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.
Marchionne Cuts Fiat’s European Spending by €500 / $630 Million
15 Jun 2012, 13:33 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Fiat’s European investments will be cut by around €500 ($630) million, according to CEO Sergio Marchionne, due to the fact that the Euro market is not seen as being able to recover from the economical crisis by the end of 2012. Marchi...
BMW i8 Hybrid to Cost Over €100,000
15 Jun 2012, 13:16 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / BMW’s ‘i’ sub-brand, while despite going on tour around the world, has also been surrounded by uncertainty and doubt. However, according to autonews.com, it seem that everything is going according to plan and BMW are now sorting o...
Multitude of Ads Showing Pleased Chevy Volt Owners
15 Jun 2012, 12:41 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / You may think that these ads are just marketing mumbo-jumbo, but it seems that the people interviewed for the making of this slew of ads seem genuinely happy and pleased. We’ve watched so many car ads that very few really impress us, and, we...
Audi Beginning to Exert Its Influence on Ducati
15 Jun 2012, 12:12 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The acquisition of Ducati by Audi was a curious matter, to say the least. From a financial point of view, the €860 million ($1.12 billion) is spare change for the leviathan that is the VW Group as a whole. Their possible exchange of technology...
Just a Motorbike Stuck in a Tree
15 Jun 2012, 11:45 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / A recent motorbike crash took place in New Zealand which had some rather amusing consequences. The rider was just riding along (apparently a bit too quickly, though) and he reportedly hit a ditch which shot the motorbike, along with its rider, up a...
Ultra-Efficient Range-Extended Van Driven at Millbrook
15 Jun 2012, 10:39 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Having previously shown you the Revolve van, with only a few pictures to choose from to quench our ECO-fueled excitement. It featured a 100 hp electric motor which drove the front wheels, drawing power from a battery pack which is recharged (if nee...
MyFord Mobile App for Focus Electric Available Now
15 Jun 2012, 10:37 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Despite the very small number of Ford Focus EVs currently on the road (officials say 16), Ford has decided to release a dedicated iPhone app (MyFord Mobile) to make the owning experience a more pleasant high-tech one. As one might expect, it pr...
Just a 1,700 HP Koenigsegg V8-Powered Ford Granada
15 Jun 2012, 09:25 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / We here at autoevolution simply love sleepers (no, not this kind) and the reactions people have to them: surpirse and amazement or anger and dismay (after getting ‘smoked’ off the line despite having a supercar). And thus forth, we genu...
High Speed Wheelie Fail
15 Jun 2012, 08:42 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Doing wheelies is the ultimate expression of the ‘I am a motorbike riding god’ kind of mentality, and with good reason: it’s a spectacular way to get around, balancing your body against the weight of your bike while maintaining ju...
Travis Pastrana Thrashing Dodge Dart Rally Car
15 Jun 2012, 08:17 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Travis Pastrana is the real life modern day daredevil. He enjoys going fast on two wheels as well as four, however one wheel or three wheels don’t seem to phase him either. He was recently chosen as the driver of the Dodge Dart rally car for ...
Another Typical Crash from Russia
14 Jun 2012, 17:04 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Russian drivers seem to be prone to crashing, and there are so many stereotypes surrounding the Russian people that we don’t know which are based of fact and which are not. These drivers seem to have a blatant disregard for the road safety of...
The Car Surfing Dog
14 Jun 2012, 16:22 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / As you may remember, we posted several videos of animals doing very human activities in very human ways. Well, it seems that dogs are now beginning to enjoy riding on the roof of moving cars. We don’t know whether it’s a Russia-only phe...
Brabus Modify Sprinter to Create Ultimate Ambulance
14 Jun 2012, 16:20 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Ambulances need to be fast, agile and stable-handling machines, to get their patients to the hospital as quickly and as safely as possible. However, not all ambulances are quick enough for the job, having a few hundred kilos-worth of equipment on b...
MMA and UFC Fighter Cheick Kongo Stops by Asanti Wheels
14 Jun 2012, 15:43 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / After having previously shown you football player Emmanuel Adebayor’s Aston Martin DBS and Fisker Karma by Asanti wheels, it’s now time for another Francophone sports-related personality, UFC and MMA fighter Cheick Kongo. He has take...
Ford Begins Production of All-New Escape in Louisville
14 Jun 2012, 15:40 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Ford officials are very excited this week, as the first Escape models are rolling off the production line, on their way to dealerships. The new model replaces the very different Escape, adopting sleek European curves and creases where once there we...
Chrome Blue-Wrapped BMW M5 F10
14 Jun 2012, 14:57 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The F10 M5 is a subtle and very menacing-looking car, which hides its Ferrari-rivaling performance well, under the sedate body of a 5-Series BMW. However, if that’s not necessarily what you’re looking for, you can spice things up with a...
HKS Approved iBoost App Gives Your Car BOV Sound
14 Jun 2012, 14:13 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Haven’t you ever wanted your car to make that satisfying blow-off valve sound when you lift off the throttle, but the engine was naturally aspirated? Well, now you can fool your friends with the HKS-approved iBoost app. It measures longitu...
Saab Automobile Parts AB to Operate Independently
14 Jun 2012, 14:03 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Following the recent acquisition of Saab by the misleadingly-named National Electric Vehicle Sweden (NEVS), a newly-formed company half owned by Chinese investors and half owned by Japanese investors, being ‘Swedish’ only by name, anoth...
Peugeot Bringing 208 GTi and HX1 Concept to Goodwood
14 Jun 2012, 13:40 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Peugeot is on a bit of a roll at the moment, having recently launched the rather excellent 208, a car which is a massive improvement over its predecessor, the 207, in absolutely every single way. Their 308 is also a genuinely excellent car, being t...
MINI Reveal Rocketman London Olympics Edition
14 Jun 2012, 12:15 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The MINI Rocketman raised a few eyebrows at last year’s Geneva Motor Show with its very funky styling, small size, clever packaging and excellent design. Despite BMW officials saying that the car is merely a concept and it doesn’t previ...