Aurel Niculescu
9,645 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.
Mercedes-Benz GLB Gets the Brabus Touch, Comes Out Sportier or Off-Road Ready
30 Jul 2020, 08:45 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Aftermarket specialist Brabus virtually needs no introduction, but the same cannot be said about Mercedes-Benz's own GLB-crossover. For some it might sound like compact overkill to have the GLA, GLB and GLC models covering the space of just tw...
BMW Might Soon Produce Easily Recyclable Battery Cells for its Electric Vehicles
30 Jul 2020, 07:53 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / The vast majority of normal folk out there know battery electric vehicles are better for the environment. But what happens when these technologically advanced objects reach the end of their life cycle – they also need to be recycled to remain...
Lamborghini and the Pursuit of Track Happiness: Essenza SCV12 Revealed
29 Jul 2020, 14:13 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / The inevitable happened – after the earlier teaser on the company’s international website, Lamborghini has fully revealed all the juicy technical details and the styling of its latest limited-edition hypercar. The Essenza SCV12 readily ...
PSA Ready to Move Away From C/EMP Architecture to All-New eVMP by 2025
29 Jul 2020, 13:35 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Citroen, DS Automobiles, Peugeot, Opel, Vauxhall and even Toyota vehicles have been developed for years on just two multi-energy platforms belonging to the PSA corporation. Truly modular, these two architectures have underpinned anything from the P...
Skoda Reveals First Design Sketch of 2021 Enyaq iV Interior
29 Jul 2020, 13:13 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Volkswagen has presented the production-series ID.3 and Cupra officially unveiled the el-Born as MEB-based electric hatchbacks. Skoda, on the other hand, might be the first to reveal a crossover derivative of the Volkswagen Group’s Modular El...
Sony Vision-S Heads Home to Tokyo for Further Evolution
29 Jul 2020, 12:21 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / The Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas managed quite fast to steal the red carpet from underneath the classic North American International Auto Show in Detroit. And did it so well that NAIAS’ organizers moved the date while technology com...
London Concours to Showcase Iconic Lancia 037, B24 Spider and Flaminia SS Zagato
29 Jul 2020, 11:22 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / What a shame that a wonderful Italian automotive brand such as Lancia has had its prestigious history drowned in the muddy waters of the current global automotive economy. The maker can trace its roots way back to 1906 and yet in 2020 it has just o...
ICE vs. EV Tug of War: Mercedes, Lamborghini, and Range Rover Fight Tesla
29 Jul 2020, 09:52 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Remember the good old days of the evasive maneuver test aka “moose / elk test” when Teknikens Värld had to flip the first-generation Mercedes-Benz A Class to get a little bit of notoriety? Today’s social media cravings can ma...
Lamborghini SCV12 Teaser Reveals Green Shade
29 Jul 2020, 09:10 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Lamborghini’s Squadra Corse usually does not preoccupy itself with street-legal machines – it has enough on its mind with the Huracán Super Trofeo Evo racers. This is because even its latest product, the upcoming SCV12 hypercar i...
2021 Ford Bronco Badlands Looks Stealthy in Pre-Production Factory Leak
29 Jul 2020, 08:30 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Everybody is hyped up about the reinvented 2021 Ford Bronco – but here is the thing: we are barely scratching the tip of the iceberg. These are just the first stages of revival and there is so much going on around the new model family it is e...
Augmented Reality HUD Warps 2021 Mercedes-Benz S-Class Into the Future
29 Jul 2020, 07:54 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Head-Up Displays have become almost ubiquitous in the automotive industry. They are no longer a cutting-edge feature borrowed from the world of aviation. Long gone are the days of 1988 when the Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme was the first car to use a ...
Ford to Deliver Bronco "Untold Story" With New Podcast Series
28 Jul 2020, 14:17 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Our own coverage of the 2021 Ford Bronco story is statement to the powerful impression the revival of the legendary off-roader made on everybody. The U.S. automaker does not seem all that surprised, though, and keeps giving little snippets to the f...
Torsus Reveals the Terrastorm, 20 People Can Share the Same Expedition
28 Jul 2020, 13:22 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / We are fully aware that Hollywood’s film industry is on standby due to the ongoing health crisis. But if producers decided to start shooting a new post-apocalyptic zombie movie right now, they would have the perfect survival vehicle. This is ...
BMW 5 Series, M5 and M5 Competition Look Delicious With M Performance Parts
28 Jul 2020, 11:22 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / People seem to have been modifying their cars from the moment they were invented. Aftermarket aficionados are usually looking for enhanced styling, more performance, increased handling, or all of them at once. Naturally, automakers took notice and ...
Mercedes-Benz Announces the T-Class, Arrives in 2022 as Compact City Van
28 Jul 2020, 11:05 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / The German automaker is well known for both its luxury passenger cars and prodigious commercial-vehicle implication. The Actros or Sprinter designations are household names in the latter, just like the C-, E-, or S-Class models have become staples ...
This Ford Everest With Ranger DNA Went to Off-Road Gym, Turned Into Idumban
28 Jul 2020, 09:53 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Today most crossovers and even some well-received SUVs do not even offer the all-wheel drive choice. Thus, off-road aficionados need to select carefully – but you cannot go wrong with a body-on-frame sport utility based on a pickup truck. Thi...
Aston Martin DB11 and Fiat 124 Spider Mashup Is Surprisingly Possible
28 Jul 2020, 08:27 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / The Aston Martin DB11 and the Fiat 124 Spider came to this world relatively close to one another. The British car was presented at the 2016 Geneva Motor Show, while the Italian Spider was seen at the 2015 Los Angeles Auto Show. We imagine back then...
Ferrari 812 Looks Superfast Riding These Glossy Black Wheels
28 Jul 2020, 07:28 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Looks can be deceiving, but certainly not when you are dealing with a red Ferrari. It does not get more conventional than that, but people really love the association between the Prancing Horse and its iconic “Rosso Corsa” (Racing Red) ...
Fireblade SP Is Color-Correct, Honda e Is Not, Both Join Red Dot Design Museum
27 Jul 2020, 15:08 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / A Silentum acoustic panel, a Mabot educational robot, the EcoProFleet automated guided vehicle, or the Arctic Patrol Modular Parka winter jacket have virtually nothing in common with the Honda e fully electric vehicle and the Fireblade SP motorcycl...
This Is How Soccer Players Drive the Nissan Leaf Nismo RC
27 Jul 2020, 14:11 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Eden Michael Hazard, just like any other human being, is not going to pass the chance to meet with a Formula E driver. Likewise, Oliver Rowland was just as eager to hook up with one of the world’s most brilliant soccer players. Fortunately, t...