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.
Hypothetical Tesla Model GT Shapeshifts the Quirky BMW 4 Series Coupe Into a Sleek EV
14 Sep 2023, 07:55 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / As always, Tesla keeps the headlines – the American EV automaker started a pricing war against those keen on always lifting MSRPs and never rolling them back. They are also on the verge of finally launching the edgy Cybertruck, and the afford...
C8 Corvette Drags Charger and Saleen Mustang, Someone Is Playing Tricks on Rivals
14 Sep 2023, 07:11 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / In an automotive world overtaken by crossovers, SUVs, trucks – and now also hefty EVs, there is always something miraculous when you see an elegant sports car. Of course, if you're in America, chances are there's also a big a...
Lincoln Town Car Land Yacht Comes Back to Life, Makes Everyone Sad It's a Fake
14 Sep 2023, 06:08 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / If you need a quick survey of the American car market, just look at the most important reveals at the ongoing Detroit Auto Show - the 2023 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) put the spotlight on the 2024 Ford F-150 and Jeep Gladiator pi...
Mansory Gronos 4x4² Is a Ten-Unit Limited Edition of the Extreme AMG G 63 4x4 Squared
13 Sep 2023, 13:18 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Mansory, the controversial luxury car modification firm located in Brand, Germany, has done it again - they are reinterpreting the latest off-road luxury SUV, aka the Mercedes-AMG G 63 4x4 Squared, into something otherworldly. The Mercedes-B...
Zero-Emissions 2027 Nissan EV Pickup Truck Gets Envisioned With Killer $40k Price Tag
13 Sep 2023, 12:50 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / In North America, the full-size pickup truck wars are about to heat up with an upcoming expansion of the EV format. But how about the smaller entries in the field? In the beginning, there was only the behemoth GMC Hummer EV, the new Rivian R1...
Volkswagen Amarok GTI Electric Sounds Like a Dreamy Mid-Size EV Pickup Truck
13 Sep 2023, 11:11 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / In America, the GMC Hummer EV behemoth, the new Rivian R1T kid on the block, as well as the mighty Ford F-150 Lightning, have already set the pace across the novel zero-emissions full-size pickup truck segment. And the situation is getting b...
World's First Twin-Turbo Lamborghini Huracan Sterrato Has 1,100 HP and Just 700 Miles
13 Sep 2023, 09:06 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / However, this collector slash YouTuber made sure those aren't ordinary miles on the odometer as he thrashed the Lambo on numerous occasions already – and he ensured the Huracan Sterrato merits its off-road chops. The Sant'Aga...
Dodge Challenger Hellcat Drags Tesla, Someone Bites the Dust Four Times in a Row
13 Sep 2023, 08:23 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Sometimes, if someone is stubborn, that's a good thing – other times, it's not. In life, it's best to find balance and learn when to pick the battles you can actually win. That's sound advice not just in general but...
2024 Ford F-150 Kicks Off at $36,570; Raptor Goes for $77,980 Plus $31,575 for R
13 Sep 2023, 07:35 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / The Blue Oval company's eagerly expected mid-cycle refresh for the best-selling F-Series version comes, logically - with traditional MSRP hikes. Now, the 700-hp 2024 Ford F-150 Raptor R starts at no less than $109,900 with the destination char...
2024 Hyundai Kona Family Lands in the US From $30,650, Kona EV Packs 260-Mile Range
13 Sep 2023, 06:49 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Hyundai had quite a field day in the United States on September 12. The Asian company's local operations alongside HATCI (Hyundai America Technical Center, Inc.) inaugurated the $51.4 million Safety Test and Investigation Laboratory (STIL) in ...
Revived Mercury Grand Marquis Doesn't Shy Away From Land Yachts Across Imagination Land
13 Sep 2023, 06:02 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Today, the Big Detroit Three are clearly more into crossovers, SUVs, and trucks than anything else. If you don't believe us, just ask the sales charts about who's top dog – first are compact CUVs, second come full-size pickup trucks...
All-New 2025 Toyota RAV4 Electric Gets an Unofficial Premiere, Looks Kind of Weird
12 Sep 2023, 20:54 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / As compact crossover SUVs essentially dominate many automotive markets around the world these days, the Japanese automaker Toyota can easily pat itself on the back for a job well done. Essentially, the Asian company kicked off the compact cr...
All-New Peugeot E-3008 Adopts STLA Medium Platform, Can Cover 435 Miles on a Single Charge
12 Sep 2023, 13:55 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Stellantis – that multinational automotive manufacturing corporation created after the French PSA Group married with Italian–American conglomerate Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) – is keeping itself busy these days, at least in Eu...
Move Over, Plaid and Sapphire: Student-Built 'Mythen' Hits 62 MPH in Less Than One Second!
12 Sep 2023, 13:02 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Please read that headline one more time. Now, again, and aloud. So, a contraption that looks like an improvised go-kart (it's essentially that!) reached 62 mph or 100 kph in just 0.956 seconds!! And the double exclamation mark is not a typo. ...
BMW M4 CSL Drags and Rolls BMW M3 CS 4-Door Twin, Surprises Can Still Occur
12 Sep 2023, 12:27 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Mat Watson and the carwow team (along with their socialite friend Yanni) are back again with a brawl involving models from the same company - BMW fans are in for a big treat, though only if they like the G8X series! There is a conundrum ...
Ford Mustang GTD 920 Isn't Real, a Velocity Transformation Would Make Anyone Proud
12 Sep 2023, 08:57 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / While it holds the honor of originating the 'pony car' class with the original Mustang, Ford is not shy of moving away from the norm of pony and muscle cars with the S650 seventh generation in a bid to make it a globally liked, proper spo...
Virtually Scooped 'Baby' Toyota Land Cruiser Looks Like a Ford Bronco Sport Killer
12 Sep 2023, 07:12 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / It seems that wherever you go, at least as an automotive enthusiast, there's a new Toyota in front of you, behind you, to the left and right, and also just around the corner. But that's not such a bad thing, right? The Japanese auto...
Fresh Toyota Century SUV 'Black Edition' Has the Digital Aftermarket's Cheat Mode On
12 Sep 2023, 06:19 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / If there is one automaker that has a cadence of releasing new models into the wild like a tidal wave of the automotive industry, that's probably Toyota. And the company isn't stopping anytime soon. This year alone, countless refres...
Fourth-Gen Nissan Murano Gets Rendered With Pathfinder Concept Styling, Looks Cool
11 Sep 2023, 20:54 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / The North American market is never shy of declaring itself fond of crossovers, SUVs, and pickup trucks. If you don't believe us, just look at the first-half sales to see the first four segments dominated by CUVs and trucks. After the fi...
Audi RS 6 Avant Drags Races the '(F)ugly' BMW M3, Someone Takes a Swift Beating
11 Sep 2023, 20:04 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Say what you will about recent BMWs, but no one can accuse them of not standing out in a crowd. Some will say it's always the bad ones, but others will claim that bad publicity is still publicity. Some people appreciate BMW's recent...