Aurel Niculescu
9,644 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.
2021 Lexus NX Hybrid F Sport Black Line Is Actually Blue as the Aegean Sea
23 Jul 2020, 07:28 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Fully blacked out exteriors are so yesterday at Lexus. While the lengthy name containing the word black might suggest otherwise, the company is not including with this limited edition the choice to go all-out black. Instead, they are offering to U....
Ares Design Shows There Is Still Hope for the World's Motor Shows
22 Jul 2020, 13:06 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / The global health crisis has forced a wide range of automotive events to skip the 2020 edition, postpone for 2021 or simply disappear altogether. But there is still hope for the eager automotive fans that love to see their favorite cars in the meta...
U.K. Orders Are Open for VW ID.3 1st, Costs More Than a Nissan Leaf e+
22 Jul 2020, 12:19 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Volkswagen opened the register for U.K. clients who pre-ordered the electric ID.3 1ST Edition, revealing the starting price to be £38,880. The first MEB family member will arrive with tailored options, will be followed by a range of seven ver...
Skoda Goes to EV School on September 1st With Enyaq iV Reveal in Prague
22 Jul 2020, 11:21 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / The Czech company is making good on its electrification promises – it already revealed a host of plug-in hybrids (Superb, Octavia iV) and a highly affordable electric city car, the CITIGOe iV. They are now gearing up for their first proper fu...
Ian Callum's Vanquish 25 by R-Reforged Is Ready, Brings Memories of Old Astons
22 Jul 2020, 11:12 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Less than a year ago we found out what Ian Callum was up to since he left his two-decades old job at Jaguar. He returned to a prior love, the original Aston Martin V12 Vanquish. A few months and one global health and economic crisis later we hear t...
2021 Ford F-150 Leaked Pricing Has $30,635 Starting Point, Hybrid Is Costlier
22 Jul 2020, 09:21 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Ford has been eager to share a lot of details about the 2021 F-150 – we already know it looks evolutionary better than its 2020 model year predecessor, has a ton (pun intended) of smarter features, comes with more power and yet manages to bec...
Cadillac Lyriq Rear and Range Possibly Revealed by 33-Inch Display Teaser
22 Jul 2020, 08:34 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / To say Cadillac made a massive bet with its upcoming Lyriq crossover would be the GM understatement of the year. The company already had to postpone its reveal to August 6th just to make sure it will garner enough attention – it is, afte...
Ford Recalls F-650 and F-750 Because You Get Uncomfortably Hot While Seated
22 Jul 2020, 07:41 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / The second-largest U.S. automaker has issued three recalls in a day for popular models in North America. As always, even though in modern times production procedures are close to surgical-grade perfection, errors might still occur. It is the same a...
Cosworth V12 Almost Ready to Reach 12,100 RPM Inside Gordon Murray T.50
21 Jul 2020, 14:32 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Both Cosworth and Gordon Murray are some of the world's most renowned names in the automotive industry. The first is credited as the maker of some incredible engines. The second virtually needs no introduction when discussing his McLaren F1 de...
Check out the Entire Hyundai Santa Cruz Color Palette in New Render Roll
21 Jul 2020, 13:09 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / We have been talking for an awfully long time about the upcoming Hyundai Santa Cruz pickup truck. Actually, we can pinpoint where everything started – the rumor mill kicked off in high gear with the 2015 Hyundai Santa Cruz Concept, but the So...
Eclectic 21-Vehicle Ensemble Includes Woodies, Modern Brits and Old Frenchies
21 Jul 2020, 12:07 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / The Times They Are a-Changin' says Bob Dylan, so the harsh reality of the current global health and economic crisis certainly lends credence to the famed American singer. Currencies are crumbling, thousands of jobs are lost every second and ev...
Here Is the Lamborghini Record Everyone Saw Coming, Involves the Urus SUV
21 Jul 2020, 11:31 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Lamborghini must be making quite a few internal jokes about Ferrari’s stubbornness to keep annual production levels under the 10,000 threshold. The historic rival from Emilia-Romagna has surpassed the figure in just two years and with only on...
See the Bugatti Divo Expertly Pampered Just Prior to First Deliveries
21 Jul 2020, 10:20 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / When you have a special version of an already utterly exotic super sports car you do everything as if your life depends on it. And in the world of exquisite hypercars there is nothing more important than maintaining respectability – which is ...
Aliens Remain Unseen But VW Guards 2021 Model Lineup With MIB3
21 Jul 2020, 09:57 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / The "men in black" conspiracy theories should simply focus on discussing how the MIB blockbusters have lost their comedic value with the recent reshuffle of the star cast in the latest installment, Men in Black: International. We are here...
LEGO Bronco Is Here, It Was Made by Ford Engineer and You Can't Buy It
21 Jul 2020, 09:22 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / The Blue Oval had been teasing and giving hints about the resurrected Ford Bronco for what felt like an eternity prior to release, so we would not be surprised to find out that it also had time to breed a wide range of partnerships. One of the most...
Crazy Swiss Is Asking $1,5 Million for the Final First-Gen Tesla Roadster
20 Jul 2020, 14:39 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Elon Musk amazed us all with its borderline insane ideas – but most of them have also been substantiated. He continuously (although at times a little late) managed to hit goals and spearheaded the current electric revolution. Tesla also came ...
Rip the Trails With an Electric Ranger and on Just Two Wheels
20 Jul 2020, 14:04 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Everyone’s attention is geared these days towards the off-road globetrotting 2021 Ford Bronco. But we are interested in telling you that you can have just as much fun with the Ranger. Not the Blue Oval one, but rather the all-new Kuberg Range...
271-miles 1998 Subaru Impreza 22B STi Is the Stuff of JDM Dreams
20 Jul 2020, 12:45 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Oh, remember with enduring care the good old days of rallying when Subaru and Mitsubishi were trading fast blows based on what were actually quite simple compact cars. Among the Subies one alphanumeric designation was like a Holy Grail of JDM-aweso...
Ad Personam Creates Ten Lambo Aventador SVJ Xago, Grab Them Virtually
20 Jul 2020, 11:35 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / The Italian automaker has been going through a novelty spree – one of the better ways of coping with the recent lockdown. And with summer already in full swing, Lamborghini has been quite thoughtful and presented us with a couple new roadster...
MyMazda App Offers EV-Centric Information to European Mazda MX-30 Owners
20 Jul 2020, 10:09 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Many fans of Mazda’s Jinba Ittai philosophy were eagerly waiting for the company’s first ever fully electric vehicle. The MX-30 is many things – a stylish urban crossover, a quirky suicide-door follow-up to the RX-8, even a savior...