Andrei Nedelea
3,618 ARTICLES
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.
Narrow European Streets Cause Porsche Cayenne to Crash Into Tram
20 Jun 2012, 14:07 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Europe is renowned for its narrow cobbled streets, with trams going along them as well. While this may be a pretty sight while you’re having a cappuccino, watching people, cars, trams and buses go by, it also creates some very unique situatio...
Dash-Mounted Camera Captures Tunnel Pile-Up
20 Jun 2012, 12:55 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Tunnels are some of the worst places to have an accident. Not that there’s any place good places to have them, but if you were to choose where to have an accident, a tunnel would be the last pick on your list. This guy is just driving on a...
New 'Inside Tesla' Video Released
20 Jun 2012, 12:53 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Tesla have released a series of videos, detailing the production procedures, the atmosphere within factory and the techniques used to build each Model S. This latest movie details the manufacturing process behind the EV as the official launch date ...
Renault to Launch Two High-End Sub-Brands?
20 Jun 2012, 12:06 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Of all the modern carmakers, the first one to have a luxury sub-brand was VW, when, in 1965, they bought Auto Union from Mercedes, and by 1968, the first Audi-badged car was launched, the 100. The model for a luxurious sub-brand was then gradually ...
Ansar Ali Steps Down as CEO of Caterham
20 Jun 2012, 11:27 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Lotus is not the only British sports car firm undergoing management changes, as the CEO of the Caterham Group, Ansar Ali has stepped down from his position by mutual consent, after having been with the company for the last seven years. His main res...
Proton S16 FLX Launched in Australia
20 Jun 2012, 10:38 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The 2012 Proton S16 FLX has made its official debut ‘down under’. It has been launched on the Australian market with several improvements, a new gearbox and new safety features as well. The new car now gets a whole host of safety fea...
Mercedes-Benz W113 'Pagoda' Gets Vilner Treatment
20 Jun 2012, 09:55 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The Mercedes-Benz W113, the original SL, and the only one to embody its founding philosophy, “Sporty and Light” (SL), as the cars that followed, only got heavier and heavier, with the modern SL now weighing as near as makes no differenc...
Former Boss Dany Bahar to Sue Lotus
20 Jun 2012, 09:51 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Dany Bahar was dismissed from his position as CEO of Lotus, after he was accused of misusing company funds (using the money to refurbish his homes). Another theory surrounding the decision says that Malaysian company, DBR-Hicom, are looking to sell...
Volvo S60 Polestar Sells for $300,000
20 Jun 2012, 08:55 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / After seeing just how much attention of the positive kind with the aptly named C30 PCP, Volvo could not have missed the opportunity to let Polestar, who create their touring cars, fiddle with the new S60. And fiddle they did, giving the car all per...
New M3 Rumored to Get Turbo 3.2 Straight-Six and Electric Power Steering
20 Jun 2012, 08:16 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / So much praise has the electric power steering system in the new Porsche 911 (991) received that, according to Bimmerfile, BMW will be fitting the car with the exact same system, made by ZF. The calibration of the system will be left for the manufa...
Citroen Shows Two New Compact Sedans
20 Jun 2012, 07:54 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Being part of the same group as Peugeot, Citroen were bound to want a piece of the 301’s market, so they’ve restyled it and, of course, gave it a new name, of a typically French resonance - a name which must be pronounced the correct wa...
Estonia to Have World's First Nation-Wide EV Infrastructure
19 Jun 2012, 16:04 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The small Baltic nation of Estonia, a country of only 1.34-million inhabitants, will be getting its first EV charging station, a Terra 51 DC fast charging unit. One can find this fast charger at the Tallinn Innovation Center, and it’s the fir...
Aston Martin to Create World's Most Advanced Road Bike
19 Jun 2012, 15:46 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / No, not on their own, of course. They have partnered up with Factor Bikes to develop and build the cutting-edge bicycle, which has been named after their most expensive car they've ever made, the One-77. The two keyword one needs to consid...
US Car Thefts Rates Continuing to Decrease
19 Jun 2012, 15:43 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / It seems that car thieves in the US are beginning to lose interest in ‘the trade’. According to a study by the National Insurance Crime Bureau, auto theft rates are falling, and have been falling for some time. Thieves seem to be doing ...
Fresh Take on the Car Chase
19 Jun 2012, 14:48 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / We’re sure that in this modern world of unlimited access to information, people need more and more to be entertained and amused. A simple car chase just isn’t 2012 enough these days, and so a bunch of hipsters have decided to take car c...
Tesla Roadster to Be Driven Around the World in 80 Days
19 Jun 2012, 14:10 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / After having successfully completed a pan-European tour in a Tesla Roadster last year, Spanish-born entrepreneur Rafael de Mestre, whom we met in June of 2011, has already begun a much more challenging ‘adventure’ - to traverse the glob...
Skoda Rapid and Larger Yeti to Be Made in China in 2013
19 Jun 2012, 14:02 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Skoda is doing very well in China, so well, in fact, that it has become the Czech manufacturer’s number one world market. Also, as far as production plans go, the Yeti was already set to enter Chinese production, with the deal with Shanghai V...
Geely Shows Self-Developed Six-Speed Automatic Transmission
19 Jun 2012, 13:20 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The lack of independently-develped automatic transmissions has been a major problem for all Chinese manufacturers. Now, Geely, instead of using parts from other manufacturers, have developed their own six-speed autobox - a major landmark for the ma...
Former Ferrari Designer to Make BAIC Premium by 2025
19 Jun 2012, 13:19 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / It seems that there’s a real trend among Chinese automakers to look outside the country and find visionary and talented people that can breathe new life into their companies. BMW’s partner, Brilliance China Automotive Holdings hired Dim...
E15 Fuel Approved for US Sale
19 Jun 2012, 12:43 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / You may have heard about E15, it’s a mix of 15% ethanol and 85% normal gasoline. Despite being used by many countries around the world, E15 remained illegal in the States, until now, when the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) has finally ...