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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.
Charger Hellcat Drags Demon, Challenger, Camaro, Stomps All, and Posts a New World Record
Charger Hellcat Drags Demon, Challenger, Camaro, Stomps All, and Posts a New World Record

20 Mar 2024, 08:26 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / While Lady Winter hasn't completely left from the Northern Hemisphere, that doesn't mean it still has enough strength to impede some of the traditional spring events – especially in the traditionally sunnier places across the greate...

 
Daringly Refreshed Kia Sportage Arrives From Behind the CGI Curtain Based on Latest Spies
Daringly Refreshed Kia Sportage Arrives From Behind the CGI Curtain Based on Latest Spies

20 Mar 2024, 07:40 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Kia, along with its cousin Hyundai, is one of the most daring and restless companies across the automotive industry. The best part is that most of its styling ideas are well-received and brave, unlike other creations (cough, BMW, cough) that seem e...

 
Revived Lincoln Mark IX Steals the Digital Soul of an AMG GT, Comes Out Stylish
Revived Lincoln Mark IX Steals the Digital Soul of an AMG GT, Comes Out Stylish

20 Mar 2024, 07:10 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Lincoln currently sells just one type of vehicle if you're in its home market – either big or small, but they're all of the crossover SUV variety. Of course, that doesn't bode well for everyone, and some people even take matter...

 
The Very Special Mercedes-AMG G 63 Grand Edition Costs Over $269k In Australia
The Very Special Mercedes-AMG G 63 Grand Edition Costs Over $269k In Australia

19 Mar 2024, 13:37 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / With $269k, you could buy a couple of Tesla Cybertruck Cyberbeast EV pickup trucks and still have money to hook your home to a Powerwall station and keep some spare change. The same amount could net you a pair of Mercedes-AMG GT 55 Coupes or...

 
Digitally Refreshed Porsche 911 Remains ICE-Powered But Gets Taycan Turbo GT DNA
Digitally Refreshed Porsche 911 Remains ICE-Powered But Gets Taycan Turbo GT DNA

19 Mar 2024, 11:04 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / The German sports car and SUV plus EV automaker is currently busy churning out novelties left and right with the arrival of the second-generation Macan as an EV luxury compact crossover SUV and the introduction of the refreshed Taycan with more pow...

 
Ritzy Tesla Cybertruck Morphs Into Tilting-Bed Dually Workhorse: Does It Still Look Cool?
Ritzy Tesla Cybertruck Morphs Into Tilting-Bed Dually Workhorse: Does It Still Look Cool?

19 Mar 2024, 10:07 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Right now, electric vehicles – despite being heralded as eco-saviors and although many have pitched the EV revolution time and again – are not dominant yet. But they might be in the near future so it's clear that this paradigm chan...

 
Dodge Challengers and Chargers Drag Ford Mustangs, the Result Is Always the Same!
Dodge Challengers and Chargers Drag Ford Mustangs, the Result Is Always the Same!

19 Mar 2024, 09:23 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Last year, Ford came out to play with the S650 seventh generation 2024 Ford Mustang in EcoBoost, GT, and Dark Horse form, the latter two packing the mighty 5.0-liter Coyote V8 under the hood. This year, Dodge is giving them something EV to think ab...

 
2026 Dodge Durango Comes Out Virtually to Play With the Charger Daytona and Sixpack
2026 Dodge Durango Comes Out Virtually to Play With the Charger Daytona and Sixpack

19 Mar 2024, 08:50 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Currently, the online Dodge portal allows anyone to select the 'old' L-bodied Challenger coupe from $32,800 or the Charger sedan from $35,325 plus the Jeep Grand Cherokee WK2-related WD Durango mid-size three-row crossover SUV from $41,67...

 
All-New 2025 Infiniti QX80 Will Sing a High-Placed Tune With Help From Jon Batiste
All-New 2025 Infiniti QX80 Will Sing a High-Placed Tune With Help From Jon Batiste

19 Mar 2024, 08:11 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Grammy and Academy Award-winning singer, songwriter, and composer Jon Batiste is almost ready for an unforgettable performance some 100 stories above the Manhattan skyline – and it's all for the eagerly-awaited launch of the 2025 Infinit...

 
Range Rover SV Arete Edition Arrives in Whistler to Enjoy the Canadian Resort Lifestyle
Range Rover SV Arete Edition Arrives in Whistler to Enjoy the Canadian Resort Lifestyle

19 Mar 2024, 07:24 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Whistler, British Columbia, Canada, is considered an exclusive modern luxury retreat by Land Rover, but the truth is that it's one of the largest ski resorts in North America as the area even hosted the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics – s...

 
Sapphire Drags COPO Camaro, Tesla Plaid Races Turbo Cobra & Chevelle, It's a Stomping
Sapphire Drags COPO Camaro, Tesla Plaid Races Turbo Cobra & Chevelle, It's a Stomping

18 Mar 2024, 21:04 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Until the all-new Porsche Taycan Turbo GT arrives and tries to take the crown, the quickest production EVs with four doors out there both come from America and thoroughly enjoy the local motoring lifestyle. Tesla is the current king of EVs, un...

 
Murdered-Out Ferrari Purosangue Features a Touch of Yellow and Hides Loads of Crimson
Murdered-Out Ferrari Purosangue Features a Touch of Yellow and Hides Loads of Crimson

18 Mar 2024, 14:23 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Land Rover might be one of the proud creators of modern luxury SUVs, but it seems that its Range Rover, along with models like the Mercedes-AMG G 63, had dropped out of the hype train when they didn't board the ultra-luxury and super-SUV stati...

 
Lancia Becomes Fully-Fledged Brand With Roadster, CUV, Sedan, and Hatchback CGI Models
Lancia Becomes Fully-Fledged Brand With Roadster, CUV, Sedan, and Hatchback CGI Models

18 Mar 2024, 13:38 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Stellantis has finally kickstarted the revival of some of its most important brands, and curiously, most of them originate from Italy – Abarth, Alfa Romeo, and also Lancia. Abarth is working on new EV models based on the Fiat 500e and ...

 
2026 Acura TLX Alleged Leaked Patent Images Trigger a Futuristic Sedan Morphing
2026 Acura TLX Alleged Leaked Patent Images Trigger a Futuristic Sedan Morphing

18 Mar 2024, 10:34 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Acura just won the 2024 Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring with an Acura ARX-06 prototype – the first overall win at the legendary race. But can they translate motorsport success into higher sales or not? American Honda sales in February 2...

 
2026 Hyundai Palisade Gets Revealed Early in Fantasy Land Based on the Latest Spies
2026 Hyundai Palisade Gets Revealed Early in Fantasy Land Based on the Latest Spies

18 Mar 2024, 08:55 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / The Kia Telluride and Hyundai Palisade are two of the most popular mid-size SUVs currently on the US automotive market, thanks to their high critique ratings, similar dimensions, and specifications. They are both made on the same platform an...

 
Audi R8 Drags Mustang, Fairlady Z Races Supra Mk4, Someone Crashes Hard and Another Mild
Audi R8 Drags Mustang, Fairlady Z Races Supra Mk4, Someone Crashes Hard and Another Mild

18 Mar 2024, 08:06 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / The good folks over at the racing-focused 'ImportRace' channel on YouTube were on point during TX2K's 2024 edition, which took place between March 12 and 17 in Texas at the Texas Motorplex outside Dallas. As always, it was filled wit...

 
2025 Nissan Maxima Gets a New Lease of Digital Life From Altima and Infiniti Q50
2025 Nissan Maxima Gets a New Lease of Digital Life From Altima and Infiniti Q50

18 Mar 2024, 07:24 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Right now, all eyes of Nissan fans in the US are longingly staring at the 2025 Nissan GT-R supercar, which got yet another extension of the R35 series with special series like the limited-run Skyline Edition and T-spec Takumi Edition. Both of...

 
I'm Not a Gambler, But This 725-HP C8 and '63 Restomod Dream Giveaway Is Too Sweet to Pass
I'm Not a Gambler, But This 725-HP C8 and '63 Restomod Dream Giveaway Is Too Sweet to Pass

17 Mar 2024, 16:00 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Although members of Team Corvette argued in favor of a mid-engine Chevy sports car for decades, it was still a shock to much of the 'America's sports car' fanbase when GM announced its revolutionary new configuration during the sprin...

 
2024 Acura RDX Drags Lincoln Corsair and Mazda CX-5, They're Gone in 15 Seconds
2024 Acura RDX Drags Lincoln Corsair and Mazda CX-5, They're Gone in 15 Seconds

17 Mar 2024, 07:04 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Sam, the host of the Sam CarLegion channel on YouTube, has prepared yet another drag-and-roll race skirmish with Canadian weather and this time around with compact crossover SUVs instead of bigger mid-sizer CUVs, full-size SUVs, or big kahuna ...

 
Contemporary Alfa Romeo Supercar Bears the Tonale Face on a Feisty CGI Coupe Body
Contemporary Alfa Romeo Supercar Bears the Tonale Face on a Feisty CGI Coupe Body

17 Mar 2024, 02:00 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Right now, after years in disarray and shamefully neglected by its parent company, Alfa Romeo is finally trying to come back to its glory days – in a contemporary setting. The long-lived Alfa Romeo Giulia sedan and Stelvio crossover SU...

 

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