Ciprian Florea
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Personal motto:
"If you can make black marks on a straight from the time you turn out of a corner until the braking point of the next turn, then you have enough horsepower." - Mark Donohue
You'll never catch him drooling over the latest supercar but he could spend hours talking about why he loves 1940s windshield visors, Mopars, and Studebakers. Naturally, most of his stories are about barn finds and rare classics.
He can give you several reasons why speed and power are more about motorsport than silly street wandering, and Can-Am machinery tops his ridiculously fast all-time favorite car list. He claims he could die happy after a Rattlesnake Raceway ride in a Chaparral and a cup of coffee with Jim Hall on the other side of the table.
Before landing on these pages, Ciprian's work has been published on outlets like TopSpeed, AmericanMuscle, and ThisWeekInMotors.
Ford Mustang Outsells Chevrolet Camaro in June 2013
3 Jul 2013, 12:02 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / After winning the musclecar sales battle in May, the Ford Mustang scored a crushing victory against its main rival, the Chevrolet Camaro, last month, outselling the GM-developed vehicle by more than 2,000 units. With 9,243 units delivered in Jun...
Callaway Working on Supercharged 2014 Silverado and Sierra Trucks
3 Jul 2013, 11:27 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Connecticut-headquartered Chevrolet specialist Callaway is developing new supercharged pickup trucks based on GM’s latest 2014 Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra twins, the company revealed yesterday. The new vehicles will become available...
2014 Innotech Aspiron Revealed
3 Jul 2013, 09:54 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / The 2014 Corvette Stingray is said to provide tons of track fun thanks to its array of new technologies and high-performance figures. But that doesn’t make it a true-blue track racer, like this 2014 Innotech Aspiron promises to be. Sure, t...
2014 Ford Mustang, Shelby GT500 New Photos Released
3 Jul 2013, 09:25 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Ford has released a new batch of photos of the 2014 Mustang and 2014 Shelby GT500, probably the last official pictures before the next-generation musclecar kicks in for the 2015 model year. While the 2014 model year lineup remains basically the ...
BMW Remembers the 8 Series
3 Jul 2013, 09:00 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / German automaker BMW has published a new video that celebrates the company’s 8 Series (E31) flagship coupe built between 1989 and 1999. Introduced as the first car with a drag coefficient of less than 0.3 and as the most expensive BMW mode...
Jeep Readying “Baby Cherokee” for 2014
3 Jul 2013, 08:28 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / With the 2014 Jeep Cherokee ready to hit US dealerships later this year, the Chrysler brand is planning to introduce a new, smaller subcompact SUV. According to Jeep CEO Mike Manley, the “baby Cherokee” will be about the same size as...
Volkswagen Golf GTD Coming to the US in 2015
3 Jul 2013, 08:02 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / German automaker Volkswagen is planning to expand its diesel lineup in the United States by bringing the Golf GTD over the Pond. While this may sound like good news for a lot of you folks that would drive an oil burner rather than a gas-powered veh...
Brabus 60 S Dragon Edition Revealed
3 Jul 2013, 07:43 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Set to become the world’s largest market for luxury good in the coming years, the Chinese automotive market has grown increasingly attractive for high-performance luxury car manufacturers. The latest important brand to join the “Chin...
Volkswagen Beetle Pickup Rendered... Again
2 Jul 2013, 16:03 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / The classic Volkswagen Beetle was more than just a two-door saloon when it was introduced right before the Second World War broke over Europe. The Germans also manufactured Afrika Korps and even pickup versions of it, but the latter are in fact ver...
General Motors, Honda Team Up for Affordable Fuel Cells
2 Jul 2013, 15:42 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / General Motors and Honda announced today that they have signed a partnership to co-develop commercially feasible fuel cells and hydrogen storage technologies by 2020. With 1,200 fuel cell patents filled between 2002 and 2012, General Motors and ...
Volkswagen Golf 7 Rendered As Cabriolet
2 Jul 2013, 15:25 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / There's no word whether the seventh-generation Volkswagen Golf will receive a convertible version or not, but some people seem eager to find out how such a vehicle would look like. In case you haven't guessed it already, Theophilus Chi...
Best Concept Vehicles of the Year Announced
2 Jul 2013, 14:59 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / The BMW i8 Spyder, the Ford Atlas pickup truck, and the Hyundai HCD-14 Genesis have been awarded with the 2013 Concept Vehicle of Year title in three different categories. BMW's i8 Spyder, which made its debut at the Los Angeles Auto Show, ...
Subaru WRX STI Gets New Japan-Exclusive Special Edition
2 Jul 2013, 14:31 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / If you're a Subaru WRX enthusiasts and fancy a limited edition model, then you'd better pack your bags and head over to Japan, because the "Land of the Rising Sun" is about to get a special edition version of the high-performanc...
Ferrari Talks 2014 Formula One Engine
2 Jul 2013, 13:27 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / As all the other Formula One contenders, Ferrari is also working on a new powerplant that will comply with FIA's 2014 regulations. The main modification is dropping the 2.4-liter V8 in favor of the turbocharged 1.6-liter V6, but things are not...
Watch Drayson Racing Set New EV World Land Speed Record
2 Jul 2013, 13:10 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / As we already told you last week, Drayson Racing has set a new World Electric Land Speed Record for electric cars, after their B12 69/EV Le-Mans Prototype achieved a top speed of 204.185 mph (328.604 km/h). The new benchmark was established at t...
Honda Introduces New Jazz ES Plus in the UK
2 Jul 2013, 12:47 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Japanese automaker Honda has announced the addition of a new model to its Jazz lineup in the United Kingdom. Named ES Plus, the new version replaces the familiar ES model and arrives with a host of extra standard features. New convenience equipm...
Volkswagen to Sell 10 Million Cars a Year by 2018
2 Jul 2013, 12:24 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Volkswagen Group will sell ten million cars a year by 2018 to become the world's largest automaker, company CEO Martin Winterkorn said in an interview today. Speaking to Automotive News, Winterkorn said he is confident about his company rea...
Sebastian Vettel Takes Delivery of First Infiniti FX Vettel Edition
2 Jul 2013, 11:39 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Triple Formula One World Champion Sebastian Vettel is now the proud owner of the first production vehicle wearing his name: the Infiniti FX Vettel Edition. Developed with direct input from the German driver, who is also Infiniti's Director ...
Volvo Gets Approval for Second China Plant
2 Jul 2013, 10:01 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Swedish automaker Volvo has received government approval to build a second factory in China. The new plant will be placed in the city of Daqing and will cost about 4.6 billion yuan ($754 million) to build. According to Automotive News, "Vol...
Ride Along with Sebastien Loeb As He Sets New, Amazing Pikes Peak Record
2 Jul 2013, 09:32 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Last Sunday was a historic day for Peugeot, Sebastien Loeb and the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb alike, as the French driver demolished the course record with an 8-minute run. Brought to Colorado straight from the World Rally Championship,...