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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.
New Ford CEO Wants Affordable Cars, EV Range to Include More SUVs and Lincolns
New Ford CEO Wants Affordable Cars, EV Range to Include More SUVs and Lincolns

2 Oct 2020, 09:14 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / While the Blue Oval has only had eleven chief executive officers in its entire 117-year existence, the truth is the pace of changeover has accelerated lately, with Jim Farley quickly succeeding Jim Hackett (CEO from 2017) and Mark Fields (appointed...

 
This Rolls-Royce Is Aiming for Air-EV Speed Record, Not Going Anywhere For Now
This Rolls-Royce Is Aiming for Air-EV Speed Record, Not Going Anywhere For Now

2 Oct 2020, 08:28 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / The Chevrolet Corvette turned Genovation GXE is currently the fastest street-legal electric vehicle in the world, with a maximum speed of 211.8 mph (340.86 kph), achieved late last year on the Kennedy Space Center runway. Well, you would think that...

 
Ken Block's Daughter Will Learn to Drift in a Fox Body Mustang That She Hates
Ken Block's Daughter Will Learn to Drift in a Fox Body Mustang That She Hates

2 Oct 2020, 07:39 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Anyone remembering the wild 1980s and crazy 1990s has probably listened to Vanilla Ice. Car aficionados will also remember he featured a very white Ford Mustang 5.0 “Fox Body” with a custom license plate that read “Go Ice” i...

 
MSO Nails Exquisite Strata and Visual Carbon Fiber Themes for McLaren 765LT
MSO Nails Exquisite Strata and Visual Carbon Fiber Themes for McLaren 765LT

1 Oct 2020, 13:31 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / It is obvious that seeing a McLaren – no matter the model – is always an interesting experience, mainly because you never know what the Woking-based experts have cooked up from their high-performance machine recipe book. But how about w...

 
Sleeper Audi 100 Quattro Wows AMG GT 63S and Nissan GT-R in Top Speed Drag Race
Sleeper Audi 100 Quattro Wows AMG GT 63S and Nissan GT-R in Top Speed Drag Race

1 Oct 2020, 12:51 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Drag racing usually involves two cars pitted against each other in a straight line, with the winner being the driver that ends up with the best time at the finish line. The classic take, as learned from America, involves the quarter mile distance. ...

 
2021 Jeep Cherokee Embraces the LUX Way of Life for Latitude Trim
2021 Jeep Cherokee Embraces the LUX Way of Life for Latitude Trim

1 Oct 2020, 11:22 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Jeep’s Cherokee was the nameplate responsible for the birth of the Sport Utility Vehicle as we know it today, and the model itself has been on an ample journey of self-discovery over the decades. It was first a sporty version of a full-size S...

 
One-of-One Project RC Features Corvette LS3 Power Inside Purist White Defender
One-of-One Project RC Features Corvette LS3 Power Inside Purist White Defender

1 Oct 2020, 11:17 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / While some would consider a big sacrilege to rework a British off-road workhorse with American power, E.C.D. Automotive Design, formerly East Coast Defenders, had been doing this for long enough to make us think we’re dealing with a trend &nd...

 
First Aventador SVJ 63 Roadster Hooks Up With SVJ Coupe, Tunnel Madness Ensues
First Aventador SVJ 63 Roadster Hooks Up With SVJ Coupe, Tunnel Madness Ensues

1 Oct 2020, 09:48 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / What happens when a limited-edition Nurburgring record holder meets for a ride and drive another representative of the species, only that it’s even more special? Well, anyone can bet on a few sweet treats from a connoisseur YouTuber like Shme...

 
2021 Audi RS 5 Coupe and Sportback Go for Ascari and Black Styles in U.S.
2021 Audi RS 5 Coupe and Sportback Go for Ascari and Black Styles in U.S.

1 Oct 2020, 08:40 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / The Ingolstadt-based automaker revealed the latest generation RS 5 Coupe and Sportback in 2018, and quickly followed up on the series with the mildest of updates just as 2019 was turning the lights off. Now the two high-performance compact executiv...

 
130 Tesla Semi EV Trucks Will Be Hauling Walmart Stuff Around Canada
130 Tesla Semi EV Trucks Will Be Hauling Walmart Stuff Around Canada

1 Oct 2020, 08:05 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / While Sci-Fi movies would have portrayed 2020 as the start of a decade filled with extremely advanced machines – both on the ground and in the air - the reality is far different. But there’s still ample hope we'll see something dif...

 
2021 Toyota Hilux Mako, a Kiwi Shark Among Pickups, Is Not “Swimming” to U.S.
2021 Toyota Hilux Mako, a Kiwi Shark Among Pickups, Is Not “Swimming” to U.S.

1 Oct 2020, 07:22 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Toyota has been moving its off-road vehicles globally for decades, and it seems it has picked up on habits of the natural world. For example, after revealing the 2021 model year Hilux truck for the New Zealand market, they are also introducing the ...

 
MINI Celebrates Two Decades of Enjoying Its Modern Second Life
MINI Celebrates Two Decades of Enjoying Its Modern Second Life

30 Sep 2020, 14:22 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / We ought to give credit where due because Rowan Atkinson’s portrayal of Mr. Bean could have lived vastly different in popular memory if not for the spot-on choice of featuring him in Sir Alec Issigonis’ original, as the character’...

 
Proud Envoy of 1990s Supercars, This Lefty Jaguar XJ220 Has Just 2,610 Miles
Proud Envoy of 1990s Supercars, This Lefty Jaguar XJ220 Has Just 2,610 Miles

30 Sep 2020, 12:57 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / From time to time, a certain British premium automaker likes to try its hand with supercars. It doesn’t do it very often, so the results are easily recognizable. We are talking about Jaguar, and its greater-than-life creations that include th...

 
Lynk & Co 01 Is the Chinese Brand's First European Arrival, Sharing Recommended
Lynk & Co 01 Is the Chinese Brand's First European Arrival, Sharing Recommended

30 Sep 2020, 11:41 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Geely’s Chinese-Swedish brainchild Lynk & Co made a splash back in 2016 when it was presented as a highly-modern brand of not just automobiles, but of everything that makes life easy today – such as internet connectivity, shared mob...

 
Trucking Gets Even More Chrome Thanks to All-New Western Star 49X
Trucking Gets Even More Chrome Thanks to All-New Western Star 49X

30 Sep 2020, 11:18 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Whoever said that timber logging, heavy hauling, utility, food and beverage, construction or garbage trucks are purely practical machines has clearly never laid its eyes on the signature chrome-laden shape of a Western Star vocational truck. Or, at...

 
Immaculate All-Metal 1965 Mustang Fastback Is Dove-White and Lincoln-Swapped
Immaculate All-Metal 1965 Mustang Fastback Is Dove-White and Lincoln-Swapped

30 Sep 2020, 10:02 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / What more can you ask when presented with a 1965 Ford Mustang Fastback restomod that eschewed all fiberglass and bonding tricks in favor of an all-metal build? Even the engine was swapped for a rather modern 1997 Lincoln Mark VIII piece, while the ...

 
Chevrolet Dealer Discovers C8 Corvette Easter Eggs, Buyers Will Take Zora Home
Chevrolet Dealer Discovers C8 Corvette Easter Eggs, Buyers Will Take Zora Home

30 Sep 2020, 09:06 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Chevrolet has been pushing hard to make up for the downtime caused by the earlier-year lockdown, and is now in full swing churning out 2020 model year C8 Corvettes out the factory gates. And, as it turns out, they are also making some upgrades on t...

 
Hyundai i20 N Line Is All About Sporty Looks, Tame Powertrains
Hyundai i20 N Line Is All About Sporty Looks, Tame Powertrains

30 Sep 2020, 08:21 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Automakers that have tried to conquer Europe’s highly competitive subcompact segment faced many challenges, and Hyundai knows that very well. But the relentless strategy of ever expanding its scopes is in full swing, and now it is time to add...

 
2021 BMW 4 Series Convertible Rekindles the Love for Soft-Tops From $53,100
2021 BMW 4 Series Convertible Rekindles the Love for Soft-Tops From $53,100

30 Sep 2020, 07:28 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / The Bavarian automaker is having a month full of novelties this September, building on the premiere of the new generation M3 Sedan and M4 Coupe with the introduction of the 4 Series Convertible. While the larger than life kidney grille is the most ...

 
This Four-Cylinder 1986 Porsche 944 Turbo "Hides" a Very Nice Ferrari Touch
This Four-Cylinder 1986 Porsche 944 Turbo "Hides" a Very Nice Ferrari Touch

29 Sep 2020, 15:00 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / While Porsche has been praised over the years for its particular engineering taste that includes fitting everything it can at the rear, there have always been fans that do not necessarily want a 911. Over the years there have been certain options o...

 

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