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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.
1955 Chevy 2-Door Post Looks Perfect as a Classic Tri-Five But Also as a 1,000-HP Hot Rod
1955 Chevy 2-Door Post Looks Perfect as a Classic Tri-Five But Also as a 1,000-HP Hot Rod

29 Feb 2024, 11:03 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / The good folks over at Roadster Shop strike again with a Chevy from the legendary Tri-Five era. It's an unassuming two-door Post that hides a monster under the serene blue-and-white paint and all the ritzy chrome. As a reminder, in auto...

 
Virtual Bugatti Type 35 'Siecle' Reinvents the Legendary Racer for the 21st Century
Virtual Bugatti Type 35 'Siecle' Reinvents the Legendary Racer for the 21st Century

29 Feb 2024, 08:46 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Bugatti recently announced that its bespoke Sur Mesure division finished another unique gem – the Chiron Super Sport 'Hommage T50S,' an all-black hypercar dedicated to the racing heritage at the legendary 24 Hours of Le Mans. ...

 
Second-Gen Maserati Levante Digitally Moves to STLA Large, Do You Want a Hurricane?
Second-Gen Maserati Levante Digitally Moves to STLA Large, Do You Want a Hurricane?

29 Feb 2024, 08:01 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Today, so many ultra-luxury crossovers and SUVs are out there – Cullinan, DBX, Purosangue, Urus, and more – that it's sometimes easy to forget about some of them. Well, it also doesn't help when they're dull to begin with...

 
Fake Jeep Gladiator 3500 HD Dually Is a Full-Size Heavy Duty Truck No One Asked For
Fake Jeep Gladiator 3500 HD Dually Is a Full-Size Heavy Duty Truck No One Asked For

29 Feb 2024, 07:21 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Just before the Jeep Beach Week in Daytona Beach scheduled in mid-April, the American carmaker announced the Beach versions of the 2024 Wrangler and 2024 Gladiator in a logical first for the pickup. And it all makes perfect sense. When I was...

 
What If the Alfa Romeo Milano Never Happened, and the Tiny MiTo Came Back Instead?
What If the Alfa Romeo Milano Never Happened, and the Tiny MiTo Came Back Instead?

28 Feb 2024, 23:00 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Stellantis just kicked off the final teaser proceeds for the arrival of the all-new Dodge Charger muscle car, set to arrive in lieu of the discontinued Challenger with a return to the traditional two-door fastback coupe form factor. It will ...

 
Virtual Ferrari Alto Wants to Be the Angel of Our Electric Prancing Horse Dreams
Virtual Ferrari Alto Wants to Be the Angel of Our Electric Prancing Horse Dreams

28 Feb 2024, 21:04 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / It has been a hot minute since we last talked about Ferrari's latest ideas. Directly, that is, as indirectly, there are always many subjects tangential to the Prancing Horse establishment in Italy. For example, we have seen the Lamborgh...

 
Next-Gen Audi S5 Sedan Imagined as Heir to the A4/S4 Throne by Independent Artist
Next-Gen Audi S5 Sedan Imagined as Heir to the A4/S4 Throne by Independent Artist

28 Feb 2024, 10:51 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / The Ingolstadt-based automaker is undoubtedly ready to rock the worlds of its rivals, BMW and Mercedes-Benz or Cadillac, among others. The novelties are coming like a tidal wave from the premium German brand. There is nothing that Audi won&#...

 
BMW 03 Coupe Arrives From a Parallel Universe To Reinvent the Bavarian Sports Car
BMW 03 Coupe Arrives From a Parallel Universe To Reinvent the Bavarian Sports Car

28 Feb 2024, 09:07 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Everyone and their mother know that BMW's current styling is 'a bit' controversial. How much so is a matter of different POVs – some say it's better to stand out in any crowd, even for the wrong reasons, while others appre...

 
Nitrous Hellcat Drags 800+ HP Corvette and Supercharged Caddy; Someone Gets Obliterated
Nitrous Hellcat Drags 800+ HP Corvette and Supercharged Caddy; Someone Gets Obliterated

28 Feb 2024, 08:15 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / The good folks over at the racing-focused ImportRace channel on YouTube love a good all-American Mopar versus GM showdown at the local quarter-mile dragstrip, especially if the protagonists have major tunes hiding in plain sight. Curiou...

 
Fresh Renault Oroch Morphs Third Dacia Duster SUV Into an Impressive Second-Gen Truck
Fresh Renault Oroch Morphs Third Dacia Duster SUV Into an Impressive Second-Gen Truck

28 Feb 2024, 07:33 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / These days, as the 2024 Geneva Motor Show is struggling to recapture the ritz and glamour of old times, only Chinese carmakers and the Renault Group jumped to the rescue. Well, we are not sure that's enough, but at least we got to see t...

 
Witness the Colorful Inside-Out Unofficial Showcase of the Upcoming Audi A7 Avant
Witness the Colorful Inside-Out Unofficial Showcase of the Upcoming Audi A7 Avant

27 Feb 2024, 21:34 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / The Ingolstadt-based automaker is almost ready to start a revolution across the board as it prepares for the novel EV lifestyle. For now, it's got another nomenclature change that might leave many fans scratching their heads. Ahead of t...

 
Here's America's First Production Plug-in Hydrogen Fuel Cell EV: 2025 Honda CR-V e:FCEV
Here's America's First Production Plug-in Hydrogen Fuel Cell EV: 2025 Honda CR-V e:FCEV

27 Feb 2024, 14:58 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Not long ago, Honda promised a bundle of things for its outlook for 2024 – including even better sales than in 2023 backed by a host of major introductions. The large Honda Odyssey was earmarked for some enhancements, the 2024 Prologue...

 
Bugatti Chiron 'Hommage T50S' Is the Latest Sur Mesure Gem, an Ode to Racing Too
Bugatti Chiron 'Hommage T50S' Is the Latest Sur Mesure Gem, an Ode to Racing Too

27 Feb 2024, 14:17 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / The racing heritage at the legendary 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance race began with the Type 50S in 1931 - now there's a unique Sur Mesure tribute that is tastily styled after the original racing car. As promised, Bugatti Automobiles onl...

 
2025 Mercedes-AMG E 63 S (E Performance) Gets Revealed in CGI From Inside-Out
2025 Mercedes-AMG E 63 S (E Performance) Gets Revealed in CGI From Inside-Out

27 Feb 2024, 09:40 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / 2023 was quite a busy year for Mercedes-Benz with a multitude of special editions, mid-cycle facelifts, and the extensive introductions from the mid-size class – the sixth generation W214 E-Class and the first-ever CLE series. However, it doe...

 
2027 Honda Civic Visits Imagination Land, Feels a Lot More Sustainable Than Current One
2027 Honda Civic Visits Imagination Land, Feels a Lot More Sustainable Than Current One

27 Feb 2024, 08:58 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / The Japanese automaker Honda has a bold outlook for 2024 across the US automotive market, and after the first month of the year, the corner office sales head honchos are already getting the first rewards and pats on the back. The January sal...

 
Tesla-Swapped 2001 Honda Odyssey Sleeper Drags Mustang, Plaid, Trucks, and Wins All!
Tesla-Swapped 2001 Honda Odyssey Sleeper Drags Mustang, Plaid, Trucks, and Wins All!

27 Feb 2024, 08:17 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / The Honda Odyssey minivan, produced since 1994 and currently in its fifth generation, is many things – affordable, as it starts from a little over $38k, extremely spacious, safe, and comfortable, among other things. But nobody ever dared to s...

 
Revived AMC Eagle Steals the Quirky Digital Soul of the 2025 Toyota Crown Signia
Revived AMC Eagle Steals the Quirky Digital Soul of the 2025 Toyota Crown Signia

27 Feb 2024, 06:58 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Last year, Stellantis was one of the very few (big) automakers that didn't announce a positive result when it revealed the overall sales across the crucial US automotive market. We are not entirely surprised, even though its Ram trucks ...

 
2026 Hyundai Palisade Doesn't Look as Boxy as the 2024 Santa Fe, at Least in CGI
2026 Hyundai Palisade Doesn't Look as Boxy as the 2024 Santa Fe, at Least in CGI

26 Feb 2024, 21:04 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / The South Korean mid-size crossover SUV Hyundai Palisade shouldn't be considered old since it entered the market in 2018 and arrived in America as a 2020 model year product. The replacement for the Maxcruz – or Santa Fe XL outside...

 
2026 Kia Seltos Tiny CUV Looks Ready for Any Adventure Across Imagination Land
2026 Kia Seltos Tiny CUV Looks Ready for Any Adventure Across Imagination Land

26 Feb 2024, 13:13 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / The South Korean automaker Kia is not treating things lightly across the North American market. In the United States, for example, it has no less than 12 nameplates, and more are coming. The electric field will soon be a parallel universe of...

 
2025 Toyota Land Cruiser 'Black Edition' Comes Stylish to Virtually Replace the Top Grade
2025 Toyota Land Cruiser 'Black Edition' Comes Stylish to Virtually Replace the Top Grade

26 Feb 2024, 11:44 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Returning after a short hiatus to the US automotive market, the 2024 Toyota Land Cruiser is neatly tucked between the old-school 4Runner and the TNGA-F-based Sequoia full-size off-road family SUV. Naturally, that means its dimensions are sli...

 

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