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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.
Second-Gen Tesla Model S Appears From Behind the Digital Curtain, Are We Ready?
Second-Gen Tesla Model S Appears From Behind the Digital Curtain, Are We Ready?

27 May 2024, 07:06 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Some say that Tesla is currently in disarray because of many setbacks that became clearer in 2024 but were actually planted since Elon Musk lost track of his beloved EV company in favor of playing with the new Twitter toy. Still, Tesla remains ...

 
Honda Says 2025 Civic Hybrid Is Their Most Powerful Non-Type R Civic, That's Deceiving
Honda Says 2025 Civic Hybrid Is Their Most Powerful Non-Type R Civic, That's Deceiving

26 May 2024, 15:00 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Announced since the start of the year, the refreshed 2025 Honda Civic is finally official, together with the eleventh generation's hybrid model for America. Interestingly, the Japanese automaker is a little manipulative. Back in January, A...

 
Twin-Turbo Boss 302 Drags GTO, Monte Carlo, and Turbo GTI With Six-Second 'Mamba' Bites
Twin-Turbo Boss 302 Drags GTO, Monte Carlo, and Turbo GTI With Six-Second 'Mamba' Bites

26 May 2024, 06:04 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / The Green Mamba (Dendroaspis angusticeps, viridis, or jamesoni) are three species of arboreal snakes found on the continent of Africa. They're beautiful due to their colorful green appearance but also extremely venomous – their neurotoxi...

 
Retro-Modern Shelby Cobra Design Project Revives Daytona's Spirit Across Imagination Land
Retro-Modern Shelby Cobra Design Project Revives Daytona's Spirit Across Imagination Land

26 May 2024, 01:00 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / The Chinese automakers are trying to take over the rest of the world's main regional markets like Europe and America. Naturally, to do so, they have hired local talent to aid in their quest. For example, Changan Europa Design – which...

 
DS Automobiles Doesn't Rival Tesla, but We'd Love To See a Reborn Citroen DS Take Them On
DS Automobiles Doesn't Rival Tesla, but We'd Love To See a Reborn Citroen DS Take Them On

25 May 2024, 22:00 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Well, it's time for a French "ou, la, la" moment – according to an exclusive report from the good folks over at Britain's Auto Express, "the world's coolest car" according to their readers, the Citroen DS ex...

 
Hypothetical Dodge Neon Turbo Revival Envisions an Affordable Performance Sedan
Hypothetical Dodge Neon Turbo Revival Envisions an Affordable Performance Sedan

25 May 2024, 21:04 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Currently, the online Dodge sales portal looks a bit awkward – it's kicked off with the $31,400 Hornet crossover SUV followed by the $32,800 Challenger coupe, the $35,325 Charger four-door sedan, and the $39,670 Durango mid-size crossove...

 
What Raptor R? A Ford F-150 Tremor by Steeda Is Cheaper, Rocks 800-HP Supercharged V8
What Raptor R? A Ford F-150 Tremor by Steeda Is Cheaper, Rocks 800-HP Supercharged V8

25 May 2024, 14:04 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Oscar Vargas, the virtual artist better known as wb.artist20 on social media, continues to dream of automotive stuff that can also be made in the garage – a very big one this time around. This pixel master is something of a quirky au...

 
Hyundai Sonata Drags Camaro, Civic, and Pontiac G8: Someone Almost Loses Their Cool
Hyundai Sonata Drags Camaro, Civic, and Pontiac G8: Someone Almost Loses Their Cool

25 May 2024, 06:04 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / In between various monsters present at a recent roll racing event at Pocono Raceway, the good folks over at the racing-focused ImportRace channel on YT are briefly back at their usual venue - Island Dragway in Great Meadows, New Jersey. Th...

 
Next-Gen 2025 or 2026 Mazda CX-5 Hybrid CUV Takes Shape, Albeit Only Virtually
Next-Gen 2025 or 2026 Mazda CX-5 Hybrid CUV Takes Shape, Albeit Only Virtually

25 May 2024, 01:00 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / The popular but niched Japanese automaker reported its American division's sales quite happily earlier this month - Mazda North American Operations announced a surge of 8.7 percent in deliveries over the course of the first four months in 2024...

 
Imagined 2025 Toyota RAV4 GR Is a Digital 'Final Edition' For the Best-Selling Compact CUV
Imagined 2025 Toyota RAV4 GR Is a Digital 'Final Edition' For the Best-Selling Compact CUV

24 May 2024, 22:00 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Aside from the obvious all-new or first-ever novelties like the 2025 Camry hybrid-exclusive mid-size sedan, the Crown Signia successor to the affordable and hybrid $35k Venza mid-size crossover SUV, and the highly anticipated 2025 4Runner adventure...

 
Two-Door Full-Size SUVs Are Virtually Back: Caddy Escalade-V and GMC Yukon GT
Two-Door Full-Size SUVs Are Virtually Back: Caddy Escalade-V and GMC Yukon GT

24 May 2024, 21:04 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Both the big and fastidious Cadillac Escalade (including the V-Series model) along with its GMC Yukon platform sibling are about to undergo the refreshment procedure to mimic the 2025 Chevrolet Tahoe and Suburban. But what if that wasn't the c...

 
Hypothetical Chevrolet Silverado EV Full-Size SUV Is an Unofficial All-Electric Suburban
Hypothetical Chevrolet Silverado EV Full-Size SUV Is an Unofficial All-Electric Suburban

24 May 2024, 20:04 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Right now, Chevrolet has a very fresh lineup – at least as far as GM's brands are concerned – but that's not just because it dropped some of its older nameplates like the Camaro or is set to retire others like the Malibu mid-s...

 
Rare 1970 Ford Mustang Grande Has an Original 351 Windsor V8, Good Mileage & Price 
Rare 1970 Ford Mustang Grande Has an Original 351 Windsor V8, Good Mileage & Price 

24 May 2024, 11:58 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / PC Classic Cars, a Sherman, Texas-based old-school dealership, has an interesting proposal for the enthusiasts of the first-generation Ford Mustang with a penchant for classic comfort and luxury. This is a 1970 Ford Mustang Grande – a new...

 
Independent Artist Proposes No Less Than Eight 2025 Toyota RAV4 Interpretations 
Independent Artist Proposes No Less Than Eight 2025 Toyota RAV4 Interpretations 

24 May 2024, 09:59 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Following a big stint with mid-size off-roaders, Toyota is finally considering what everyone has been asking for a very long time. Additionally, they're also supposedly hard at work on the next iteration of their latest best-sellers. In Am...

 
All-New, Bigger & Bolder 2025 Jeep Cherokee Comes Back to America - Albeit in CGI
All-New, Bigger & Bolder 2025 Jeep Cherokee Comes Back to America - Albeit in CGI

24 May 2024, 08:18 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Nobody should dare to say that Jeep doesn't do chameleonic stuff because, over the years, its iconic Cherokee line of models has evolved from a full-size SUV variant of the Jeep Wagoneer to becoming one of the first compact SUVs on the market ...

 
Rendering: Cadillac CT4 Seville and CT6 DeVille Propose Fresh Sedans for America
Rendering: Cadillac CT4 Seville and CT6 DeVille Propose Fresh Sedans for America

24 May 2024, 07:37 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / The American luxury carmaker is on a roll – they have the refreshed XT4 crossover and 2025 CT5 up for grabs, and their upcoming vehicle lineup includes no less than five model series. The first one to arrive is the refreshed 2025 CT5 seda...

 
VW to Premiere Refreshed Golf GTI Clubsport at Nurburgring Along With Cooler GTIs
VW to Premiere Refreshed Golf GTI Clubsport at Nurburgring Along With Cooler GTIs

24 May 2024, 07:01 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Volkswagen is set to celebrate the world premiere of the latest revision of the Golf GTI Clubsport, its most powerful front-wheel drive Golf ever, at the Nürburgring Nordschleife 24 Hours endurance race on June 1. According to the automaker...

 
8-Second Charger Hellcat Races Everything: Challenger, Camaro, Mustang, Corvette, F-150!
8-Second Charger Hellcat Races Everything: Challenger, Camaro, Mustang, Corvette, F-150!

24 May 2024, 06:25 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / The good folks over at the racing-focused ImportRace channel on YouTube have interrupted their usual programming because they are not at their usual venue - Island Dragway in Great Meadows, New Jersey, but at BMP – Bradenton Motorsports ...

 
First-Ever Kia EV3 Compact EV Crossover Has Up to 373 Miles of Range and 201 HP
First-Ever Kia EV3 Compact EV Crossover Has Up to 373 Miles of Range and 201 HP

23 May 2024, 11:17 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / The smallest dedicated all-electric vehicle to date from Kia, dubbed EV3 and based on the E-GMP architecture, has been officially revealed with EV9-inspired looks and technology. If you look at the Kia roster, the South Korean automaker has one...

 
BMW iX Zephyr Concept Gets Imagined by GM Designer, Looks Miles Better Than Original EV?
BMW iX Zephyr Concept Gets Imagined by GM Designer, Looks Miles Better Than Original EV?

23 May 2024, 09:54 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / While beauty is always in the eye of the beholder, many people would probably say that just about anything is better-looking than BMW's all-electric iX mid-size luxury crossover SUV. On the other hand, BMW tried to challenge that by bringing t...

 

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