatched by any other car (the Caparo T1 might be the exception here, though), and only Tramontana themselves seem willing ...
Crashed and Abandoned Google Street View Car Found in India
4 Aug 2012, 09:08 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / This is one of the strangest and more unexplained incidents we’ve reported in a while. Apparently, in the northern part of India, they don’t take too kindly to Opel Astra hatchbacks with cameras fitted to the roof, since such a car was ...
SSC Killing Off Ultimate Aero - Will Make Special XT Version
4 Aug 2012, 08:51 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The SSC Ultimate Aero was, at some point, the fastest car in the world, having reached a speed of 409.9 km/h (256.18 mph). Now, afterward not much was heard about it, primarily because SSC North America showed the world the Tuatara, a stunning look...
Flammable Interior Materials to Blame for BYD EV Fire
3 Aug 2012, 16:09 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / While everybody may have jumped to conclusions when they first heard about this rather unfortunate incident from China, when a BYD E6 EV which was being used as a taxi, caught fire after being hit by a speeding Nissan GT-R at around 180 km/h (112 m...
The Prius Solution Completely Reduces Your Carbon Footprint
3 Aug 2012, 15:34 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / We must first warn you that none of this is real and the video’s purpose is to both amuse and raise eyebrows, which is exactly what The Onion is known for. They talk about a way to reduce one’s carbon footprint by 100%, and they’r...
Alfa Romeo’s Balocco Test Track Turns 50
3 Aug 2012, 14:40 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / While all manufacturers test their car’s handling characteristics on the Nurburgring Nordschleife, Alfa Romeo (and now Fiat) have had their own advanced testing grounds ever since 1962. The ‘Balocco’ proving grounds have now t...
BMW Reports Motorcycle Sales and Production Increase in 2012
3 Aug 2012, 14:20 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The automotive industry isn’t the only one on the rise for BMW, as their Motorrad division has also registered an increase in its revenue, sales and production, in the second quarter of 2012. The increase in revenue stands at 1.3%, with &euro...
Chinese Wheel Clamp Too Small for Ferrari
3 Aug 2012, 13:36 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / It seems that the wheel clamps used in the city of Guangzhou, from the Guangdong Province, China, are just too small to fit over and around the large (and wide) rear wheels of an old Ferrari 360 Modena, which was parked inappropriately and had no n...
Mercier-Jones Sporty Hovercraft Looks Awesome
3 Aug 2012, 12:54 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / While hovercraft have been around for decades, their development has all-but stagnated, in recent years. After they were ditched from military use, corporations probably discovered that there was very little demand for such craft and nobody really ...
Real Estate Developer Suing Tesla Over New Mexico Production Facility
3 Aug 2012, 12:11 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Before Tesla were sure they were going to use the old NUMMI plant in California as their main (and so far only) production facility, back in 2007, they signed an agreement with Rio Real Estate, for the building of a massive factory, in New Mexico. ...
Ultra-Tough GMO Corn May Force Tire Manufacturers to Use Kevlar
3 Aug 2012, 11:21 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / It seems that while genetically modified crops (GMOs) are able to better withstand pests and harsh conditions, they are also physically tougher - we are not going to talk about any of the health risks. This is causing a real problem for farmers who...
Lada Riva Is Not Very Good at J-Turns
3 Aug 2012, 10:14 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The Lada Riva, a car based on a car based on a simplified 1960s Fiat design, is definitely not a wannabe stunt driver’s first choice, primarily because of the huge amount of body roll one encounters when attempting to take corners a bit too q...
Polaris Buggy Turned into 640 HP V8 Monster Truck
3 Aug 2012, 10:02 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / It’s really nice when people with ingenuity turn something that is relatively ordinary (a buggy) into something very special - a V8-powered monster truck. A company called High Lifter has taken a regular Polaris RZR buggy and, as their name s...