Aurel Niculescu
9,654 ARTICLES
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.
1964 Chevrolet C10 Stepside Is Sweet Copper Brown and Silver Madness for $140k
8 Oct 2020, 14:07 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Anyone looking at this brownie Stepside pickup truck would be excused for entering the first bar and asking for a couple of root beer drafts to check if the sweet beverage and the 1964 C10 are matching. We almost did that too, and then decided to h...
Compare All Lucid Air Trims and Design Yours With Interactive Configurator
8 Oct 2020, 12:34 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Tesla’s reign in the luxury electric vehicle market will end if Lucid Motors’ Air limousine is given a chance. But before the fellow Californian automaker can get such important bragging rights, it first needs to put as many cars as pos...
2021 Audi e-tron GT to Start Small-Series Production Alongside R8 This Winter
8 Oct 2020, 12:04 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / It was back in 2018 at the Los Angeles Auto Show when Audi first showed the world its take on the Porsche Taycan. While the latter is already out and about looking to secure its place in a Tesla-dominated world of luxury electric cars, the Audi e-t...
Fortnite's Unreal Engine to Power GMC Hummer EV Cockpit, Take That Tesla Arcade
8 Oct 2020, 11:15 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Epic Games, the creator of worldwide gaming phenomena such as the Fortnite, Unreal, Gears of War, or Infinity Blade series, has recently announced it has created an Unreal Engine-based Human-Machine Interface (HMI) dedicated to the automotive realm...
Bolder and Japanese-Tough, 2021 Honda Ridgeline Hopes to Raise Sales Numbers
8 Oct 2020, 09:41 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / One of just two pickup trucks currently in production by Honda, the midsize Ridgeline has a lot going for it when it comes to special benefits, including a generous load area and torque-vectoring all-wheel drive. But the second generation’s i...
Lamborghini Essenza SCV12 Redesign Might Nail the Odd Roofless Look Perfectly
8 Oct 2020, 08:49 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / There are quite a few examples of car models that gave up not only the rooftop, but also the classic windshield and side windows for an extreme, purist, road and track experience. But it’s quite interesting that in today’s dangerous eco...
Play the $2 Million Pretend Game and Configure Your Perfect-Looking Lotus Evija
8 Oct 2020, 08:06 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Showcased last year under the “Type 130” codename, the Lotus Evija is inching towards the moment we’ll actually see the series production units – all 130 of them. Before that happens, clients need to be allowed the chance to...
Widebody Tesla Model S Proudly Wears Asymmetric Concave Vertini Alloys
8 Oct 2020, 07:16 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Tesla’s Model S proudly passed the sales baton to the more affordable models in the range – the compact crossover Model Y and, most of all, the equally fastback(ed) Model 3. This is how the automotive world works sometimes – one c...
This Luxury Electrified Taxi Features All-Bespoke Interior, Apple TV and PS4
7 Oct 2020, 14:33 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Anyone who visited London remembers a few landmarks – among them the Buckingham Palace, the funny bearskin headgear, the London Eye, the Tower Bridge, or Madame Tussauds creepy wax museum. And, of course, nobody will forget the motoring icons...
“Salvatore” Porsche 9FF GT2 Turbo Shoots Exhaust Flames and Guns Down 223 MPH
7 Oct 2020, 14:19 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / The mirage of speed is quite easy to understand, especially when you have the extreme machine to help you achieve it. And, of course, the proper setting. Such as the latest SCC500 events of the Rolling50 and Half Mile variety that took place just e...
2021 Kia Stonic Chases Crossover Fans, Gives Them New GT-Line Reward
7 Oct 2020, 12:11 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Hyundai has been hard at work showing N Line derivatives of some of its most popular models, so Kia would have looked bad without its own styling upgrades. Thus, while the sister company was busy teasing us to the latest introduction of the fully-f...
Sub One-Second LS2 Chevy Truck Is a NASCAR Driver's Bespoke Guilty Pleasure
7 Oct 2020, 11:22 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Care to know what happens when a 1956 Chevrolet pickup truck becomes the subject of a nice backstory, an interesting build chronicle, and comes out reborn with a great purpose ahead of it?! Well, this is just a snippet from the daily life of this t...
Aston Martin V12 Speedster Prototype Shows the Project Is Very Much Alive
7 Oct 2020, 10:01 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / We are witnessing quite a resurgence of a body style that is hard to sell: yes, we are talking about roofless / windowless / windscreen-less speedsters. Given the niche approach, no wonder we are seeing limited productions from high-end manufacture...
2021 Opel Crossland Looks Quirky With Adapted Mokka Face, Update Drops the "X"
7 Oct 2020, 09:32 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / The German automaker is looking to rekindle the imagination of its fans with a completely new, and bold, design language that includes a reworked logo and a bespoke treatment of the front fascia – the so-called Opel Vizor. While the Mokka is ...
Futuristic Cadillac SUV With Pillarless Sides and Rear Barn Doors Comes From GM
7 Oct 2020, 08:37 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / We have grown accustomed to automakers showing their styling ideas here and there, and then waiting for years to see if they get a real-life correspondent or not. Chances are the designs from GM’s Rebecka Buller and Paul Kim might never see t...
2021 Hyundai i20 N Teaser Shares First Pops and Crackles of Sporty Exhaust
7 Oct 2020, 07:45 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / In a world where geographical barriers have long fallen, anyone with a smartphone and an internet connection can hear – but above all, see – another person, even if they’re continents apart. A certain South Korean automaker must n...
2021 Ford Bronco Family Portrait Drops Major Bomb on Popular White Top
7 Oct 2020, 07:13 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / The Blue Oval company is fast approaching the date for a major update on the status of its newly reinvented 2021 Bronco family – as hinted in a customer email that gave the middle of October as the possible arrival date of the Bronco Build &a...
Lexus J201 Shares Vision of 550 HP Supercharged Trips to the Far End
6 Oct 2020, 15:30 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / The Japanese automaker is describing this special project with rather big words, such as “omotenashi”– which has something to do with Japanese hospitality – or “Experiential Adventurer.” We say they should ...
Jaguar Retires XE Sedan From U.S. Range As Updated 2021 XF Becomes Cheaper
6 Oct 2020, 15:28 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / So far, 2020 has not been kind with the automotive industry, caught in between its globalization aspirations and the unexpected health crisis. Jaguar is among the brands that didn't escape unscathed, but it’s now aiming for a leaner busi...
McLaren's Electrified HPH Supercar to Introduce Carbon-Intensive MCLA Platform
6 Oct 2020, 13:53 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Author of spectacular machines such as the McLaren F1, P1, or the Speedtail - the British performance car manufacturer is just about ready to open a completely new chapter in its existence. One that sees both new arrivals, and dearly departed model...