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.
Kia Replacing ‘Soul’ Next Year
31 Jul 2012, 07:21 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Kia’s Soul could have been big - really big. It was a compact crossover, exactly what most mature markets are now looking for, with great styling and a wide array of customization options. Sadly for Kia, a company which definitely put a lot o...
Alpha-N Performance Shows Cayman-Based ‘One’ with 800 Hp
31 Jul 2012, 07:04 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Porsche has been making the 911 for a while now, and despite being very tail happy for its first few generations, it has now reached a level of handling and finesse unimaginable when it was first launched. Porsche also make the even better balanced...
Proof That the Dacia Logan is Solid
30 Jul 2012, 14:50 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Many people have argued that the Dacia Logan is a lesser car, just because it is cheap and comes from a country they think of as backward. Well, the chaps in the video have rolled a Logan over many times and it seems that the Romanian car is still ...
Fiat to Shut Down Punto Production for 3 Months in 2012
30 Jul 2012, 13:45 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / It seems that despite the fact that the Fiat Punto is Italy’s second-best selling car, the automaker has begun stocking them up outside the Melfi factory. To prevent this from becoming a problem, they will be shutting the factory down for a t...
Renault Pospones Zoe EV Launch Due to R-Link Issue
30 Jul 2012, 13:26 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The Zoe by Renault is one of the most upcoming vehicles to be launched in Europe. With a starting price as low as €15,700 for the most basic version (not including EV incentives), the imminent launch of the Zoe is causing quite a stir. Howe...
Robotic Water Strider Can Jump Across the Water’s Surface With Ease
30 Jul 2012, 13:03 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The problem of global warming, whether we are causing it or not, is definitely a reality and it has been making its presence felt in recent years. Considering the fact that scientists say that the Earth has gone through numerous cycles of ice ages ...
101 Year-Old War Vet Buys Chevy Volt for 85 Year-Old Wife
30 Jul 2012, 12:31 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Rarely do we get to write heart warming stories like this, but when we do get a change to, we really appreciate it. It proves that age is completely irrelevant and people don’t have to be old-fashioned, despite having been on this planet for ...
Hyundai Recalling Over 220,000 Sonatas and Santa Fes
30 Jul 2012, 12:10 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / It seems that airbags aren’t working as intended on cars these days. Hyundai is making another airbag-related recall, this time involving one of their smaller SUVs, as well as a sedan - the Santa Fe and Sonata. Apparently, the sensor which...
Tastefully Tuned Chevy Cruze - Ruined by M-Badge
30 Jul 2012, 11:53 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Well maybe it’s not that tasteful, but it’s not bad. This Chevy Cruze from the Guangdong province, in China has been wrapped in orange and black by its owner, who has also given the car a body kit, new wheels and black windows, as well ...
France Getting Substantial EV Incentives Increase
30 Jul 2012, 11:31 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The trend towards green motoring is ever-increasing and, we hope, it will be in the back of everybody’s mind when buying a new car. The French government also seems very eager to see it develop faster and further than in other countries, cons...
Mercedes-Benz C-Class Gets UK Updates
30 Jul 2012, 11:12 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The current generation Mercedes-Benz C-Class has been around for a while, getting one facelift in the process. Now, though, the German manufacturer is updating its UK range of C-Class variants, to keep its offering competitive against the new BMW 3...
GreenTech’s MyCar - Not Such a Great Idea?
30 Jul 2012, 10:24 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The rather unimaginatively-named GreenTech and their 'MyCar', a company recently founded, with the aim of making affordable NEVs (neighborhood electric vehicles, for those who are unfamiliar). However, unlike Tesla and other EV makers,...
Elon Musk To Lead Tesla for ‘Several More Years'
30 Jul 2012, 09:52 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Being so busy both with Tesla Motors and SpaceX, Elon Musk may, at some point, be forced to choose one over the other, in order to dedicate himself fully to one of the causes. According to Plug-In Cars, though, he will definitely be sticking around...
Russian Driver Shows Importance of Traffic Lights
30 Jul 2012, 09:27 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Why do some drivers just choose to ignore traffic lights, despite the fact that they know a crash is inevitable if they do so? What goes through their head when they see the red light and cars just starting off, blocking his path. Sadly, the dri...
It Wasn’t His Time - Russian Scooter Rider Gets Lucky
30 Jul 2012, 09:23 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Riding a scooter or bike through heavy traffic, which is made up nearly entirely of cars (and some trucks and buses), is a dangerous affair, no matter how attentive the rider is. However, if the driver doesn’t pay attention to his surrounding...
The Truck Tire of Doom!
30 Jul 2012, 08:53 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Have you ever lost a wheel while driving along? Of course you haven’t, because you are careful to always have the wheelnuts fastened up properly - it’s common sense, after all (too bad it’s not that common any more). Take a loo...
Customized Plymouth Prowler Doesn’t Look Half Bad
30 Jul 2012, 08:33 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / We’ve always had a soft spot for Plymouth’s Prowler, a retro hot-rod inspired car which burst onto the scene in 1997 and with its special looks, it definitely got attention. Sadly, it was only powered by a 3.5-liter V6 with 214 hp and i...
Pre-Production 1954 Mercedes-Benz 300SL Gullwing Coupe Going for $850,000
30 Jul 2012, 08:11 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The Mercedes-Benz 300SL ‘Gullwing’ is one of the only truly pretty car shapes to ever come out of Germany. Usually, German cars are very technical and quite drab, but the Gullwing Coupe is truly excellent to look at and just as interest...
Even Hotter Hyundai Veloster Turbo May Be Coming!
30 Jul 2012, 07:50 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Take one look at Hyundai’s Veloster Turbo and you expect it to go like a Megane RS - it doesn’t. Its 1.6-liter engine puts out a respectable 201 hp - respectable in 2005, but not now, when front-wheel drive hot hatches have already surp...
Hamilton Wins Hungarian GP
30 Jul 2012, 07:26 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Hamilton grabs his second win of the season, thanks in no small part to an excellent qualifying run which put him at the front of the pack. However, his job was not an easy one, as Kimi Raikkonen and Romain Grosjean put pressure on him right from t...