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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.
Updated 2025 Porsche Taycan Looks Almost the Same, But Turbo S Goes Bonkers With 938 HP
Updated 2025 Porsche Taycan Looks Almost the Same, But Turbo S Goes Bonkers With 938 HP

7 Feb 2024, 07:45 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / The subtle design tweaks now hide a veritable monster under the skin – this is Porsche's most powerful series-production car in history – even eclipsing the 918 Spyder's 875 hp! For the 2025 model year, Porsche has prepa...

 
2025 Ford Explorer ST CGI-Receives the Ford Performance Look We've All Wanted
2025 Ford Explorer ST CGI-Receives the Ford Performance Look We've All Wanted

6 Feb 2024, 11:32 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / The Ford Motor Company was quite active during the early days of February 2024, as the namesake Ford brand introduced the refreshed 2025 Explorer mid-size crossover SUV and then, almost immediately, Lincoln joined in with the ritzier 2025 Aviator s...

 
Futuristic Next-Gen AP3 Honda S2000 Roadster Comes Alive Before Our Eyes in CGI
Futuristic Next-Gen AP3 Honda S2000 Roadster Comes Alive Before Our Eyes in CGI

6 Feb 2024, 10:12 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / The Japanese automaker Honda started off 2024 strongly in America, where its January sales report was filled with big words like growth, records, and strong deliveries. Naturally, they're feeling quite confident right now. American Hond...

 
Tesla Model S Plaid Drags Porsche 911 Carrera GTS, the Difference Is Preposterous
Tesla Model S Plaid Drags Porsche 911 Carrera GTS, the Difference Is Preposterous

6 Feb 2024, 09:13 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Tesla is an American company, through and through, living the new continent's dream of glory in zero emissions format. But that doesn't mean it's any less appreciated on the Old Continent, for example. Last year, Tesla introdu...

 
CGI-Resurrected 650HP Chevy Camaro IROC-Z(L1) Now Morphs Into Old-New Monte Carlo SS
CGI-Resurrected 650HP Chevy Camaro IROC-Z(L1) Now Morphs Into Old-New Monte Carlo SS

6 Feb 2024, 07:12 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Although Chevrolet still lists the 2024 Camaro starting from $31k on its Performance tab in the official online configurator, we all know the truth – this beloved pony and muscle car nameplate is dead and buried, at least for the time being. ...

 
Fresh 2025 Lincoln Aviator Touches Down Officially in America, And For a Lot More Money
Fresh 2025 Lincoln Aviator Touches Down Officially in America, And For a Lot More Money

6 Feb 2024, 06:37 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / The 2025 Ford Explorer was just refreshed with new looks, additional tech goodies, plus more goodies. Now, its premium Ford CD6 platform sibling, the 2025 Lincoln Aviator, follows suit - albeit with a little more panache and a much higher MSRP. ...

 
New Audi RS 6 Avant GT Becomes the Pinnacle of Ingolstadt Estates in 660 Units
New Audi RS 6 Avant GT Becomes the Pinnacle of Ingolstadt Estates in 660 Units

6 Feb 2024, 05:57 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Both the more powerful and faster Audi RS 6 Avant performance and RS 7 Sportback performance are almost flawless, with a 4.0-liter V8 bi-turbo TFSI engine producing 621 horsepower. But now there's something even better. Meet the new Audi RS 6 ...

 
Tuned Porsche 911 Meets a Modded Lexus LC 500 In Someone's Facelifted CGI Dreams
Tuned Porsche 911 Meets a Modded Lexus LC 500 In Someone's Facelifted CGI Dreams

5 Feb 2024, 21:04 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Offered since 2017, the Lexus LC is a two-door fastback coupe and convertible based on the TNGA-L version of Toyota's modular platform. Meanwhile, the Porsche 911 has eight generations under its belt, and all of them are rear-biased models, un...

 
Wingless Yet Colorful Mercedes-AMG Sedan Drags Nissan GT-R, Someone Gets Surprised
Wingless Yet Colorful Mercedes-AMG Sedan Drags Nissan GT-R, Someone Gets Surprised

5 Feb 2024, 14:21 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / The Mercedes-Benz C-Class is a series of compact executive passenger cars produced by the German automaker since 1993 under this designation. Meanwhile, the R35 Nissan GT-R is a veritable grand tourer that has survived trial and tribulation since 2...

 
2024 Skoda Scala Hatchback and Kamiq Crossover Launch With Updates Across the Board
2024 Skoda Scala Hatchback and Kamiq Crossover Launch With Updates Across the Board

5 Feb 2024, 13:24 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / The Mlada Boleslav-based Czech automaker has a sensible alternative (or two) to Volkswagen's recent Golf refresh - its very own Scala hatchback and Kamiq CUV built on the Volkswagen Group MQB A0 platform. This version of the modular arc...

 
2025 Hyundai Santa Cruz Facelift Gets Revealed Already, Though Only Across Fantasy Land
2025 Hyundai Santa Cruz Facelift Gets Revealed Already, Though Only Across Fantasy Land

5 Feb 2024, 10:50 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / The US automotive industry experienced the much-anticipated rebound last year, with more than 15 million vehicles delivered in 2023. Of course, as always, trucks and SUVs took the lion's share. Ford's F-Series remained America'...

 
Refreshed 2025 Chevrolet Tahoe and Suburban Get More Colors in Fresh Digital Showcase
Refreshed 2025 Chevrolet Tahoe and Suburban Get More Colors in Fresh Digital Showcase

5 Feb 2024, 08:49 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / General Motors wrapped 2023 with sales of around 2.6 million vehicles and easily kept its crown as the largest automaker in America compared to Toyota's 2.24 million deliveries and Ford's tally of almost two million. Naturally, GM ...

 
Tesla Model S Plaid Wagon Would Be the Fastest and Most Practical Estate If Real
Tesla Model S Plaid Wagon Would Be the Fastest and Most Practical Estate If Real

5 Feb 2024, 07:48 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Nowadays, everyone talks about Tesla like it's some sort of alien coming from a distant galaxy to teach humans how to eliminate their fossil-fuel dependence. Slowly but steadily, more of us have started to listen. The American EV and su...

 
Here's a Lancia We Would Love to See in America: the CGI-Revived 300-HP Thema GTS
Here's a Lancia We Would Love to See in America: the CGI-Revived 300-HP Thema GTS

4 Feb 2024, 22:06 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Stellantis, for all its starry name and automotive might, has a lot of dead weight around its neck – brands like Lancia, for example, which is merely a shadow of a shadow of its former self, if you want our two cents on the matter. The...

 
Tesla Model Y Shouldn't Fear the Porsche Macan EV, But How About Jeep's Wagoneer S?
Tesla Model Y Shouldn't Fear the Porsche Macan EV, But How About Jeep's Wagoneer S?

4 Feb 2024, 16:00 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / According to the latest estimates, Tesla's Model Y became the world's best-selling automotive nameplate in 2023, dethroning Toyota's RAV4. Obviously, now we should start wondering if there's anything that can stop it. Many...

 
What If Toyota Decided to Go Bold and Wild For an Upcoming all-Electric Camry?
What If Toyota Decided to Go Bold and Wild For an Upcoming all-Electric Camry?

4 Feb 2024, 02:00 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / The US automotive landscape is changing – aside from the eternal Detroit Three trucks at the top, Toyota's fourth place from 2023 is threatened by the rising fortunes of the world's best-selling nameplate – the all-electric Te...

 
2025 Chevy El Camino RS Comes Back to Digitally Hunt Ford's Maverick and the Santa Cruz
2025 Chevy El Camino RS Comes Back to Digitally Hunt Ford's Maverick and the Santa Cruz

3 Feb 2024, 23:00 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Last year, as always, among America's top best-selling vehicles, there were numerous pickup truck nameplates – Ford's F-Series keeping the crown, followed by the Chevy Silverado and Ram's trucks in third place. They were n...

 
Upcoming Dodge Charger Daytona EV Gets Tuned and Demon 170-Swapped in Fantasy Land
Upcoming Dodge Charger Daytona EV Gets Tuned and Demon 170-Swapped in Fantasy Land

3 Feb 2024, 22:06 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Automakers get it – some people are not fans of change and don't want their ICE-powered favorites to adopt the novel EV lifestyle. Sometimes, they will even go to great lengths to make sure of that. For example, Ford has already c...

 
All-New 2025 Chevrolet Equinox: Is It Worthier Than the Best-Selling RAV4 and CR-V?
All-New 2025 Chevrolet Equinox: Is It Worthier Than the Best-Selling RAV4 and CR-V?

3 Feb 2024, 16:00 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / The fourth-gen 2025 Chevrolet Equinox faces a tall order indeed - it needs to overcome both internal rivalry (2024 Buick Envision and GMC Terrain) and external foes (from Toyota and Honda, especially) to reach the top of the compact CUV segment. ...

 
Virtually Classic Mercedes-Benz E-Class Coupe Is Oblivious to CLE, Thinks It's the 1990s
Virtually Classic Mercedes-Benz E-Class Coupe Is Oblivious to CLE, Thinks It's the 1990s

3 Feb 2024, 02:00 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Do you want to know my problem with the German premium triumvirate? If my two cents are allowed on the matter, there's a potential rift between Mercedes and Audi on one side and BMW on the other. Not long ago, everyone could choose some...

 

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