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.
Fisker Karma - Owner’s Review
12 Jul 2012, 09:41 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / While there’s been a lot of talk surrounding the Fisker Karma range-extended luxury EV, we’ve hadn’t really seen things from the owner’s point of view. The owner, of this silver example, Youtube user blgreenstone, has had th...
Invisible Mercedes-Benz B-Class Takes Tour of Germany
12 Jul 2012, 09:26 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Mercedes-Benz have adopted a rather clever marketing strategy to promote their all-electric B-Class F-Cell, a car which does not emit any CO2, as the video clearly points out at every possible opportunity. The award-winning ad features a B-Class F-...
Citroen C3 Facelift Spotted in Brazil
12 Jul 2012, 08:44 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The first generation Citroen C3 was a very left-field choice for any prospective supermini buyer, however, its flimsy interior and questionable mechanical reliability prevented it from becoming really popular - it did sell well, though. Now, th...
Peugeot 308 Superleggera - Only in Russia
12 Jul 2012, 08:21 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / We’re sure you are familiar with the trend of manufacturers making their cars lighter, to reap all the benefits that come with it. After making the 208 considerably lighter than its predecessor, the 207, apparently, they have applied an even ...
Russian Tram Strikes Back!
12 Jul 2012, 07:52 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Any vehicle with a lot of rear overhang will tend to react very differently to what you’re used to driving (a hatchback, for instance). The phenomenon occurs on some trucks, buses and, as it was the case here, trams. The driver of the Lada tr...
Russian Drivers Really Hate Trams
12 Jul 2012, 07:41 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / We really don’t know why Russian drivers hate trams so much. Maybe it’s because they can drift better, or because they cause more spectacular crashes than they ever could. Trams rival buses and trucks for spectacularly violent crashes. ...
Premature Celebration Causes Rider to Lose Moto Race
12 Jul 2012, 07:22 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Some drivers and motorbike riders, especially those people who race in circuit-based racing (not point to point), if they don’t have a small LCD screen inside the car, or fail to see the board put up by the pit crew, they may lose count of th...
Nissan Leaf Ready for Police Duty in Portugal
11 Jul 2012, 15:27 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / While the Nissan Leaf has already found uses as a limo and taxi, the Portuguese have decided to use the Japanese EV as a squad car, for the country’s police force. It is a world first, and the National Director of the Portuguese Police force ...
Volvo Developing Animal Avoidance Safety Tech
11 Jul 2012, 15:06 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Hitting animals which stray onto the road is a major problem, especially in Europe’s northern-most countries (Sweden - 40,000 animal related accidents per year, Norway and Finland), which, despite being highly-developed, still preserve natura...
Dutch Motorists Driving Badly
11 Jul 2012, 14:15 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / While we’ve seen bad driving in Russia, and other less well-developed countries around the world, we were honestly expecting the Netherlands, a highly-developed country where people are of a certain cultural level, that bad driving would be a...
Guangzhou to Give License Plates Only Via Auctions and Dedicated Lottery
11 Jul 2012, 13:32 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / You may remember an older article in which we said that the Chinese city of Guangzhou, capital of the Guangdong province and home to some 11-million people, would be limiting the number of car registrations to 10,000 per month, in an effort to prev...
BMW Looking for Local Indian Market Partner to Develop Cheap Motorbike
11 Jul 2012, 12:50 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / While China is proving an irresistible attraction for automakers, as they are rushing to build factories, launch new models, even market-specific ones (like long wheelbase versions of regular sedans), in an effort to be a part of the boom the count...
Renault Twingo RS R2 Evo Makes For a Very Agile Rally Car
11 Jul 2012, 11:48 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Some cars, like the rally version of the Citroen C2, or this, the Renault Twingo R2 Evo make rallying for beginners very easy. The R2 features the Twingo’s already stiff chassis, with additional strengthening components, to make it both very ...
Kia's Slovakian Plant Achieves Production Record
11 Jul 2012, 11:07 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Kia (and Hyundai) are now on their way to start rivaling premium cars, after one of the most visible increases in quality and engineering ever seen in the industry. The ascent from bargain-basement motoring to premium-rivaling motors has mainly bee...
Ford Celebrates Production of 40 Million Engines at Dagenham
11 Jul 2012, 10:50 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The Dagenham plant, located in East London, has been one of Ford’s most important strategic manufacturing points since 1931. It also offered plenty of employment opportunities for the locals, peaking in 1953 with a total of 40,000 workers. Ba...
How Not to Pay for Parking
11 Jul 2012, 10:06 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / We have seen literally dozens of similar videos, where drivers pull up to slot in the ticket, after having paid for parking, and then things always seem to take a turn for the worst. In this video, the driver of the black VW Polo remains at the whe...
Renault Megane RS RB7 - On Its Way!
11 Jul 2012, 09:47 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Following in the footsteps of the Twingo RB7 and Clio RB7, Renault have officially announced that they will be making a special ‘Red Bull Racing’ edition of the Megane RS. Sales of the special model start this month in Austria, with Fre...
Australia Getting Subaru WRX Club Spec Limited Edition
11 Jul 2012, 09:12 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / While not that many special editions are made for Australia by mainstream manufacturers outside the country, Subaru will be offering a special version of the Impreza WRX, which will not be available anywhere else, to reward the excellent sales figu...
Scion tC RS 8.0 - The Ultimate Release
11 Jul 2012, 08:54 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / While the standard Scion tC isn’t the most inspiring car around, in terms of design, the manufacturer has tried to give it more appeal with the latest Release Series (RS), the 8.0, or as they call it rather creatively, ‘the ultimate rel...
Improved Mazda MX-5 to Be Launched in the UK
11 Jul 2012, 08:36 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Despite the unpredictable weather, which is now a national trademark for the UK, the Brits seem to love their open top sports cars, which they really appreciate, because due to the aforementioned weather, they don’t really get to drive them e...