Andrei Tutu
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Personal motto:
“It is amazing how many drivers, even on the Formula One level, think that the brakes are for slowing the car down.” - Mario Andretti
Any kind of steering wheel will do, as long as it sits inside something that can go fast but doesn't necessarily require speeding to bring back those childhood memories... or create fresh ones.
In his quest to bring you the most impressive automotive creations, Andrei relies on learning as a superpower. And there's quite a bit of room in the garage that is this aficionado's heart, so factory-condition classics and widebody contraptions with turbos poking through the hood can peacefully coexist.
Future goals? Working to see the direct connection between man, machine and the road remaining under the spotlights – this is a value that should be preserved!
Oh, and teaching his cat how to ride a bicycle, even if he has to do the pedaling, steering and balancing. No, really, that's okay, so why do you hate your human, kitty?
The Ferrari F45 Is Not What You Think
30 Apr 2020, 14:49 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / No, there's no typo in the title above: after all, there's a long way from the Pininfarina-designed Ferrari P4/5 (think: film director James Glickenhaus) to what lies before us. Instead, the Ferrari F45 is what happens when car people who...
1963 Chevrolet Corvette "Golden Glory" Is Not Your Typical Lowrider
30 Apr 2020, 13:43 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / There are so many reasons to talk about the 1963 Chevrolet Corvette, the original Sting Ray, starting with the fact that its front-engined design prevailed over the mid/rear-engined layout proposed by Zora Arkus-Duntov, the man known as the patron ...
Plymouth Roadrunner "The Hulk" Rocks a Pair of Turbos
30 Apr 2020, 10:37 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Does the Hulk seem like the type of character that allows notions like "blasphemy" to get in the way of desires? Well, the same can be said about the Plymouth Roadrunner rendering we have here. You see, this pixel build is quite unapologe...
R34 Nissan GT-R "Sad Skyline" Shows Pop-Up Headlights
30 Apr 2020, 09:38 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / How do you recognize a Nissan Skyline GT-R? Well, certainly not by its pop-up headlights, since the Japanese supercar hunter never featured such a solution. However, the rendering that now occupies our screens comes to change this, gifting an R34 i...
2020 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 Races Viper, Freedom Wins
30 Apr 2020, 08:22 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Why would anybody wish to race the SRT Viper against the 2020 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500? Of course, there are plenty of answers to that question, but we're here to discuss a very specific one. Let's imagine you're a YouTuber who j...
UPDATE: Bugatti Chiron Pur Sport "Stormtrooper" Looks Ready for Battle
29 Apr 2020, 19:05 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Yes, the Stormtrooper-spec Bugatti Chiron we have here is a rendering. And why would anybody go through the trouble of creating such a pixel machine, you ask? For one, this digital painting showcases the Pur Sport, the latest Chiron incarnation tha...
Next-Generation Jeep Renegade Rendered as Brand's First Electric Model
29 Apr 2020, 18:19 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Jeep is preparing to introduce an electrification revolution that's part of a greater plan aimed at making up for Fiat Chrysler's rather late arrival at this table. It all starts with plug-in hybrid versions of the Renegade, Compass and W...
Modern Porsche 924 Rendered as Entry-Level Electric Sportscar
29 Apr 2020, 18:09 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / When is Porsche going to bring back its entry-level sportscar? This is a question that has been around for quite a while now. We all got our hopes up at the end of the 2000s, when Volkswagen's Concept Bluesport introduced a group-wide plan tha...
Modern Jeep Forward Control Rendered as the Electric Truck We Need
29 Apr 2020, 16:19 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / While the past decades have seen mid-size cabover trucks being replaced by the big-nosed models that currently populate the streets, a potential return for the now-extinct layout would bring plenty of benefits. So how about a modern incarnation of ...
2,000 HP Nissan GT-R Races 2,000 HP Dodge Viper, Things Go South
29 Apr 2020, 15:24 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Nowadays, a 4,000 horsepower race that manages to gather this much muscle from just two street cars happens more often than one might expect. And while most such battles take place at the drag strip for obvious reasons, the one that brought us here...
C8 Corvette "Acid Green" Is Not Your Usual Porsche
29 Apr 2020, 13:37 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The C8 Chevrolet Corvette makes for an amazing machine, through and through. However, its reasonable financial side also means that many owners turn to the aftermarket to stay ahead. Let's take the 2020 Corvette Stingray we have here, for inst...
Modernized Ferrari 250 GTO Is Not Your Typical Blasphemy
29 Apr 2020, 12:09 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Back in 1962 when Ferrari introduced the 250 GTO for homologation in the Gran Touring Car race class, this came with a price of $18,000, which would make for $154,310 in today's money (think: some $60,000 short of the entry-level Portofino...
2021 Porsche 911 Turbo "959 Conversion" Looks The Part
28 Apr 2020, 17:35 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Let's try to imagine that somebody aimed to disguise the fresh arrival that is the 2021 Porsche 911 Turbo into the 959. Sure, the performance of the 992 with a capital T is already more than suitable for such a transformation, but the imperson...
Bentley Continental GT "Mulliner Muse" Rendered with Futuristic Design
28 Apr 2020, 16:55 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Bentley is currently in the midst of a guard-changing process, so while the Mulsanne flagship sedan is being retired, the Bacalar speedster that debuted last month showed the extended reach of the automaker's Mulliner coachbuilding arm. And it...
Ford Mustang "Flex" Face Swap Rendering Is a Big Surprise
28 Apr 2020, 16:23 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / If you're looking for a Ford topic that splits opinions with ease, you can always ask if the just-around-the-corner Bronco will somehow take the place of the Flex, which was retired last year. However, there are more interesting contexts for t...
Ford Mustang "Honey Treat" Says NO to Regular Exhausts
28 Apr 2020, 15:35 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / While it might not seem like it, the S550 Mustang is not that far from its retirement. Among others, this means that both Ford Performance and aftermarket developers have had plenty of time to come up with spiced-up incarnations of the pony. Howeve...
2021 Toyota Supra Spotted Canyon Carving Above LA
28 Apr 2020, 15:14 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / While the 2021 Toyota Supra isn't expected to reach dealers until mid-summer, we can already talk about the significant firepower upgrades the fifth-generation of the sportscar has received for its second model year (think: more AND less power...
Modernized Porsche Carrera GT Looks Spot On
28 Apr 2020, 12:28 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / With the Porsche 918 Spyder having retired back in 2015, we're eagerly anticipating a successor for the Zuffenhausen king. However, the halo car status of the Porscha means the automaker can't simply roll out a replacement as it happens w...
Ford Mustang Cobra Jet 1400 "Electric Evolution" Is a 1/4-Mile Dream
28 Apr 2020, 11:36 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Ford has put the Mustang into electric vehicle context once again last week, with the help of the Mustang Cobra Jet 1400 prototype. And, once I laid eyes on the EV drag racer, a question popped into my mind: what would the ever-expanding custom car...
Next-Gen Nissan Z Car Rendered with 240Z Retro-Futuristic Styling
27 Apr 2020, 11:44 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / It was 2009 when Nissan introduced the 370Z and the Japanese sportscar soldiers on without any major changes. Fortunately, the carmaker is preparing to launch a successor, with last year's Nurburgring prototype sighting coming to confirm this ...