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.
Ride-On Your Child Nostalgia With the McLaren Senna Electrified toy, Just £375
17 Aug 2020, 13:52 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Some parents are a little biased – they are simply using their children as excuses to fulfill all of their child-like dreams. And given the huge expanse of the toy segment we cannot assign blame on anyone. Not even on those looking to buy McL...
Spend Just $3 and You Could Land a High-Performance Shelby Couple With 1,430 hp
17 Aug 2020, 13:10 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / One could tow a boat up to the river mouth, ditch it and then head for a night out at the drag strip. The other is better than ever around the track and is no longer the vicious super snake outside of it. Owning either would be a dream come true. B...
This 1997 Porsche 911 Turbo Was Allegedly Remodeled for a Huge Latino Star
17 Aug 2020, 12:59 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Some say the best Porsche 911 Turbos were manufactured during the final days of the pre-water-cooled era. And this 993-generation 1997 Porsche 911 Turbo certainly fits the category. But, somehow, its brawny flat-six twin-turbocharged 3.6-liter Germ...
Petersen Concours d’Elegance Virtual Extravaganza Won by 1937 Horch 853 SC
17 Aug 2020, 12:48 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Many of the world’s greatest and most legendary automotive events like Pebble Beach had to skip the 2020 “model year” so automotive enthusiasts were left scrambling for other opportunities. Fortunately, we live in a fast, fiber op...
Porsche Knows we are Incredulous, Returns With Panamera "Record" Onboard POV
17 Aug 2020, 09:51 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Porsche’s Panamera has always had the potential to stand for a polarizing entry in the automaker’s range. It is a liftback four-door limousine that could be described both as a hatchback and a sedan without being entirely wrong on both ...
Jeep's Cryptic Messages Show Patriotic Exterior, Modern Interior for Wagoneer
17 Aug 2020, 09:02 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / With the 2021 Ford Bronco and Bronco Sport all the rage across every media channel – official and unofficial – Jeep really needs a model capable of snatching up the red rugged carpet from under its beadlock wheels. The one perfect candi...
1958 C1 Chevrolet Corvette Rules Planet With 572 Big Block and Insane Cockpit
17 Aug 2020, 08:12 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Back in 1958 automakers were not that stressed out – bumping the round-headlight count from two to four, introducing bumper exhaust tips, a new steering wheel and moving all gauges in front of the driver was enough to count as a thorough refr...
V8 Vantage Point: Aston Martin Reveals its Manual-Production Factory Secrets
17 Aug 2020, 07:15 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / The original Aston Martin V8 Vantage from back in 1977 was hailed as Britain’s first supercar, a proper 170 mph (270 kph) performer. But its looks were questionable – trying a jab at the muscle car of the moment without forgetting its g...
This Factory-Backed 1993 Lincoln Mark VIII Nailed a Bonneville Record at 183 mph
15 Aug 2020, 09:30 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / The Bonneville Speed Week just wrapped with a new land speed record from George Poteet's Speed Demon 715 Blown Fuel Streamliner but that should only motivate you into preparing for the 2021 edition with your very own machine. And so just happe...
Capture the Spirit of Luxury in a Bottle With new Bentley Silverlake Fragrance
15 Aug 2020, 08:30 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / When you are a British luxury automotive brand which is more than a century old one can indulge in odd developments such as launching your own brand of perfumes. After all, some have used pistons from their old cars as bottles of whiskey and others...
Toyota and Chevy Pickup Fans Could Reconcile in This 1973 FJ-45 Land Cruiser
15 Aug 2020, 07:30 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / While much of the off-road enthusiast community in America is all eyes on the brewing feud between Ford’s reinvented 2021 Bronco and its Jeep Wrangler archenemy we are also on the lookout for beautifully restored gems. Search no further than ...
Speed Demon 715 Is the New Bonneville Piston King With Record Run of 470+ MPH
14 Aug 2020, 12:10 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / When you say Bonneville, you at once add salt flats, Speed Week and crazy vehicles, and the result usually brings up talk of land speed records. A new one has been posted by the Speed Demon 715 streamliner in the AA / BFS class for piston-powered c...
Cuddle Inside a 2020 Mercedes-AMG G63 VIP Limo While Under Small Arms Fire
14 Aug 2020, 11:10 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / The name Inkas is no stranger to the world of thoroughly protected high-performance luxury vehicles – having been set up in Toronto, Canada, some 25 years ago. Its security business thriving, the group of companies quickly expanded into the p...
2021 Mazda CX-5, CX-9, and Mazda6 Get a Carbon Edition in North America
14 Aug 2020, 09:50 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / A Japanese automaker with 100 years' worth of history behind it, Mazda has always been subtle with its global presence – letting instead its beautifully designed and reliable models speak for themselves. The world has proven the stren...
2022 BMW 2 Series Coupe Realistically Portrayed Based on Latest Spy Shots
14 Aug 2020, 09:01 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / The Munich-based luxury automaker is having a really tough time trying to keep its upcoming 2022 BMW 2 Series Coupe under wraps – with reports swirling across social media of undisguised leaks. The hard-working spy photographers have also don...
Awe Your C8 Chevrolet Corvette With These "Best Sounding" Exhaust Suites
14 Aug 2020, 08:25 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Fitting a new exhaust to your car is always a good start for a tuning project. It could potentially improve performance, the looks and above everything else, the sound. Which is why many owners of the new C8 Corvette have been on the lookout for cu...
Ken Block Tests the Lightspeed of 300k Lumens Strapped to SVC F-150 Raptor
14 Aug 2020, 07:32 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Scientists, over the course of humanity’s long history, might have set out to find out before if there is such a thing as “too much light.” The simple answer is always yes – judging by the accounts of people who had the mish...
55-Year-Old Ford Bronco Shown Proper Respect With Five Adventure Concepts
13 Aug 2020, 13:25 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / It's about one month since the beginning of the modern Ford Bronco’s golden. You might want to take that into consideration because the American automaker is focusing on a much larger anniversary – 55 years since the arrival of the...
Lincoln Keeps North Americans Calm, Provides Balance Both On- and Off-Road
13 Aug 2020, 12:16 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / In this day and age, with an entire global health / economic crisis looming over our heads we could all use some more relaxation. Lincoln thinks the same and decided to partner with Calm, a leading mental fitness application, to offer a little more...
Is It Crazy to Love This Porsche Boxster Turned 1960s Naked F1 Car?
13 Aug 2020, 11:20 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / While some Porsche fans might be tempted to scream sacrilege, you better refrain yourself from expressing any dissatisfaction until the end – what we have here is a brilliant feat of engineering coming from a bored college student with a hist...