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 i3 to Be Priced as Entry Level 5-Series
27 Jun 2012, 14:18 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The BMW i3 is on its way, and it is set to be launched onto the world stage in 2014, as the negative rumors surrounding the 'i' program have cleared up. According to automobilwoche.de, BMW’s ‘baby EV’ will be priced simi...
New Honda Civic Goes on Sale in Australia
27 Jun 2012, 13:33 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The all-new Honda Civic has gone on sale in Australia and is now available for purchase with prices starting at $22,650 AUD for a VTi-S trim car with a manual gearbox and rise to $29,990 AUD for a VTi-L spec car with an automatic gearbox. When w...
Drunk Russian Assumes Role of Gandalf
27 Jun 2012, 13:02 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / It seems that there are some people who do not want cars to pass past a certain point, and they are willing to risk their lives to stop it from happening. This video of a drunk Russian man who is blocking a driver’s path starts off in a s...
Kawasaki Launching New Ninja ZX-6R By the End of 2012 ?
27 Jun 2012, 12:39 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Considering the fact that Kawasaki usually reveal a new ZX-6R about a year after the introduction of a new ZX-10R, and with the latest version of the latter having been introduced nearly two years ago, visordown.com say that we should be expecting ...
Cameron Diaz Spotted Filling Up Her Maserati Quattroporte
27 Jun 2012, 12:13 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Cameron Diaz needs no introduction, and considering her world-famous status, she would need to drive a car which would please all her fans around the world. So, she has chosen wisely, driving a stylish-but-not-flashy Maserati Quattroporte, with a p...
Stunt Driver Terry Grant Explains Leaf Reversing Record Attempt
27 Jun 2012, 11:43 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Having previously reported that Nissan were bringing the Leaf to the Goodwood Festival of Speed in order to set the world record for the fastest time over a distance of one mile, while driving in reverse, it’s not time for stunt driver Terry ...
Yamaha to Launch Ultra-Cheap €375 India-Bound Motorbike
27 Jun 2012, 11:20 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / As India’s population keeps growing, more and more people need cheap means of transportation that don’t use up too much fuel or space, so, a motorbike is the ideal choice for the Indian man or woman with a need for constant mobility. ...
Rapper The Game Gives His Porsche Panamera Matte-Gold Wrap
27 Jun 2012, 10:43 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / American rapper ‘The Game’ really loves his very own Porsche Panamera, a car which used to be white, with red wheels - a good look, we say. Now, however, the rapper gave the matter some tought, deciding that the white and red theme wasn...
The Future of Motoring is Electric
27 Jun 2012, 09:50 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Oil does indeed make all of us laugh out loud, but currently, it’s not an amused type of laugh, but more of a ‘we’ll soon get rid of you’ kind of complacent laugh, as most automotive news headlines of the last two weeks have...
Porsche 997 GT3 With Supersprint Sports Exhaust
27 Jun 2012, 09:20 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The Porsche flat-six engine has been incrementally improved and tweaked over the years, and now, in its latest incarnation and with a reduced displacement of 3.4 liters, it can get the latest 991 Carrera from 0-100 km/h (0-62 mph) in 4.6 seconds (w...
EDO Competition Porsche Carrera GT With Straight Pipes
27 Jun 2012, 09:05 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The Carrera GT is definitely the best and most technologically advanced car ever built by Porsche. Being so new and fresh in its conception that they decided not to use the classic flat-six with a turbocharger, and opted instead for a 5.7-liter V10...
Volvo Showing V60 Plug-In Hybrid at Goodwood
27 Jun 2012, 08:48 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The Goodwood Festival of Speed is the venue of choice for Volvo to give the public the very first chance to take their ultra-efficient V60 plug-in hybrid for a spin. The figures seem promising, as the car features Volvo’s familiar 2.5-lit...
Fisker Launches New Ad Campaign and Increases European Presence
27 Jun 2012, 08:17 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / While all ‘green’ car news of the week have been pretty much all about the launch of the Tesla Model S, another California-based ‘green’ automaker with a decently successful car, Fisker, is looking to increase its brand appe...
GM Stocks Drop Below $20 Per Share
27 Jun 2012, 07:53 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Monday marked a 3.4% drop in GM stocks, as they fell below the $20 mark, for the first time since December 2011. Apparently, the unstable European economy drove share prices down by 69 cents, to Monday’s value of $19.91 (€15.93), as Dan...
Aston Martin Celebrates 1 Million Facebook Fans With Special DB9
27 Jun 2012, 07:17 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Each manufacturer has celebrated achieving a given number of Facebook fans in their own way. Well, instead of doing a video about it like most others, Aston Martin have made a special edition DB9 called the 1M, letting everybody know that the Briti...
Spyshots: New Range Rover Sport
26 Jun 2012, 15:42 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The new Range Rover Sport was spotted with body camouflage as well as a ‘masked’ front end. It is clearly different to yesterday’s set of spyshots of the ‘big’ Range Rover, as this particular car has a completely diffe...
Last Rotary-Engined Mazda Rolls off the Production Line
26 Jun 2012, 14:35 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Mazda’s 45 year history of using the rotary engine to power its cars is over. On Friday, the last RX-8 rolled off the Mazda production line in Hiroshima, signaling the end of an era, as it set them apart from other, more mainstream manufactur...
Truck With No Brakes Causes Massive Accident and Explosions
26 Jun 2012, 14:12 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The video linked here shows what to us is one of the biggest and most spectacular accidents we’ve ever seen, and yes, it did happen in Russia, as, apparently, a truck’s brakes failed and then it literally ploughed into several trucks an...
Failed Overtake Maneuver Causes Barrel Roll
26 Jun 2012, 13:59 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Simple overtaking maneuver goes bad in Russia, after the driver of the car with the dash cam tries to overtake a truck which suddenly makes a left turn without indicating. The driver then panics and pulls hard to the right, a maneuver which destabi...
Noble M600 Convertible Teaser Revealed
26 Jun 2012, 13:32 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The Noble M600 is one of the last of the ‘old breed’ of supercars, which relies on a great chassis and a powerful engine to offer thrills, instead of all sorts of electronic gizmos and ‘driver aids’. Well, for those who like...