Aurel Niculescu
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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.
Jaguar Fights Blue Monday Pseudoscience With the Right Weapon, the F-Type Reims
18 Jan 2021, 16:39 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / In case anyone didn’t know, according to UK company Sky Travel, the third Monday of every January is allegedly the most depressing day of the year. Fortunately, the pseudoscience didn’t work its sad charms on us today, and the same can ...
Wood-Carrying Ford Truck Emerges From the Ocean Like a True Rock Crawling Boss
18 Jan 2021, 14:56 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / It’s not uncommon to see all sorts of creatures emerge from the sea - and some of them easily qualify as being newsworthy. They’re usually from the animal kingdom, but every now and then, a representative of the automotive industry take...
Rare 1966 Mercury Comet Convertible Has the Caliente Looks of a Beach Cruiser
18 Jan 2021, 13:53 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / We fully understand that Christmas celebrations are a bit behind us. Still, seeing this red Comet Caliente with the white top down immediately got us thinking of setting up a Miami Beach stake-out for Santa’s other reindeers for the next holi...
Bigster, Dacia Duster's Larger Sibling, Morphs Into Unofficial Production Spec
18 Jan 2021, 12:25 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Never mind that Groupe Renault chose a hilarious name for a business strategy that’s supposed to ensure the revival of the French automaker in the years to come. We’ve already fallen for the cool-looking Renault 5 Prototype and the adve...
1969 Ford F-100 Crew Cab Rides Low, but Not Because of the 572 BBF or GM Tranny
18 Jan 2021, 12:15 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / With 14 generations and counting, Ford’s F-Series is not just America’s best-selling pickup truck range for the past 44 years (and the most popular vehicle overall since 1981). It’s also one of the best providers of raw material f...
Ford Ranger MS-RT Goes for Street Cred, Keeps 210-HP EcoBlue From Ranger Raptor
18 Jan 2021, 10:43 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / The Blue Oval is on a roll these first days of 2021, especially when discussing how its commercial vehicles are doing sales wise. After the 44th consecutive sales leadership of the F-Series in America, we also just found out the Ranger was crowned ...
Ford Vans Gained Euro Sales Supremacy in 2020, Brand Has High SUV Hopes for 2021
18 Jan 2021, 09:45 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / We all know that 2020 will go down in history as an unprecedented year, and many businesses will need a lot of time to recover from all its adverse effects. Still, some things didn’t change across the automotive industry, such as Ford capturi...
Brand-New Tesla Model Y Is Probably Totaled As Honda Civic Double-Hits and Spins
18 Jan 2021, 08:54 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / We have seen time and again that larger vehicles are inherently safer for those inside when involved in a crash with smaller and nimbler cars. But how about (unwillingly) putting the theory to the test twice during the same crash?! This is exa...
GM to Wind Down Chevy Equinox CAMI Production in Favor of New BrightDrop EV600
18 Jan 2021, 07:58 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Although General Motors still has only one fully electric vehicle – the Chevrolet Bolt EV – to show for itself on the streets, it’s currently working hard to cover all the bases in the near future. Thus, things should be looking a...
Electric Alpha ACE Coupe Treated to a Performance Edition, Does 0-60 MPH in 4.6s
17 Jan 2021, 08:35 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / A new month, a new sustainable mobility company that previews its vision of the zero-emissions world, right? Not quite, because we already met Alpha Motor Corporation during December 2020’s introduction of the cutesy Alpha ACE Coupe. We said ...
Classic Porsche 911 Turbo Gets Touched by Ares Design, Turns Into 425-HP One-Off
17 Jan 2021, 07:35 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / We are used to seeing quite a handful of classic air-cooled Porsche 911 projects embrace the restomod trend thanks to renowned American specialists like Singer or Gunther Werks. An Italian coachbuilder/design studio sounds a little more out of the ...
This Composite Toyota Tacoma TRD Pro Camper Deserves To Be Called a “TruckHouse”
16 Jan 2021, 08:35 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / At this point, everyone knows there’s one Japanese midsize pickup truck that rules undisputed across the U.S. market, Toyota’s Tacoma. The company managed to deliver more than 75k Tacomas during the fourth quarter of 2020 alone, which i...
Silence 'E-Moto' Family Is Ready to Whisper With a British Accent From £2,695
16 Jan 2021, 08:35 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Silence, an aptly named provided of zero-emissions urban mobility from Spain, is just about ready to expand across the UK market starting this month, bringing over its innovative electric moto scooter family of vehicles. Just like in other cro...
Watch This Ultra-Rare Xenatec Maybach 57S Coupe Get Treated to a Color Change
16 Jan 2021, 07:35 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / With everything going on in the automotive industry any given year, one could easily be forgiven for forgetting some of the rarer models that have enjoyed their five minutes of glory at one point in time. Like the Maybach 57S Coupe created back in ...
Mercedes-Benz Teases 2022 EQA EV's Interior, Is the Screen on the Small Side?
15 Jan 2021, 16:06 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / This year should mark the all-out offensive of the Mercedes-EQ sub-brand, and the premium German automaker is looking to keep its word as it just announced the imminent arrival of the first new representative. This is probably the final teaser for ...
1970 Ford Mustang Boss 429 Fastback Is a 7k-Mile Deja Vu in Grabber Blue
15 Jan 2021, 14:26 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Mecum’s “The World’s Largest Collector Car Auction” is currently taking place in Kissimmee, and soon we’ll be able to share some of the spectacular highlights that surpassed expectations. Thanks to our Ford Month featu...
GM, Please Turn This Bold Render Into the Fully Electric Chevy Corvette of 2040
15 Jan 2021, 13:05 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Just like any other automaker, General Motors is very active on social media, and its different business units aren’t striking a false note either. One of our favorites is GM Design’s Instagram account, which has a habit of mixing up da...
Kia Drops “Motors” From Its Name, Teases Crossover EV With 20-Minute Charge Time
15 Jan 2021, 12:16 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Kia, which from now on will be called Kia Corporation after dropping the “Motors” moniker, is no stranger to spectacular stunts. The company recently pulled one for the Guinness World Records using “pyrodrones,” when it anno...
Refreshed 2021 Honda Ridgeline Arrives Early February With $2,590 Price Hike
15 Jan 2021, 11:16 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Honda knows very well its Ridgeline truck has been suffering at the bottom of the midsize pickup sales chart, and with new competition on the horizon (Hyundai’s Santa Cruz will arrive, eventually), it was high time for a bold move. That came ...
Mustang and Supra Battle for 6-Second Drag Supremacy, What's Your Favorite?
15 Jan 2021, 10:41 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Much of the Northern Hemisphere is engaged in battle with winter, but that doesn’t mean we can’t look back to some of the highlights of 2020 that will forever remain in our memory. For the drag racing aficionado, the Haltech Hail Mary D...