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Aurel Niculescu

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Once upon a time there was a little boy that didn't know his age but dreamed of reaching high in the sky alongside the absolute best aviators. He was passionate about reading books (action and Sci-Fi), grew up with many great authors and soon discovered the mirage of cinema.

There he understood anything is possible if you work hard and passionately strive to follow your imagination. This is how at the age of 16 he managed to fulfill the first dream – flying alone in a glider plane. He was no Tom Cruise, of course, so young adulthood brought him back to reality.

With every kick in the familiar *utt comes a chance to step forward, so a seemingly unimportant ad in one of his favorite automotive magazines brought a dilemma - follow through with the current job or dare to achieve greatness by deploying (previously) unknown literary skills.

Since 2006, he’s been perfecting them at Automondial, Supercar, Cox, Autoshow, Autopro, Auto Motor & Sport, and more magazines plus their online versions. After driving some of the best and worst cars in Europe and around the world, he’s part of the autoevolution team, where he aims to develop his best-ever form.
2026 Hyundai Palisade Visits Imagination Land, Can't Decide What Attire to Wear
2026 Hyundai Palisade Visits Imagination Land, Can't Decide What Attire to Wear

30 May 2024, 08:05 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / The Hyundai Ioniq 7 or 9 (or whatever they're calling it) may be one of the most hotly anticipated new SUVs that's set to arrive in the coming months alongside models like the Jeep Recon, Cadillac Escalade IQ, Lucid Gravity, the Scout SUV...

 
Great Dodge Challenger Drag Racing Moments - Something to Remember When It's Gone
Great Dodge Challenger Drag Racing Moments - Something to Remember When It's Gone

30 May 2024, 06:44 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Dodge, the American brand that's been around for almost 124 years, was founded on December 14, 1900! Headquartered in Auburn Hills, Michigan, it was set up as the Dodge Brothers Company by Horace Elgin and John Francis Dodge, and it even preda...

 
Fully Restored 1970 Dodge Challenger T/A 340 Six Pack Looks Stunning Inside and Out 
Fully Restored 1970 Dodge Challenger T/A 340 Six Pack Looks Stunning Inside and Out 

29 May 2024, 14:22 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Created as a belated response to the success of the 1964 Ford Mustang, the Dodge Challenger arrived in 1969, and the original iteration lasted solely for model years 1970 through 1974. After that, it had a convoluted history. The first Dodge Ch...

 
2025 Porsche Macan Turbo S EV Gets Virtually Revealed With 938 CGI HP From Inside-Out
2025 Porsche Macan Turbo S EV Gets Virtually Revealed With 938 CGI HP From Inside-Out

29 May 2024, 11:21 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / With the introduction of the refreshed 992.2-series Porsche 911 and the arrival of the iconic nameplate's first hybrid powertrain, the path toward electrification is sanctified - along come the high-performance Porsche Macan Turbo EV and the P...

 
Virtual 2026 Chevy Camaro SS Looks Like C8 Corvette's Baby, Sports ZZ632 Crate Engine
Virtual 2026 Chevy Camaro SS Looks Like C8 Corvette's Baby, Sports ZZ632 Crate Engine

29 May 2024, 09:13 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Since Dodge revealed the 2024 Charger Daytona and 2025 Charger Sixpack as the eighth generation of the iconic muscle car with ICE and EV powertrains but also a surprising return of the four-door sedan body style alongside the classic two-door fastb...

 
Feisty VW Golf Mk2 and Mk3 Drag BMW M3 and M5 Down the Half-Mile, Will They Blow?
Feisty VW Golf Mk2 and Mk3 Drag BMW M3 and M5 Down the Half-Mile, Will They Blow?

29 May 2024, 08:46 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / The Netherlands-based YouTube channel cvdzijden - Supercar Videos takes yet another break from filming the latest prototypes like the Lambo Urus SE or Bugatti Bolide and gives us a bonkers Race 1000 drag-style competition in the newest video f...

 
The Chevy Camaro ZL1 Morphing Into a Contemporary IROC-Z Feels Natural in Fantasy Land
The Chevy Camaro ZL1 Morphing Into a Contemporary IROC-Z Feels Natural in Fantasy Land

29 May 2024, 07:47 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / While Stellantis ordained for its Dodge division to end production of the L-bodied Charger sedan and Challenger coupe and GM did the same with the sixth-generation Chevrolet Camaro back in December 2023, the truth is they will linger on for a while...

 
Refreshed 2025 BMW M3 Costs From $76k, Competition xDrive Variant Now Has 523 HP
Refreshed 2025 BMW M3 Costs From $76k, Competition xDrive Variant Now Has 523 HP

29 May 2024, 07:17 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Everyone and their mother (with a passion for Bavaria) are eagerly awaiting the launch of the all-new 2025 BMW M5 and M5 Touring, but M GmbH and its parent company have decided to continue the compact sports business onslaught. As such, after s...

 
G20 BMW 3 Series Gets a Second Facelift; US Improvements Are Subtle, Engines Have 48V Tech
G20 BMW 3 Series Gets a Second Facelift; US Improvements Are Subtle, Engines Have 48V Tech

29 May 2024, 06:43 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / The BMW 3 Series, for all intents and purposes, lies at the core of the BMW brand - at least in terms of passenger cars. And it has done so for almost half a century already. As such, are we surprised they love it so much that it gets two facelifts...

 
What's Better, a Black Super Duty on 24s or a Stealthy Denali Sierra HD on Dark 24s?
What's Better, a Black Super Duty on 24s or a Stealthy Denali Sierra HD on Dark 24s?

28 May 2024, 12:46 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / The aftermarket realm is brimming with joy at the sight of any, every, and all heavy-duty pickup trucks. No, they're not workhorses anymore, at least according to the good folks over at Vossen, and that's been a fact for a very long time ...

 
From Cyberpunk Muscle Cars to Mad Max Furiosa Sedans, the CGI World Is Still Bonkers
From Cyberpunk Muscle Cars to Mad Max Furiosa Sedans, the CGI World Is Still Bonkers

28 May 2024, 10:46 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Do you want to see how a trio of automotive pixel masters show us that the video game and movie industries have influenced everything and anything, including the autos we dream about? No worries. Hugo, Andreas, and Abimelec are answering the ca...

 
Tuning Fairy Touches Rolls-Royce Cullinan Series II in the Magical CGI Wonderland
Tuning Fairy Touches Rolls-Royce Cullinan Series II in the Magical CGI Wonderland

28 May 2024, 09:54 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Not long ago, we discussed how sometimes the automotive industry turns into a veritable Animal (car) Planet – and we also had some examples, of course. More precisely, sometimes, when life gives you lemon vehicles, you need to do some Dis...

 
Europe Gets Just 500 of Audi's RS 4 Avant edition 25 years and RS 5 Sportback Performance
Europe Gets Just 500 of Audi's RS 4 Avant edition 25 years and RS 5 Sportback Performance

28 May 2024, 08:58 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / At the very least, power has slightly increased to 346 kW (470 PS) or 464 horsepower for both - each is limited to only 250 examples across the Old Continent and the United Kingdom markets. Before we proceed, let's remark how Audi loves to...

 
Audi RS 4 Avant 'edition 25 Years' Debuts in the United Kingdom From Almost $150K
Audi RS 4 Avant 'edition 25 Years' Debuts in the United Kingdom From Almost $150K

28 May 2024, 08:26 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / The Ingolstadt-based automaker is obviously celebrating no less than 25 years of feisty RS 4 Avant models. It sure wants an arm and a leg for the collector's edition in the UK - £115,880 (OTR), which is more than $148k at the current exc...

 
Old-School Police Cruiser Drags Mopar, Corvettes, AMG, Mustang, and It's a Bust
Old-School Police Cruiser Drags Mopar, Corvettes, AMG, Mustang, and It's a Bust

28 May 2024, 07:01 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / The good folks over at the racing-focused ImportRace channel on YouTube are still not back at their usual venue - Island Dragway in Great Meadows, New Jersey, but at BMP – the Street Car Takeover event at Bradenton Motorsports Park. ...

 
Sixth-Gen Cadillac Escalade & ESV Arrive Early in Fantasy Land, Still Have ICE
Sixth-Gen Cadillac Escalade & ESV Arrive Early in Fantasy Land, Still Have ICE

28 May 2024, 06:12 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / The 2025 Chevrolet Tahoe and Suburban full-size SUVs were announced last year, and it won't be long before we see their prices ahead of reaching nationwide dealerships. So, how about their cousins? The slightly more upscale GMC Yukon (and Y...

 
1973 Plymouth Barracuda Rocks Numbers-Matching 340 V8, Rare Factory Black Shade 
1973 Plymouth Barracuda Rocks Numbers-Matching 340 V8, Rare Factory Black Shade 

27 May 2024, 12:56 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / PC Classic Cars, a Sherman, Texas-based old-school dealership, has an interesting proposal for the third-generation Plymouth 'Cuda enthusiasts – a 1973 example looking great both inside and outside. The story of the Plymouth Barracud...

 
Rapper's Two-Tone Tesla Cybertruck Looks Best on 26s and Between Two Maybachs?
Rapper's Two-Tone Tesla Cybertruck Looks Best on 26s and Between Two Maybachs?

27 May 2024, 11:41 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Trae tha Truth is an American rapper from Houston, Texas, who has developed a penchant for luxury rides fitted with massive, forged wheels – but is he wrong or right to feel so happy about that? Frazier Othel Thompson III is better known ...

 
2025 Mitsubishi Outlander Facelift Comes From Imagination Land, Both Inside and Out 
2025 Mitsubishi Outlander Facelift Comes From Imagination Land, Both Inside and Out 

27 May 2024, 09:35 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Once a great and proud Japanese automaker, Mitsubishi is on the verge of collapse in America. Yes, the sales are 'booming' with a rise of more than 35% during the first quarter – but they still delivered just a little over 28k units...

 
Dodge Challenger Demon Drags Charger Hellcat, One Feisty Mopar Gets Mauled Hard
Dodge Challenger Demon Drags Charger Hellcat, One Feisty Mopar Gets Mauled Hard

27 May 2024, 08:34 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / One of Stellantis' most prized possessions, Dodge is undergoing a major overhaul of its business attitude. For example, the 'father of the Hellcat' is retiring just as the company is pursuing a new EV lifestyle. Tim Kuniskis, the...

 

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