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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.
Slammed Widebody 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air Is Only a Virtual Restomod, Unfortunately
Slammed Widebody 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air Is Only a Virtual Restomod, Unfortunately

29 Mar 2024, 23:00 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Dodge recently announced the eighth generation Charger, and its Daytona versions changed the V8-powered and RWD muscle cars paradigm with battery-powered and all-wheel drive ideas. Should Chevy and Ford follow suit? The world is torn apart be...

 
Revived Two-Door Nissan Pathfinder Kicks the Virtual Neo-Retro Style Where It Hurts
Revived Two-Door Nissan Pathfinder Kicks the Virtual Neo-Retro Style Where It Hurts

29 Mar 2024, 22:04 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Last week, the Japanese automaker Nissan 'unboxed' the second-generation Kicks subcompact crossover SUV for the 2025 model year right outside the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, ahead of the opening round of the NCAA Men's Basketball To...

 
Low-Slung Crimson Buick Sedan Looks (Too) Romantic According to GM's Design Center
Low-Slung Crimson Buick Sedan Looks (Too) Romantic According to GM's Design Center

29 Mar 2024, 21:04 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Currently, General Motors has very few passenger cars left in its portfolio – most of them come from Chevrolet (Malibu and C8 Corvette) and Cadillac (CT4 and CT5 series plus the all-electric Celestiq). Buick, meanwhile, doesn't save face...

 
2025 Audi Q9 Reveals Full-Size Goodies, Inside and Out, Across Imagination Land
2025 Audi Q9 Reveals Full-Size Goodies, Inside and Out, Across Imagination Land

29 Mar 2024, 09:25 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Audi is on a roll as of late – they stopped production of the R8 after expanding it a little while longer due to popular demand, and they also have a fresh model strategy in place for the rest of the lineup. In fact, they are working o...

 
Audi R8s Drag Each Other, Lambo Huracans and Nissan GT-Rs, Mayhem Is Unsurprising
Audi R8s Drag Each Other, Lambo Huracans and Nissan GT-Rs, Mayhem Is Unsurprising

29 Mar 2024, 08:56 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / After initial reports that production was ending last year due to popular demand, Audi continued building the great R8 V10-powered supercar for a little while longer. However, the saga came to an end late this month. Unfortunately for all th...

 
2025 Toyota 4Runner Reveals Everything Inside-Out After Teaser, Albeit Only in CGI
2025 Toyota 4Runner Reveals Everything Inside-Out After Teaser, Albeit Only in CGI

29 Mar 2024, 08:01 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / At long last, after no less than 15 years on the market, the N280 fifth-generation Toyota 4Runner mid-size off-road SUV is getting a new iteration – and the Japanese automaker has opened the floodgates to the teaser bonanza. Toyota USA...

 
Ford Econoline E-350 Super XL Looks Like the Digital Mother of All Overlanding Vans
Ford Econoline E-350 Super XL Looks Like the Digital Mother of All Overlanding Vans

29 Mar 2024, 07:22 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / The Big Detroit Three love to compete against each other on every level – including commercial vehicles. Arguably, though, Ford and Chevy have a more compelling 'professional' lineup than Ram. The latter offers the HD models,...

 
2025 Dodge Hornet Gets Virtually Refreshed To Set Itself Apart From Alfa's Tonale
2025 Dodge Hornet Gets Virtually Refreshed To Set Itself Apart From Alfa's Tonale

28 Mar 2024, 21:04 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Dodge is on its way to a massive EV transition, and even the company's corner office head honchos admit they face an uphill battle when trying to convince former Hemi V8 fans and buyers to go electric or downsize to 3.0-liter Hurricane inline-...

 
Even If You're a Diver, You Can Still Take a Singer Reimagined With You - the Divetrack
Even If You're a Diver, You Can Still Take a Singer Reimagined With You - the Divetrack

28 Mar 2024, 12:45 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / One of the ultimate experts in restored, reimagined, reborn Porsche 911s is, without a doubt, Singer Vehicle Design. It was founded in 2009 in Los Angeles, California, and has grown so tremendously that the founder eventually established an overarc...

 
Big Bird CGI Mode: Slammed Rolls-Royce Cullinan or Wide-Fender Chevy Camaro 'Vert?
Big Bird CGI Mode: Slammed Rolls-Royce Cullinan or Wide-Fender Chevy Camaro 'Vert?

28 Mar 2024, 10:16 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Two very impressive pixel masters from the CGI automotive corner are fighting for our undivided attention or jealousy - UK's Al Yasid and America's Musa Rio Tjahjono. So, who will prevail? Sometimes, the automotive world is not wide...

 
Single Turbo Shelby GT500 Drags Ford Mustangs. Obliteration Follows Until It Doesn't
Single Turbo Shelby GT500 Drags Ford Mustangs. Obliteration Follows Until It Doesn't

28 Mar 2024, 08:56 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / While the 2024 edition of TX2K, which took place at the historical Texas Motorplex venue in Ennis, Texas, some forty miles away from downtown Dallas, ended on March 17 after five feisty days of action, its echoes still linger on within the social m...

 
Digital Nissan Frontier (Navara) Hybrid Kicks Toyota Tacoma i-Force Max Where It Hurts
Digital Nissan Frontier (Navara) Hybrid Kicks Toyota Tacoma i-Force Max Where It Hurts

28 Mar 2024, 08:18 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Here's a hypothetical question: Should the Japanese automaker Nissan use the fresh Kicks styling as the perfect excuse to remarry the Navara and Frontier mid-size pickup trucks to lower costs and allow the introduction of an efficient hybrid v...

 
Chevrolet Astro 'Overland' Virtually Mixes the Colorado ZR2 With Sliding Rear Doors
Chevrolet Astro 'Overland' Virtually Mixes the Colorado ZR2 With Sliding Rear Doors

28 Mar 2024, 07:33 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Chevrolet knows a thing or two firsthand about how its parent GM's Ultium electric car revolution quickly went off the rails. In fact, even its normal models, like the 2024 Chevy Colorado and GMC Canyon, recently had software issues. So...

 
Genesis Neolun Concept Gets Flashier With CGI Dual-Tone Colors and 26-Inch Wheels
Genesis Neolun Concept Gets Flashier With CGI Dual-Tone Colors and 26-Inch Wheels

27 Mar 2024, 21:04 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Genesis Motor, the luxury brand of Hyundai Motor Company, is quite young – the independent marque was envisioned as far back as 2004 but ultimately became a separate division in late 2015. It took another couple of years before launchi...

 
Lamborghini Urus S Gets Dressed to Impress the Grey Ghost by Novitec and Vossen
Lamborghini Urus S Gets Dressed to Impress the Grey Ghost by Novitec and Vossen

27 Mar 2024, 14:49 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Lamborghini recently trademarked the STJ moniker, and we reckon it could hint at one last hurrah for their mind-blowing V10 and the beloved Huracan sports car. But, to be honest, if you want to know which 'S' will make more money for Lamb...

 
2025 Hyundai Tucson Debuts With Bolder Looks and Redesigned Interior at 2024 NY Auto Show
2025 Hyundai Tucson Debuts With Bolder Looks and Redesigned Interior at 2024 NY Auto Show

27 Mar 2024, 14:18 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Hyundai and Kia inaugurated the 2024 New York Auto Show press days as the siblings brought to America the enhanced 2025 Tucson and facelifted Santa Cruz plus the fresh K4 – Forte's renamed successor. We already knew that Hyundai w...

 
Imagined 2025 Toyota Land Cruiser TRD Pro Embraces the Extreme Off-Road SUV Lifestyle
Imagined 2025 Toyota Land Cruiser TRD Pro Embraces the Extreme Off-Road SUV Lifestyle

27 Mar 2024, 10:18 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Alongside the all-new 2024 Lexus GX 550, the 2024 Toyota Land Cruiser represents the Japanese company's offer for great off-road 4x4 SUVs in the mid-size class in North America. After much anticipation, Lexus introduced on the US market...

 
AWD Honda Civic Drags Stick Shift Corvette, Lancer EV, Mustang, Obliteration Follows
AWD Honda Civic Drags Stick Shift Corvette, Lancer EV, Mustang, Obliteration Follows

27 Mar 2024, 09:37 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / One of the biggest drag racing events of the year, TX2K24, took place between March 12 and 17 at the historic Texas Motorplex venue – and the action was so intense that coverage needed to be broken down into segments. At least that...

 
Digitally Rebadged Next-Gen Alfa Romeo Giulia Is Actually a Dodge Charger In Disguise
Digitally Rebadged Next-Gen Alfa Romeo Giulia Is Actually a Dodge Charger In Disguise

27 Mar 2024, 08:48 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / It was early March 2024 when Stellantis decided that Dodge should embark on its novel journey towards the EV lifestyle, and the US automaker presented the all-new eighth-generation Charger. With the Challenger sent into retirement, the lates...

 
Refreshed 2025 GMC Yukon AT4 Shows Its Virtual Credentials Across Imagination Land
Refreshed 2025 GMC Yukon AT4 Shows Its Virtual Credentials Across Imagination Land

27 Mar 2024, 08:00 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / General Motors sighed in relief last year when its sales were enough to keep the crown as America's biggest automaker – and they're pushing the mark to remain on the throne in 2024, too. There are a lot of novelties coming fr...

 

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