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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.
All-Electric 2027 Alfa Romeo Fiorella Looks Like a Worthy Stelvio Heir, Albeit Only in CGI
All-Electric 2027 Alfa Romeo Fiorella Looks Like a Worthy Stelvio Heir, Albeit Only in CGI

4 Mar 2024, 11:00 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Not long ago, Alfa Romeo was just another brand from Stellantis that was, unfortunately, worthy of calling it a shadow of its former self. Luckily, that changed – and quickly. With just the Giulia executive sedan and Stelvio crossover ...

 
Turbocharged Drag Truck Races Stock Dodge Demon 170, Someone Sure Takes a Beating
Turbocharged Drag Truck Races Stock Dodge Demon 170, Someone Sure Takes a Beating

4 Mar 2024, 09:35 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Obviously, with the limited-edition Dodge Challenger SRT Demon 170 being not only the newest kid on the 1/8th and quarter-mile dragstrip block but also one of the last great American V8 muscle cars, everyone wants to take a shot at racing against i...

 
2025 Cadillac Escalade Shows Its Unofficial Colors Inside-Out Via Hypothetical Facelift
2025 Cadillac Escalade Shows Its Unofficial Colors Inside-Out Via Hypothetical Facelift

4 Mar 2024, 08:49 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / After an excellent performance in 2023 when - unexpectedly - the CT5 became Cadillac's best-selling model worldwide, the American luxury car company has its work cut out for it in 2024, especially across the novel EV lifestyle's alley. Bu...

 
Imagined Mercury Marquis Two-Door Coupe Easily Revives the Brand and Model Line
Imagined Mercury Marquis Two-Door Coupe Easily Revives the Brand and Model Line

4 Mar 2024, 08:06 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / If you think it's hard to survive with just one passenger car on the roster, guess again. For example, the Blue Oval company sold nearly 2 million automobiles at home in America last year. And of all of them, only one nameplate was a tr...

 
2025 Honda Pilot Adds Black Edition to the Roster, Comes With Increased MSRPs
2025 Honda Pilot Adds Black Edition to the Roster, Comes With Increased MSRPs

4 Mar 2024, 07:30 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / You can have Honda's most powerful 3-row SUV in the company's history with no less than five grades, but if even that is not enough, then there's a fresh choice: Black Edition. Alas, beware, it's expensive! The Japanese au...

 
Spring Season Is Open; Should We Care About Artura Spider, GranCabrio, or Roadster 2.0? No
Spring Season Is Open; Should We Care About Artura Spider, GranCabrio, or Roadster 2.0? No

3 Mar 2024, 16:00 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / While the Tesla Roadster 2.0 might seem like the most extreme example in the title, the reality is that Rolls-Royce's Arcadia Droptail easily outweighs it both in terms of luxury and pricing. I don't know if there's something ...

 
CGI Swap Time: Hudson Hornet With LS7 and Toyota Supra Mk4 Dressed with M4 Sauce
CGI Swap Time: Hudson Hornet With LS7 and Toyota Supra Mk4 Dressed with M4 Sauce

3 Mar 2024, 02:00 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / What do the legendary Hudson Hornet and iconic Toyota Supra Mk4 have in common aside from each having four wheels, an engine, and a steering wheel? Well, the imaginative realm of digital car content creators has plans for them; that's the liai...

 
Subtle Digital Facelift Makes Toyota GR Supra a Bit 'Smoother,' Extreme Aero Kit Disagrees
Subtle Digital Facelift Makes Toyota GR Supra a Bit 'Smoother,' Extreme Aero Kit Disagrees

2 Mar 2024, 23:00 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Although it is not without its fans who still think the world of it, the sad reality - at least in the United States - is that Toyota sold almost twice as many GR Corolla AWD hot hatchbacks as GR Supra sports cars in 2023. That's 5,567 versus ...

 
What If the Boxy Lamborghini Gallardo Was Created for 2025MY Rather Than 2004?
What If the Boxy Lamborghini Gallardo Was Created for 2025MY Rather Than 2004?

2 Mar 2024, 22:04 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / With a new sales record under its belt for 2023 and production of the all-new Revuelto plug-in hybrid V12 flagship sold out until 2026, we could say that Lamborghini is on an upward trend. There's also a planned successor for the smalle...

 
Instead of Nearly 10k-Pound Trucks, America Might Be Better Off With Smaller EVs
Instead of Nearly 10k-Pound Trucks, America Might Be Better Off With Smaller EVs

2 Mar 2024, 16:00 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / As slow selling as it is obscenely excessive in every direction, the GMC Hummer EV personifies everything that is currently wrong with America's EVs. No worries, there are solutions – albeit it's tricky to implement them. Supp...

 
Toyota GR Corolla Becomes an Even Hotter Hatchback After Slammed Widebody Morphing
Toyota GR Corolla Becomes an Even Hotter Hatchback After Slammed Widebody Morphing

2 Mar 2024, 02:00 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Oftentimes, we tend to neglect the 'average' stuff in our lives. That also happens across the automotive realm, sometimes – even when talking about high-performance vehicles. For example, let's discuss the curious case of the T...

 
The Subtle 2024 Honda Accord Sedan Becomes a Virtual Slammed Widebody 'Demon'
The Subtle 2024 Honda Accord Sedan Becomes a Virtual Slammed Widebody 'Demon'

1 Mar 2024, 23:00 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / The American Honda subsidiary of the Japanese automaker started 2024 strong, with sales jumping over 10% in January – mostly thanks to Honda's rise of almost 13% because Acura was actually on the losing side by 9%. Honda is one of...

 
Virtually Reborn AMC Eagle Would Feel Right at Home With 4x4 Sedan Underpinnings
Virtually Reborn AMC Eagle Would Feel Right at Home With 4x4 Sedan Underpinnings

1 Mar 2024, 22:04 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Today, there are so many new vehicle introductions that it's easy to justify any 'killing' of various nameplates. Besides, in the past, entire brands were sent into retirement without so much as a second thought. Frankly, some of the...

 
Weekend CGI Thoughts: 2JZ-Swapped 1969 Chevy Camaro or Slammed Widebody C10?
Weekend CGI Thoughts: 2JZ-Swapped 1969 Chevy Camaro or Slammed Widebody C10?

1 Mar 2024, 21:04 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / General Motors is currently thinking about bringing back plug-in hybrid models into the family as their EV plans are slowly but steadily crumbling on the altar of harmful software and quality issues. So, maybe they'll even revive the dearly de...

 
48 Hours: That's the Time Frame for a Ludicrous LS Swapped R34 Nissan GT-R to Come Alive!
48 Hours: That's the Time Frame for a Ludicrous LS Swapped R34 Nissan GT-R to Come Alive!

1 Mar 2024, 10:06 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / If you don't know what is the Hobby Shop Garage, you're about to find out – though be sure to sit down. Long story short, a couple of designers are currently showing us a future build that's going to be done in a ludicrous mann...

 
Dodge Challenger SRT Demon 170 Drags RWD Roush Ford 'Lightning Bolt' and Eats It
Dodge Challenger SRT Demon 170 Drags RWD Roush Ford 'Lightning Bolt' and Eats It

1 Mar 2024, 09:06 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Dodge is about to enter a completely new era with its latest muscle car – its reinvented Charger will be officially presented to the eager world on March 5, 2024, at 11:00 AM EST (5:00 PM CET). It has been a long journey getting there. ...

 
Redesigned 2025 Ford F-150 Lightning Flashes Colorful From Behind the CGI Curtain
Redesigned 2025 Ford F-150 Lightning Flashes Colorful From Behind the CGI Curtain

1 Mar 2024, 08:26 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / The Blue Oval company is not enjoying the success it anticipated when it first introduced its first-ever all-electric pickup truck, the Ford F-150 Lightning. The woes are big, indeed. Released for the 2022 model year, the battery-powered mod...

 
Virtual Bugatti SUV Gets Imagined With V16 Hybrid Powertrain and Worthy Looks
Virtual Bugatti SUV Gets Imagined With V16 Hybrid Powertrain and Worthy Looks

1 Mar 2024, 07:46 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / While a decade or two it would have been unfathomable to see ultra-luxury brands get down and dirty by digging their hands into the off-road SUV scenario, today, we're losing track of the numerous models dwelling around the stratosphere. ...

 
2025 Honda CR-V e:FCEV Gets the Cool 'Shadow Line' Treatment, Albeit Only in CGI
2025 Honda CR-V e:FCEV Gets the Cool 'Shadow Line' Treatment, Albeit Only in CGI

29 Feb 2024, 21:04 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / As part of its continued efforts to electrify its model range, American Honda will have a quartet of sustainable novelties this year, one from Acura and three from Honda – at least that's what we know right now. Acura will soon br...

 
All-New 2024 Toyota Tacoma TRD Off-Road Gets Dark and Menacing Rocking 17-Inch Wheels
All-New 2024 Toyota Tacoma TRD Off-Road Gets Dark and Menacing Rocking 17-Inch Wheels

29 Feb 2024, 12:18 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Toyota says that with its 2024 Tacoma, "weekends will never be the same" - especially if you are "dareful out there" and strive to conquer everything with "trail-dominating power, legendary capability, and captivating style...

 

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