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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.
2022 Volvo XC60 and 90 Series Models Become Google-Smart
2022 Volvo XC60 and 90 Series Models Become Google-Smart

9 Mar 2021, 12:28 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Volvo Cars is one of the automakers that showed its eagerness to embrace the electrified revolution, recently presenting the C40 Recharge EV and announcing it will ditch all of its internal combustion engines by 2030. Naturally, this jump forward n...

 
Dad's 2020 Shelby GT500 vs. Son's Conti GTC Show Sticky Quarter-Mile Family Ties
Dad's 2020 Shelby GT500 vs. Son's Conti GTC Show Sticky Quarter-Mile Family Ties

9 Mar 2021, 12:05 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / The wonderful world of (night-time) drag racing never ceases to daze and amaze. We’re not just talking about incredible passes in the three-second range or the occasional lesson here and there on how people shouldn’t judge the sedan boo...

 
Supercharged Toyota Tundra Has an LS Surprise for Demon, Mustang, Supra, and RS3
Supercharged Toyota Tundra Has an LS Surprise for Demon, Mustang, Supra, and RS3

9 Mar 2021, 10:53 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / While it may not enjoy the same success as its smaller sibling (a.k.a. the midsize Tacoma), Toyota’s Tundra has many reasons to be proud of the country that adopted it. After all, it’s the first full-size Japanese pickup truck that was ...

 
2022 Hyundai Tucson Costs at Least $24,950, HEV and N Line Start at Around $30k
2022 Hyundai Tucson Costs at Least $24,950, HEV and N Line Start at Around $30k

9 Mar 2021, 09:53 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / In November last year, Hyundai introduced the U.S.-specification 2022 Tucson as the compact SUV to lead an all-out assault on the local market. The company promised it would follow a release strategy that includes no fewer than 12 new crossovers an...

 
Treacherous Snowy and Icy Wonderland Shows What Popular Luxury SUVs Are Made Of
Treacherous Snowy and Icy Wonderland Shows What Popular Luxury SUVs Are Made Of

9 Mar 2021, 09:09 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Although we’ve officially entered spring in the Northern Hemisphere for some days already, in many parts of the world, winter hasn’t given up its traditionally icy domains just yet. That is not necessarily a reason to frown because it&#...

 
2022 Jeep Wagoneer and Grand Wagoneer Teaser Reveals Toned Down Concept Traits
2022 Jeep Wagoneer and Grand Wagoneer Teaser Reveals Toned Down Concept Traits

9 Mar 2021, 08:08 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Not long now and the “rebirth of an American icon” will become complete as Jeep has scheduled the official reveal of the (almost) series-production 2022 Wagoneer and 2022 Grand Wagoneer for March 11 at 12 pm EST. Before the couple goes ...

 
1973 Toyota Land Cruiser FJ40 Is How Florida Off-Road Retirement Should Look
1973 Toyota Land Cruiser FJ40 Is How Florida Off-Road Retirement Should Look

8 Mar 2021, 16:58 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / With sales of more than ten million units on a worldwide level and thanks to its legendary reliability, one shouldn’t be surprised that Toyota’s Land Cruiser tends to remain a capable off-roader even when approaching retirement age. For...

 
2022 Ford Bronco Warthog Gets Spotted Next to the Right Truck, an F-150 Raptor
2022 Ford Bronco Warthog Gets Spotted Next to the Right Truck, an F-150 Raptor

8 Mar 2021, 14:45 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Just about every Blue Oval enthusiast with a passion for rock crawling eagerly waits for the 2021 Bronco production to finally kick off. In the meantime, the high-performance Warthog derivative has become a natural occurrence in just about every se...

 
AC Cars' 120th Anniversary Gets Properly Celebrated With 12 Cobra Superblowers
AC Cars' 120th Anniversary Gets Properly Celebrated With 12 Cobra Superblowers

8 Mar 2021, 13:54 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Originally named Weller Bros., AC Cars is one of the oldest automakers in the business, as it was first incorporated back in 1901 in London, England. Killed off, renamed, and reinstated on countless occasions over the years, the company ultimately ...

 
1974 DeTomaso Pantera With $175k Widebody Kit Remains a Hoot to Drive Even Today
1974 DeTomaso Pantera With $175k Widebody Kit Remains a Hoot to Drive Even Today

8 Mar 2021, 13:05 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Classic, exotic Italian supercars don’t really have a reputation for great reliability, but this 1974 DeTomaso Pantera tries to prove the opposite on a nice drive alongside Shawn Davis, the host of the AutotopiaLA channel on YouTube. Of cours...

 
SUV vs. Truck Moab Battle Tries to Find the Absolute Off-Road King, We Want More
SUV vs. Truck Moab Battle Tries to Find the Absolute Off-Road King, We Want More

8 Mar 2021, 11:21 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / The good folks over at The Fast Lane have so many channels and vehicles in the inventory they could easily come up with just about any roster they could imagine. On this occasion, though, they decided on settling the age-old question that’s b...

 
Mercedes-AMG GT Black Series Looks Even Better With a Set of Underdock Rims
Mercedes-AMG GT Black Series Looks Even Better With a Set of Underdock Rims

8 Mar 2021, 09:17 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / It’s rather hard to tell who’s exactly first at bestowing tuning enhancements in a constantly evolving world of endless aftermarket possibilities. Still, Wheelsandmore might have that honor with its new package for the ecstatic Mercedes...

 
Update Aston Martin Takes Over F1 Safety and Medical Car Duty From Mercedes-AMG
Update Aston Martin Takes Over F1 Safety and Medical Car Duty From Mercedes-AMG

8 Mar 2021, 08:11 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / German automaker Mercedes-Benz has been a constant companion of the Formula One world for the past quarter of a century, supplying the competition with its official Safety Car (and more). Well, for 2021, the German automaker is breaking tradition w...

 
Highland Systems Aims to Take the Armored Vehicle Segment by Storm
Highland Systems Aims to Take the Armored Vehicle Segment by Storm

6 Mar 2021, 09:35 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Over the years, we have seen many armored vehicle projects, each trying to capture the essence of delivering an enhanced level of protection in a highly compelling package. We ended up rightly impressed by many of them. Now, this new take on t...

 
Latest Porsche 993 by Gunther Werks Flaunts Irish Green Looks for Beverly Hills
Latest Porsche 993 by Gunther Werks Flaunts Irish Green Looks for Beverly Hills

6 Mar 2021, 08:35 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / To say that classic Porsches are enjoying steady growth in restomod popularity is certainly an understatement. Over the past year, we have seen projects pop up from Singer (on more than one occasion), Gunther Werks, Ares Design, or Everrati. Now it...

 
“Henrik the Red” 1962 VW T1 Becomes a Playmobil Camping Bus for Just $50
“Henrik the Red” 1962 VW T1 Becomes a Playmobil Camping Bus for Just $50

6 Mar 2021, 07:35 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Beloved by countless generations, the iconic Volkswagen T1, a.k.a. the Bulli (or Transporter, Kombi, Microbus, among others nicknames) has been the vehicle of choice for countless forward control adventures. Now it’s a living legend that has ...

 
Volkswagen Project Trinity Not Related to Matrix, Even Though It Arrives in 2026
Volkswagen Project Trinity Not Related to Matrix, Even Though It Arrives in 2026

5 Mar 2021, 15:40 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / The German company’s “Accelerate” corporate strategy has a hero vehicle. For now, it’s called Project Trinity, and we have a feeling VW is not gunning for any reference of Carrie-Anne Moss’ famous character from the cu...

 
This Turbocharged A80 Toyota Supra Went up to 194 MPH Seeking Half-Mile Glory
This Turbocharged A80 Toyota Supra Went up to 194 MPH Seeking Half-Mile Glory

5 Mar 2021, 14:33 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / One of Japan’s most beloved sports cars, the Toyota Supra has been around since 1978. With five generations and countless mods under its belt, we’re inclined to view custom Supra projects without much bewilderment, even when they surpas...

 
132-MPH Flying Quarter-Mile Is AWE's Teaser for Upcoming Toyota Supra CF Upgrade
132-MPH Flying Quarter-Mile Is AWE's Teaser for Upcoming Toyota Supra CF Upgrade

5 Mar 2021, 13:13 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / We have seen quite a few tuning specialists thinking that releasing a few pictures and a product description page are enought to get their enhancements noticed. Others like to go the extra mile and prepare something special. Or rather, as is the ca...

 
Renault Quietly Adopts New Logo First Seen on the 5 EV Prototype
Renault Quietly Adopts New Logo First Seen on the 5 EV Prototype

5 Mar 2021, 12:24 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Peugeot and Renault might soon start a chicken and egg conundrum with the recent reinvention of their corporate logos. Besides asking which of the rivals came up with the idea first, there’s another potential issue coming up when comparing Re...

 

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