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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.
Ram 1500 Laramie Sport Visits the Autobahn, Hits Almost 200 KPH Effortlessly
Ram 1500 Laramie Sport Visits the Autobahn, Hits Almost 200 KPH Effortlessly

7 Dec 2020, 14:34 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Many people in Europe think full-size pickup trucks from across the ocean are too unwieldy for comfortable, daily use scenarios. While this idea can be substantiated pretty easily when it comes to city driving, this video showing a Ram 1500 on the ...

 
2021 Ford Bronco Sport Has a Full Day With Dogs, Target and Chick-fil-A Visits
2021 Ford Bronco Sport Has a Full Day With Dogs, Target and Chick-fil-A Visits

7 Dec 2020, 13:43 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Many automotive reviews go for the pure thrills or shock value, but the reality is most car owners will be doing mundane tasks all day long with their vehicles. So, even though Ford’s upcoming 2021 Bronco Sport has been developed as a very ca...

 
Toyota's Electric SUV Almost Ready, Subaru to Also Use New e-TNGA Platform
Toyota's Electric SUV Almost Ready, Subaru to Also Use New e-TNGA Platform

7 Dec 2020, 12:14 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Remember when Toyota and Subaru announced they would further expand their relationship beyond the sports car twins and the Crosstrek/XV models that use Prius (PHEV and classic hybrid tech, respectively) technology? It wasn’t that long ago, bu...

 
Nissan Reveals 2021 Qashqai's Interior in Advance, Almost Everything Is Bigger
Nissan Reveals 2021 Qashqai's Interior in Advance, Almost Everything Is Bigger

7 Dec 2020, 11:09 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Good old Internet leaks have become so ancient in just a few years simply because automakers are now showcasing their automobiles well in advance of their official release dates. Even more so when it comes to their most important “cash cows.&...

 
Taycan Turbo S Drag Races McLaren Senna, Someone Gets Quarter-Mile Steamrolled
Taycan Turbo S Drag Races McLaren Senna, Someone Gets Quarter-Mile Steamrolled

7 Dec 2020, 10:35 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / When you’re a famous and affluent automotive vlogger, one can imagine it’s easy enough to get a marvelous-looking garage. It’s the case with Shmee150, a man who's been “living the supercar dream” for a while now. ...

 
2003 SVT Mustang Hides 720-HP Whipple Surprise in a Nasty Terminator Cobra Pack
2003 SVT Mustang Hides 720-HP Whipple Surprise in a Nasty Terminator Cobra Pack

7 Dec 2020, 09:47 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / You know you’ve come across something really special when Shawn, the host of the AutotopiaLA channel on YouTube, skips the customary pleasantries and dives headfirst into the engine bay. We trust him to have seen enough custom builds by ...

 
Porsche Teases New 911 GT3 Cup Wrapped in Psychedelic Depictions of Famed Tracks
Porsche Teases New 911 GT3 Cup Wrapped in Psychedelic Depictions of Famed Tracks

7 Dec 2020, 08:26 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Unlike the road-dwelling 992-generation Porsche 911 GT3, we know the exact date of release for its Porsche Supercup sibling, the 911 GT3 Cup. It’s going live on December 12th, and before the wraps come off, there’s a neat teaser for bot...

 
Lamborghini Knows There's Just One Diablo Anyone Should Ever Agree to Worship
Lamborghini Knows There's Just One Diablo Anyone Should Ever Agree to Worship

6 Dec 2020, 11:50 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Back in 1990, the World Wide Web was still in its infancy, Germany was reuniting, the Human Genome Project was officially starting, and NASA was launching one of its best-known “Great Observatories” - the Hubble Telescope. Elsewhere, th...

 
Clumsy Biathlon Athlete Mistaking the iX for a Target Is Just Wishful Thinking
Clumsy Biathlon Athlete Mistaking the iX for a Target Is Just Wishful Thinking

6 Dec 2020, 10:30 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Little did the Bavarian automaker know that the styling choices it made for its first-ever fully electric crossover flagship would cause an image storm. The BMW iNext turning into the unimaginatively named iX was nothing compared to the social medi...

 
Red and White 1975 Ford Bronco Sport Is a 390-HP Blueprint of Restomod Wonders
Red and White 1975 Ford Bronco Sport Is a 390-HP Blueprint of Restomod Wonders

6 Dec 2020, 09:35 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / With such rich heritage behind the Bronco name, it’s no wonder Ford has already turned the reinvented successor into a 2020 favorite without actually selling even a single unit. But, on the other hand, is there anybody who doesn’t love ...

 
Polestar 2 Is Norway's 2020 “Car of the Year,” Are You Surprised An EV Got It?
Polestar 2 Is Norway's 2020 “Car of the Year,” Are You Surprised An EV Got It?

6 Dec 2020, 08:35 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Electrified vehicle sales – of hybrids, but above all else of those models with a plug – are finally taking off around the world. China, Europe, and North America are leading the pack on a regional level. When it comes to countries, tho...

 
This Mercedes-Benz Doesn't Look Like Any Luxury Coach Bus We've Ever Seen
This Mercedes-Benz Doesn't Look Like Any Luxury Coach Bus We've Ever Seen

6 Dec 2020, 07:35 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / We have seen the three-pointed star brand dip its toes into just about anything moving on the street – from little Smart cars to hugely renowned Actros trucks. And, although it’s renowned across the world for luxury cars, it’s bee...

 
Sensor-Laden Bolt 4 Kick Scooter Revealed, Claimed Safest in the World
Sensor-Laden Bolt 4 Kick Scooter Revealed, Claimed Safest in the World

4 Dec 2020, 14:35 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Bolt, the Estonia-based transportation network company (not the Disney-animated German shepherd character or the Chevrolet EV of the same name) has just introduced their new, fourth-generation electric kick scooter to the world. Naturally, it&rsqu...

 
U.S.-Spec Velocity Range Rover Turns Out “Cheaper” Than Overfinch Wanted
U.S.-Spec Velocity Range Rover Turns Out “Cheaper” Than Overfinch Wanted

4 Dec 2020, 13:48 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Back in October, Land Rover tuner Overfinch once more took the world of customized Range Rovers by storm, presenting the exclusive ten-unit Velocity Limited Edition. Naturally, the pricing matched its added panache, so it was a bit surprising for u...

 
189+ MPH on the Autobahn in Audi RS6 Shows MHEV Family Haulers Can Be Ultra-Fast
189+ MPH on the Autobahn in Audi RS6 Shows MHEV Family Haulers Can Be Ultra-Fast

4 Dec 2020, 12:31 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / In a world that has seemingly killed off soccer mom jokes because minivans have become a thing of the past, there’s the occasional high-performance station wagon to prove that crossovers, SUVs, and trucks are not everything in life just ...

 
Custom Porsche Taycan Becomes a Famous Vlogger's First Ever EV Christmas Treat
Custom Porsche Taycan Becomes a Famous Vlogger's First Ever EV Christmas Treat

4 Dec 2020, 12:19 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / It was merely a week ago when famous vlogger Tim Burton – aka Shmee150 – was giving us the news that he finally embraced the upcoming electric revolution. Yes, he bought his first electric vehicle. Not just any EV, because we’re d...

 
Upcoming BMW M Electric Performance Car Teased by Mr. AMG, If You Can Believe It
Upcoming BMW M Electric Performance Car Teased by Mr. AMG, If You Can Believe It

4 Dec 2020, 10:41 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / BMW’s “The Drop” promotional video for a new M Performance accessory was so full of special appearances, cameos, teasers, and Easter Eggs some of them didn’t even make it on screen. The cutting room floor must be riddled wit...

 
BMW's M Town “The Drop” Casually Hides the M3 Touring Among Popular Vloggers
BMW's M Town “The Drop” Casually Hides the M3 Touring Among Popular Vloggers

4 Dec 2020, 09:57 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / BMW created the online dwelling M Town a couple of years ago, and it recently decided to remind us of its existence. Fortunately, this marketing endeavor contains the right stuff (we’re dealing with BMW M GmbH, after all). As in lots of M car...

 
1978 Ford Bronco Is Green Enough to Constantly Remind Us of Summer
1978 Ford Bronco Is Green Enough to Constantly Remind Us of Summer

4 Dec 2020, 08:45 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Many fans of the Blue Oval’s Bronco would usually go for the original when selecting a classic but this particular example proves there are many reasons to check out the second generation as well. First and foremost, there’s an affordab...

 
Watch Three PHEVs Fail the Dreaded Moose Test, Toyota RAV4 Does it Spectacularly
Watch Three PHEVs Fail the Dreaded Moose Test, Toyota RAV4 Does it Spectacularly

4 Dec 2020, 08:06 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / A lot has seemingly changed since the days when Mercedes-Benz had to rethink the original A-Class to avoid a spectacular overturn during the evasive maneuver test (a.k.a. the moose test). Actually, not so much when it comes to the actual trial, bec...

 

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