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.
The King of Kitsch - Leopard Wrapped Lamborghini in Japan
10 May 2012, 12:16 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Tuning one’s car and changing its look is a matter of personal taste and preferences. But we’re sure that whoever decided to wrap a wonderful Lamborghini Murcielago LP640 in leopard-print vinyl wrap has a distinct lack of taste - if the...
US Youths Still Text While Driving Despite Knowing the Risks
10 May 2012, 12:14 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Despite the general consensus being that doing, really, anything other than holding the wheel, while driving is bad, especially actions involving taking one’s eyes off the road. As a recent survey by Consumer Reports points out, most young Am...
Chevy Volt Awarded Best Eco Car in UK
10 May 2012, 10:26 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The Chevrolet Volt is already an appreciated eco-car around the world. With its range extender petrol engine and electric motor driving the wheels, it’s currently the best available compromise in the field. It may have already won a few award...
Next Infiniti G to Get Mercedes-Sourced Engines
10 May 2012, 09:16 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The current generation Infiniti G, in all its variants, only comes equipped with Nissan’s 3.7-liter V6 petrol engine which is very unappealing in a market dominated by much more efficient turbocharged four-cylinder engines. The plan is for...
Ford to Triple European EcoBoost Engine Production by 2015
10 May 2012, 08:53 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / After a few years of uncertainty, Ford finally started producing 1.0-liter EcoBoost engines in their Romanian plant, in Craiova. Their aim is to triple European production of the three-pot EcoBoost engine within the next 3 years, from 141,000 engin...
Fatal Crash Involving Ferrari 612 Scaglietti
10 May 2012, 08:46 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Driving a car quickly, especially a modern car, is not that difficult any more. Plant your foot deep into the throttle and you’re off. Sadly, most people drive their cars quickly in an unsafe fashion and, especially on German highways, it can...
Subaru Previews Future WRX Engine in JDM Legacy
10 May 2012, 08:16 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Subarus officials have decided to launch the facelifted Legacy, in all its variants, on their home market of Japan. Aside from the improvements and modifications that the refreshed Legacy gets on all markets, the JDM version gets an improved versio...
Ferrari 458 Italia Emozione by Evolution 2 Motorsport
10 May 2012, 07:14 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / If you want your already flashy and attention-grabbing Ferrari 458 to stand out even more than it already does, Evolution 2 Motorsport will change the look of your car dramatically with a new paint scheme and some new shiny bits added with their &l...
BYD to Supply Ten Electric Buses to Windsor, Ontario
9 May 2012, 17:03 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / It is still strange to us how the EV craze hasn’t caught on with city transportation services. Trolley buses are old fashioned and quite cumbersome and battery technology has advanced enough to make an all-electric bus as an economically and ...
Hydrogen Powered Hyundai iX35 Treks Europe
9 May 2012, 16:38 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The old continent has been successfully crossed by a pair of hydrogen-powered Hyundai iX35 from the North of Europe, in Oslo, to the very South, in Monaco - a journey of 2246 km (1,404 miles) which was completed in 5 days. The trip was both a te...
Odd Safety Testing for the Nissan Leaf
9 May 2012, 16:07 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The danger of a high voltage electric shock is ever present in the minds of the people who drive today’s all-electric cars. Couple that with the fear of running out of juice and it may not be an enjoyable experience. One expects that when car...
Victoria's Secret Supermodel Stars in Buick Enclave Ad
9 May 2012, 15:24 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The new Buick Enclave is not a pretty car. It’s quite bland and uninspiring to look at from any angle, if you ask us. However, Buick has a strategy that will make it sell really well... They have asked Victoria’s Secret and Sports Il...
Cadillac XTS to Get Standard iPad
9 May 2012, 14:47 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The infotainment system in modern cars has become one of the focal points of a car’s interior. However, some systems, such as BMW’s first generation iDrive require a Bachelor’s Degree in computers to operate, so many people hate t...
Ex-Stig Ben Collins to be Stunt Driver in Next Bond Movie
9 May 2012, 13:56 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Ex-army officer, ex-racing car driver and ex-Stig turned stunt man, Ben Collins has been ‘famous’ for a few years now. We just didn’t know what his face looked like. Now we do, and associating the face with the mad driving skills ...
Hofele-Design Present Porsche Cayenne Cayster GT 670
9 May 2012, 13:55 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The latest generation Cayenne is the first one from the German manufacturer with proper styling and proportions to its design. It sheds its predecessor’s awkward and bloated looks and now it’s one of the best looking SUVs in its class. ...
Another Blow for the Fisker Karma - Blamed for Texas Fire
9 May 2012, 12:40 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / As if its less than satisfactory customer reports and other problems were not enough, the Fisker Karma is has been dealt another blow. Fingers are pointed towards it as being the source of a recent fire which did “substantial damage” to...
Angry Bison Rams Minivan
9 May 2012, 11:40 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Man’s expansion on our home planet is relentless. Encroaching on pristine wilderness with our roads and cities which are constantly expanding all over the world. In this video, the bison is definitely angry because the people and their cars a...
HMS Tuning Supercharges C63 AMG to 690 HP
9 May 2012, 11:15 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The 6.2-liter Mercedes V8 is widely acknowledged as being one of the best V8 engines ever built. Its use in so many of Mercedes’ cars over the years has, indeed, confirmed it. Even in its weakest state of tune, in the C63 with 457 hp, it&rsqu...
Removing Crosswalk - The Russian Way
9 May 2012, 10:19 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / In Russia, things tend to be done differently than in other parts of the world. In this video some workers attempt to ‘minecraft’ away a crosswalk on a large boulevard, somewhere in Russia. Is may be just us, but we feel that their w...
Awesome Green GT-R with Widebody Kit
9 May 2012, 09:53 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / We all know that the Nissan GT-R is a special car, from the concept which stands behind it, to the way in which it’s built and the way it drives. As always, though, there’s room for improvement, and the GT-R shown here is just breathtak...