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.
Volvo to Hand Over XC90 Production to Geely
17 May 2012, 16:33 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / According to recent Chinese media reports, Volvo has handed the XC90 platform over to their Chinese owners, Geely. This is an odd move, as the platform is extremely old, underpinning such cars as the fist generation Volvo S80 or the Ford Taurus of ...
Magna Touchskin Renders All the Buttons in Your Car Useless
17 May 2012, 14:46 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Magna’s Touchskin interface is the kind of technology which appears to be ‘from the future’ but its here, now and it works. The system is currently not used on any production car, but Magna have been trying to sell it to a mainstr...
Siemens eHighway - Cross Between a Truck and a Tram
17 May 2012, 13:52 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / We’ve all seen trolley buses and trams drawing their power from the power grid, without the need to carry cumbersome, heavy batteries around. The system has been in use for decades, and there’s a good reason for that - it works! Now,...
Ford Mondeo Breaks European Fuel Efficiency Record
17 May 2012, 13:09 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / It’s common knowledge that the Ford Mondeo is unbeatable when compared to its direct rivals at any category - it just is a very complete and good car. We might be exaggerating, however, until the recent introduction of ECOboost and the genera...
Mercedes A-Class to Get Very Efficient New Engines
17 May 2012, 12:33 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Mercedes-Benz officials have announced that they will be introducing a new range of engines, along with its latest A-Class, in Europe, three of which are petrol and two are diesel. When it comes to the new petrol engines, they come in 1.6- and 2...
Lola Cars Close to Going Bankrupt
17 May 2012, 09:10 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Lola Cars International Ltd. is on the verge of going bankrupt, for the second time in the last 15 years. The racing car and engineering company was founded in 1958 and is based in Huntingdon, England. They first started producing front engined spo...
Russian Market Peugeot 408 Pricing and Details
17 May 2012, 07:51 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The more you go East, the more people like their sedans, and Peugeot is keen to capitalize on this Eastern love of the sedan, with their (not really) new 408 saloon, a car which is also on sale in China and South America, among other places. The...
Electric BMW M3 Set for Pikes Peak
17 May 2012, 07:47 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / We still associate EVs with economical driving, saving the planet and whatnot, but not everybody agrees with this point of view and some people take standard cars with conventional engines, strip everything out and give it an electric powertrain, u...
Facebook Fans Rewarded by Fiat with Giveaway Competition
16 May 2012, 16:26 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Despite Facebook being considered useless by GM in its promotional campaigns, some manufacturers still think it’s a valuable tool for their marketing gurus to attract all the right sort of attention for their brand. With the occasion of ge...
Genevart Celsius Hybrid-Supercar Bound for Geneva 2013
16 May 2012, 16:05 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Swiss supercar maker Genevart will be presenting their new 850hp hybrid supercar at next year’s edition of the Geneva Motor Show. With that much power and a 0-100 km/h (0-62mph) time of under 3 seconds, we can say we’re looking forward ...
Leaked Official Documents Show Production Delays for Fisker Atlantic
16 May 2012, 15:42 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / According to leaked official Fisker documents quoted on Inside EVs, the Karma’s smaller sibling will have to wait until mid-next year to enter production. Previous information also hinted that the Atlantic might not be built in Delaware after...
Improved Maserati GranTurismo Racecar for 2012
16 May 2012, 15:08 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / With monomarque racing becoming increasingly popular as a showcase of a particular car, Ferrari, Lamborghini and Maserati have their own racing series, with Porsche having several separate series. We are now here to zoom in on Maserati, which has u...
Lamborghini Urus to Ditch V12 in Favor of Twin-Turbo V8
16 May 2012, 14:48 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The original Lamborghini SUV, the amazing(-ly thirsty) LM002 was an awesome piece of kit. It featured two V12 engines throughout its lifespan, the 5.4-liter from the Countach and a bigger 7.2-liter unit on a few examples. Sadly, though, Lambo&rsquo...
Google Wants Nation-Wide Legalization of Autonomous Cars
16 May 2012, 14:15 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The people at Google are really ambitious. Very shortly after having made giving a driving license to a car possible for the first time, in the US state of Nevada, they are determined to make it a nation-wide law. It would appear that some Googl...
SEAT to Bring New Leon Supercopa and Ibiza SC Trophy to Wörthersee
16 May 2012, 14:00 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Apart from the Mii Fr, SEAT will be showing off two new racing models in the form of the new Ibiza SC Trophy and Leon Supercopa at the Wörthersee in Austria. The first offering by SEAT is the new Leon Supercopa, which is pretty much an all-...
Official Teaser - Audi Urban Electric Bike
16 May 2012, 13:44 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The new Urban Electric Bike by Audi seems like a lot of fun, but we think it’s a got a lot more than that going for it, as it's a bit more extreme than the similar offering from Smart. Firstly, we’re expecting the pedaling ...
Onboard Video of the Gazoo Racing Toyota GT-86
16 May 2012, 13:43 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / With its debut at this year’s Nurburgring 24 Hours endurance race drawing ever closer, it’s good to see what the race-spec Toyota GT-86 by Gazoo Racing (Toyota’s motorsport partner) can do. The race-prepared GT-86 is based on t...
New UK Laws to Make Driving on Drugs a Criminal Offense
16 May 2012, 12:50 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / After more than 3 years of debates and changes, the UK is getting ready to embrace its new ‘drugged driving’ laws. While drug testing is currently done at the police station, cops in the field will apparently get a ‘drugalyzer&rsq...
Swedish Union Send Letter to President Obama to Save Saab
16 May 2012, 12:26 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Saab may not be dead just yet. Despite filing for bankruptcy in December, due to GM’s refusal to allow permission for their sale to a new owner, fearing that GM tech may end up in competitors’ hands. Recently, a Swedish union called ...
Tresor - Hideous Audi Q7-Based SUV
16 May 2012, 11:37 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Welcome to the vehicle only a blind man with a distinct lack of taste would buy, the Audi Q7-based Tresor by Armortech & Atelier Valdeig. This is the kind of car which would appeal to the same people who would drive the leopard wrapped Lamborgh...