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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.
2025 Chevrolet Impala SS Digitally Revives the 1990s With Modern Catfish CUV Touches
2025 Chevrolet Impala SS Digitally Revives the 1990s With Modern Catfish CUV Touches

17 Jun 2024, 06:58 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Jim, a virtual artist better known as jlord8 on social media, loves messing around with all things CGI from the automotive realm; now he dreams of a reborn Chevy Impala SS – all over again. American car enthusiasts surely heard about...

 
Porsche 911 Turbo S Drags Mustang, Charger, M5, Someone Narrowly Averts Disaster
Porsche 911 Turbo S Drags Mustang, Charger, M5, Someone Narrowly Averts Disaster

17 Jun 2024, 06:16 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / The good folks over at the racing-focused ImportRace channel on YouTube are not at their usual venue - Island Dragway in Great Meadows, New Jersey, but at MIR – aka Maryland International Raceway, located in Mechanicsville, Maryland! ...

 
The 2025 Ford Mustang GTD Carbon Series Performance Looks Stunning, But I Want an M2
The 2025 Ford Mustang GTD Carbon Series Performance Looks Stunning, But I Want an M2

16 Jun 2024, 15:00 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / There have been some pretty cool model launches across the global automotive industry this past week, but I wouldn't go out with any car other than a BMW – a refreshed 2025 M2 instead of an M3, to be more precise. Well, I don't ...

 
Acura NSX Races Camaro SS, Mustang GT, and Audi RS 3, Somebody Doesn't Roll Fast Enough
Acura NSX Races Camaro SS, Mustang GT, and Audi RS 3, Somebody Doesn't Roll Fast Enough

16 Jun 2024, 06:04 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / The good folks over at the racing-focused ImportRace channel on YouTube are not at their usual venue - Island Dragway in Great Meadows, New Jersey, but at M.I.R. (Maryland International Raceway) for some RaceMotive roll racing action. Race...

 
All-New F16 Nissan Juke-R Comes to Life But Only Dwells Around Imagination Land
All-New F16 Nissan Juke-R Comes to Life But Only Dwells Around Imagination Land

16 Jun 2024, 01:00 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / As far as subcompact crossovers are concerned, the original Honda HR-V from 1998 that arrived in Europe and Japan is widely considered among the first representatives of the breed. However, someone else better defined the category a little later. ...

 
Digitally Revived Ford Freestyle Wants to Make Blue Oval Station Wagons Great Again
Digitally Revived Ford Freestyle Wants to Make Blue Oval Station Wagons Great Again

15 Jun 2024, 22:00 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / The Blue Oval company is currently busy celebrating at and around the 24 Hours of Le Mans the upcoming $325k Ford Mustang GTD and its newly unveiled Carbon Series with the Performance Pack (which is going for a sub-7-minute lap time attempt at the ...

 
All-New 2026 Dodge Caravan Springs Back to a Minivan Lifestyle, Albeit Only in CGI
All-New 2026 Dodge Caravan Springs Back to a Minivan Lifestyle, Albeit Only in CGI

15 Jun 2024, 21:04 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / The American carmaker Dodge has a new era in front of it. Everything begins with an end, though – the dismissal of the L-bodied Charger and Challenger followed by the arrival of an all-new STLA Large-based eighth-generation Charger, including...

 
Upgraded Rivian R1S and R1T Are Great, But We Really Need the Cheaper R2 and R3 ASAP
Upgraded Rivian R1S and R1T Are Great, But We Really Need the Cheaper R2 and R3 ASAP

15 Jun 2024, 15:00 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / The 2025 Rivian R1S adventure SUV and R1T pickup truck, both with zero emissions, are now officially refreshed across the board by the Irvine, California-based company, with promises of magnificent improvements. Back in March, the EV manufacture...

 
1957 Chevy Bel Air Drags Ford Mustang and Turbo Honda Civic, Someone Gets Stomped Twice!
1957 Chevy Bel Air Drags Ford Mustang and Turbo Honda Civic, Someone Gets Stomped Twice!

15 Jun 2024, 06:04 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / The good folks over at the racing-focused ImportRace channel on YouTube are back at their usual venue - Island Dragway in Great Meadows, New Jersey because they caught on camera a very interesting Tri-Five that connects past and present with a...

 
Volkswagen T-Roc II Becomes Cuter Than Most VAG Crossovers, Albeit Only Virtually
Volkswagen T-Roc II Becomes Cuter Than Most VAG Crossovers, Albeit Only Virtually

15 Jun 2024, 01:00 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / It's no secret that Volkswagen is one of the best-selling automotive brands in the world – heralded for its reliable vehicles and German engineering. Also true is the fact that a lot of car enthusiasts berate it as one of the most boring...

 
Virtual 2026 Mazda CX-70 Coupe Turns the Ritzy Crossover Into an Even Fancier CUV
Virtual 2026 Mazda CX-70 Coupe Turns the Ritzy Crossover Into an Even Fancier CUV

14 Jun 2024, 22:00 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / The little Japanese automaker is still selling passenger cars like the severely underrated Mazda3, but it knew when to go big on crossovers and SUVs to maintain the sales momentum. For example, the company made the 2025 Mazda3 model cheaper by ...

 
Fifth-Gen Pontiac Firebird Trans Am ZL1 Springs to CGI Life Across Imagination Land
Fifth-Gen Pontiac Firebird Trans Am ZL1 Springs to CGI Life Across Imagination Land

14 Jun 2024, 21:04 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Formally known as the Pontiac Motor Division of General Motors, this renowned American can brand lived and died less than 100 years ago, between 1926 and 2010, when it was closed down due to GM's Chapter 11 reorganization. It was home to n...

 
Virtual Dodge Viper Revival Puts Fangs on a Quirky Digital Sports Car With an Attitude
Virtual Dodge Viper Revival Puts Fangs on a Quirky Digital Sports Car With an Attitude

14 Jun 2024, 20:04 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / A lot of things are happening across the American sports car sector – especially at the Big Detroit Three. They're also rather quirky and innovative. The initiator of the pony car segment, Ford's Mustang reached the S650 seventh...

 
What EV Cyberbeast? Virtual Tesla Cybertruck Features V12 Swap and Gated Manual Tranny!
What EV Cyberbeast? Virtual Tesla Cybertruck Features V12 Swap and Gated Manual Tranny!

14 Jun 2024, 15:00 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / In America, the full-size EV pickup truck situation just got more convoluted as the protagonists are churning out all-new models or refreshed variants one after the other in the hopes of gaining the red carpet's spotlight on the sales chart. W...

 
Tesla Model S Plaid Drags COPO Camaro, Passes Finish Line First Three Times, Loses Twice
Tesla Model S Plaid Drags COPO Camaro, Passes Finish Line First Three Times, Loses Twice

14 Jun 2024, 11:19 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / The owner of the Tesla Plaid Channel promises new Model S Plaid races every week and, so far, has lived up to the promise... and then some more. He's even found some frenemies at the track! The Tesla Model S Plaid has been around for quite ...

 
Hispano Suiza Reveals Sagrera EV Hypercar: 1,100 HP, 0-60 MPH in 2.6 Sec
Hispano Suiza Reveals Sagrera EV Hypercar: 1,100 HP, 0-60 MPH in 2.6 Sec

14 Jun 2024, 10:12 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Hispano-Suiza, the Spanish automotive company with a partially Swiss name, was founded in 1904. With 120 years of legacy behind it, involving much more than just cars, they now have a new EV model. The brand was established in 1904 by Marc Birk...

 
Stylish 2025 Audi S5 Sportback Gains 500-HP Plug-in Hybrid and Ritzy Colors in CGI
Stylish 2025 Audi S5 Sportback Gains 500-HP Plug-in Hybrid and Ritzy Colors in CGI

14 Jun 2024, 09:19 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / The Ingolstadt-based German automaker is undergoing massive changes right now – and they hope to clear out the confusion but could achieve the exact opposite. We had noticed that Audi made a little distinction when they introduced the Q6 ...

 
Virtually Powerful 2025 Kia Sorento GT Flaunts Ritzy Digital Colors Inside and Out
Virtually Powerful 2025 Kia Sorento GT Flaunts Ritzy Digital Colors Inside and Out

14 Jun 2024, 08:27 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Summer brings some pretty big deals from automakers, and the South Korean automaker Kia is no exception with its 'summer sticker' sales event. For example, you can get Kia's acclaimed EV9 three-row crossover with more affordable deal...

 
CGI Toyota Land Cruiser Proudly Demonstrates a Lowered Stance on Large Aftermarket Wheels
CGI Toyota Land Cruiser Proudly Demonstrates a Lowered Stance on Large Aftermarket Wheels

14 Jun 2024, 07:02 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / The Japanese automaker Toyota has a bit of a scandal on its hands at home in Japan, where it had to admit to faking standard safety tests, and some specialists also doubt that it's the reliability monster of yesteryear – but as far as it...

 
Jaguar Celebrates Sports Car Anniversary in Australia With Collection News for F-Type
Jaguar Celebrates Sports Car Anniversary in Australia With Collection News for F-Type

14 Jun 2024, 06:24 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / The Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust (JDHT) is about to add the very final F-Type coupé and convertible to its collection to ensure they live forever in the collective memory of the brand and its fans. We have known it for a while – J...

 

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