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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.
2025 Acura Integra Hybrid Comes to Life in Fantasy Land: Should We Rejoice or Not?
2025 Acura Integra Hybrid Comes to Life in Fantasy Land: Should We Rejoice or Not?

10 May 2024, 22:00 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / From January to April, American Honda continued its strong sales, showing a year-to-date jump of more than 12% to over 450k vehicles. Unfortunately for Acura, the same percentage was applied on a negative basis as its deliveries declined by 12.5% t...

 
Refreshed 2025 Honda CR-V Gets Rendered Inside and Out, Also Showcased in Many Hues
Refreshed 2025 Honda CR-V Gets Rendered Inside and Out, Also Showcased in Many Hues

10 May 2024, 21:04 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / American Honda hasn't done lots of new models or updated model introductions lately. They haven't featured anything noteworthy between their strong Q1 results (their best over the past three years) and the 12.4% surge in April deliveries,...

 
Refreshed Lexus RX 550h+ Shows Mild Aesthetic Revisions Inside-Out, Though Only in CGI
Refreshed Lexus RX 550h+ Shows Mild Aesthetic Revisions Inside-Out, Though Only in CGI

10 May 2024, 20:04 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / It's only May, and Lexus is already thinking about the upcoming summer. The premium Japanese automaker's American division recently expanded its partnership with the WSL – World Surf League. Following the success of the 2024 WSL...

 
Alpine Alpenglow Hy4 Prototype Is a Racer, Has Hydrogen Four-Cylinder Development Engine 
Alpine Alpenglow Hy4 Prototype Is a Racer, Has Hydrogen Four-Cylinder Development Engine 

10 May 2024, 10:39 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Back in late 2022, Alpine created Alpenglow as a symbolistic design project - now it has been turned into reality and will become even cooler soon because the team will swap the four cylinders with a V6 by the end of the year. French car manufa...

 
2026 Toyota GR 4Runner Sounds Implausible; Imagination Realm Doesn't Care One Byte
2026 Toyota GR 4Runner Sounds Implausible; Imagination Realm Doesn't Care One Byte

10 May 2024, 09:55 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Unlike General Motors, which is killing off another passenger car this year, or Ford – which already only has the Mustang in that department, Toyota loves to keep its wheels firmly planted in every potential segment. GM recently announced...

 
Hyundai Ioniq 9 (Formerly 7) Gets Rendered Based on the Latest Spies With Different Hues
Hyundai Ioniq 9 (Formerly 7) Gets Rendered Based on the Latest Spies With Different Hues

10 May 2024, 09:23 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Kia and Hyundai are among the few global automakers who don't worry about the recent EV market slowdown and push through with their battery-powered zero emissions vehicle plans. Kia is a bit ahead of schedule, it seems, because it already ...

 
2025 Audi A6 Avant e-tron Gets Ritzy Colors Inside-Out, Meets A7 Avant in Fantasy Land
2025 Audi A6 Avant e-tron Gets Ritzy Colors Inside-Out, Meets A7 Avant in Fantasy Land

10 May 2024, 07:40 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / The Ingolstadt-based automaker hasn't done much for the US automotive market this year – they announced a logical 16% year-over-year drop in Q1 sales as a consequence of the perceived lack of interest. It's their fault, for sure...

 
Tesla Model S Plaid Drags Ford Mustang GT and Dodge Hellcat, Prepare for the Unexpected
Tesla Model S Plaid Drags Ford Mustang GT and Dodge Hellcat, Prepare for the Unexpected

10 May 2024, 06:20 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Since their arrival on the market, the Tesla Model S Plaid EV sedans have become many things – from kings of the quarter-mile dragstrip to DeLorean DMC-12 from Back to the Future impersonators. Of course, they have also done just about ev...

 
Alfa Romeo Tommaso Concept Imagines an Electric Sporty SUV With Old-School DNA
Alfa Romeo Tommaso Concept Imagines an Electric Sporty SUV With Old-School DNA

9 May 2024, 15:00 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Alfa Romeo is on the rise, jumping from just two nameplates a couple of years ago to no less than five. However, some folks still don't think that's enough for the legendary Italian automaker. Alfa Romeo Automobiles S.p.A. is a premiu...

 
Green-Gold 1970 Chevy C10 Makes Do Without Spark Plugs But Still Packs a Big 802-HP Punch 
Green-Gold 1970 Chevy C10 Makes Do Without Spark Plugs But Still Packs a Big 802-HP Punch 

9 May 2024, 10:17 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Presented by the good folks over at Truck Hub Magazine and filled with parts from great vendors like Roadster Shop, Hurst Performance, or Rotiform, this is an LML Duramax creation by Boneyard Builds from "just outside of Birmingham, Alabama.&q...

 
Lowered Rolls-Royce Spectre Feels Menacingly Elegant on 24s, Notice the Orange Bits?
Lowered Rolls-Royce Spectre Feels Menacingly Elegant on 24s, Notice the Orange Bits?

9 May 2024, 09:35 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Back when Rolls-Royce unveiled its first all-electric model, Spectre, in October 2022, the aftermarket realm jumped with joy at the thought of upcoming custom-build projects. Almost two years later, Los Angeles, California-based RDB LA is making do...

 
2025 Kia EV3 Gets an Unofficial Presentation Featuring Ritzy Hues Inside and Out
2025 Kia EV3 Gets an Unofficial Presentation Featuring Ritzy Hues Inside and Out

9 May 2024, 08:13 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / While even Tesla feels the freezing 'heat' from the global EV market cooldown, some legacy automakers are undeterred in their quest to dethrone the American carmaker from the EV pedestal. Take Kia, for example, as it has a popular three-r...

 
Rolls Cullinan Black Badge Series II Rides Digitally Posher on Large Aftermarket Wheels
Rolls Cullinan Black Badge Series II Rides Digitally Posher on Large Aftermarket Wheels

9 May 2024, 06:53 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / This week, there was a rapid-fire sequence of some of the automotive world's most expensive luxury items – Bentley unveiled the Batur Convertible coachbuilt by Mulliner in just 16 examples, and Rolls-Royce unleashed the Cullinan and Cull...

 
Future 3-Row Subaru EV Crossover Digitally Carries the Ascent Moniker but Fights Kia's EV9
Future 3-Row Subaru EV Crossover Digitally Carries the Ascent Moniker but Fights Kia's EV9

9 May 2024, 06:23 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Things are looking great after Subaru of America announced its April 2024 and year-to-date sales performance – after no less than 21 months of consecutive growth, in April, deliveries jumped almost two digits, while during the first four mont...

 
Digital Alfa Romeo Giulia HEV Likes Junior; Virtually Turns Into a Next-Gen CGI 'Mother'
Digital Alfa Romeo Giulia HEV Likes Junior; Virtually Turns Into a Next-Gen CGI 'Mother'

8 May 2024, 11:34 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Sadly, but not entirely unexpected, Alfa Romeo's Quadrifoglio family (Giulia and Stelvio) will not make it into the 2025 model year guise in North America alongside other defunct nameplates like the Chevy Camaro, Nissan Titan, Ford Escape, Mas...

 
Updated Land Rover Defender Welcomes 110 Sedona Edition and D350 Into the Fold
Updated Land Rover Defender Welcomes 110 Sedona Edition and D350 Into the Fold

8 May 2024, 09:52 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / The global rollout of the upgraded 2025MY Land Rover Defender has begun in Europe, at home in the United Kingdom, and in the Land Down Under - the characteristics are identical, it seems. Dubbed an "unstoppable 4x4" by the British aut...

 
1,050-HP Dodge Hellcat Races McLaren 570S, Absolute Destruction Is Unsurprising
1,050-HP Dodge Hellcat Races McLaren 570S, Absolute Destruction Is Unsurprising

8 May 2024, 09:18 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / The good folks over at the racing-focused ImportRace channel on YouTube are not at their usual venue - Island Dragway in Great Meadows, New Jersey, and instead, they are hunting for more great events in other places – like Pocono Raceway. ...

 
2026 Chevy Malibu Morphs Into a Digital PHEV Crossover For 10th Generation Changeover
2026 Chevy Malibu Morphs Into a Digital PHEV Crossover For 10th Generation Changeover

8 May 2024, 08:01 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / There are many discontinued cars, SUVs, and trucks that won't make it to the 2025 model year – like the Alfa Romeo Giulia and Stelvio Quadrifoglio performance lineup, Chevy's Camaro, the Ford Escape, Maserati Ghibli, Mitsubishi Mira...

 
Refreshed 2025 Nissan Frontier Gets Rendered, the Focus Is on the Interior Changes
Refreshed 2025 Nissan Frontier Gets Rendered, the Focus Is on the Interior Changes

8 May 2024, 07:18 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / The Japanese automaker has been pretty busy all over the world lately. From Australia to Europe and from China to America, there is something for everyone. In the Land Down Under, Nissan has decided to take on Australia's Lake Mountain roa...

 
2025 BMW M4 CS Arrives With 543 HP, Lots of CFRP, and 'Accessible' $123,500 Tag
2025 BMW M4 CS Arrives With 543 HP, Lots of CFRP, and 'Accessible' $123,500 Tag

8 May 2024, 06:28 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / While everyone – including the spy photographers, the rumor mill, and the imaginative realm of digital car content creators – was watching and waiting for the reveal of the BMW M5 and M5 Touring, the Bavarians have pulled a different ra...

 

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