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.
Chrysler to Cut Options for 2014 Lineup
25 Jun 2013, 12:54 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Chrysler Group plans to reduce the number of options offered on its vehicles starting with the 2014 model year in order to allow better quality, improved manufacturing and ordering efficiency. According to Automotive News, quoting an unnamed dea...
2015 Honda Civic to Gain Direct Injection
25 Jun 2013, 12:33 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / As Toyota is getting ready to introduce its brand-new Corolla sedan, Japanese automaker and rival Honda is working on improving the Civic for the 2015 model year. According to company executive Tetsuo Iwamura, the Honda Civic will gain the new &...
Volvo Pondering More High-Performance Polestar Models
25 Jun 2013, 12:02 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / While launching the S60 Polestar high-performance sedan in Australia, Swedish automaker Volvo hinted at future beefed-up models that could rival similar vehicle wearing AMG (Mercedes-Benz), M (BMW) and Nismo (Nissan) badges. “At the moment...
Google to Buy Tesla?
25 Jun 2013, 11:47 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / It’s been about a month since Tesla Motors has paid off the entire loan awarded by the US Department of Energy (DOE) in 2010, and reports are already talking about the company becoming an important takeover target. Now that Tesla reported it...
Ford F-150 Harley-Davidson Axed
25 Jun 2013, 09:56 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Ford Motor Co. has decided to discontinue the high-end Harley-Davidson edition for its F-Series pickup truck. Introduced back in 2000 on the F-150 and expanded to the F-250 and F-350 Super Duty series four years later, the Harley-Davidson special e...
2014 BMW X5 US Pricing Released
25 Jun 2013, 09:21 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / The 2014 BMW X5 will hit US dealerships with a wide range of updates and new features later this year. Available with a choice of three engines, the brand-new Sports Activity Vehicle has received a starting price tag of $53,725 over the Pond, which...
Volkswagen Passat TDI Sets 78 MPG World Record for Fuel Economy
25 Jun 2013, 08:47 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Volkswagen has announced that it has set a new Guinness World Records achievement for the “lowest fuel consumption-48 US states for a non-hybrid car” category with its Passat TDI Clean Diesel model. Driven by Wayne Gerdes and Bob Win...
2014 BMW X5 US Pricing Revealed
25 Jun 2013, 08:12 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / German automaker BMW has announced US pricing information for its new 2014 X5 sports activity vehicle. Set to arrive in dealerships this fall, the third-generation X5 will become available with a starting price of $53,725, including the $925 destin...
Toyota Corolla Hatchback Rendering
25 Jun 2013, 07:39 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / The Toyota Corolla is no longer sold as a hatchback in Europe since 2007 when it was replaced by the Auris, which was position by the Japanese company to compete with cars such as the Volkswagen Golf and the Ford Focus. But what if Toyota were t...
BMW Active Tourer Outdoor Concept Coming Next Month
24 Jun 2013, 15:55 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / BMW is about to reveal a brand-new concept next month. Dubbed Concept Active Tourer Outdoor, the vehicle will be unwrapped at the 2013 OutDoor exhibition in Friedrichshafen, Germany. Little is known about this concept car, but BMW says it its ai...
2014 Maserati Ghibli Design Explained
24 Jun 2013, 15:33 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Often referred to as the smaller Quattroporte, the 2014 Ghibli has a design of its own. At least that’s what Maserati thinks, and the company’s head of design, Marco Tencone, has showed up to explain the sedan’s styling. Tencon...
2014 Cadillac XTS Vsport Starts at $63,020
24 Jun 2013, 15:02 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Cadillac has announced pricing information for its brand-new high-performance XTS Vsport full-size sedan. Set to go on sale this August, the Vsport will arrive with a starting price of $63,020, including delivery and handling fee, which makes it al...
BMW Announces Active Tourer Outdoor Concept
24 Jun 2013, 14:45 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / German automaker BMW has announced that the new Active Tourer Outdoor Concept will be unveiled at the 2013 OutDoor exhibition in Friedrichshafen, Germany. Probably a study that will preview BMW’s first seven-seater MPV, the Concept Active ...
Porsche Completes 2014 Le Mans Driver Lineup
24 Jun 2013, 13:51 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Missing from Le Mans’ top LMP1 tier for no less than 16 years, Porsche has created a lot of buzz with their 2014 comeback. After previewing their prototype racer, the Germans have completed their factory driver lineup with the addition of Swi...
Ford NASCAR Drivers Have Some Mustang Track Fun
24 Jun 2013, 13:37 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Despite popular belief, NASCAR drivers can do more than just take left turns all day on an oval track. In fact, most of them have already raced at several non-NASCAR events, while the others have enjoyed a lot of course driving in their career. ...
Ford Fiesta R5 Rally Car by M-Sport Revealed
24 Jun 2013, 12:56 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / British rally car specialist M-Sport has unveiled the long-awaited Ford Fiesta R5 during a public outing at the company’s Northern England base last week. Sporting a new grey and red livery, the Fiesta R5 is powered by an enhanced 1.6-lite...
Shelby GT500 Golf Cart Packs 3 HP
24 Jun 2013, 12:33 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Have you ever fantasized about having a drag race out on the fairway? Now you can make you golfing Sundays a lot more fun with a Shelby GT500 Golf Cart build and sold by Caddyshack Golf Cars of Palm Desert, California. Sure, it’s 213 times...
Toyota Vios Rendered as Pickup
24 Jun 2013, 12:01 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Introduced back in 2002 as a replacement for the Tercel/Soluna subcompact, the Toyota Vios is pretty much what South East Asia, China and Taiwan get between the Corolla and the Camry. The Toyota Vios is quite popular in the ASEAN region, so how ...
Classic Maserati Ghibli Wrecked in Switzerland
24 Jun 2013, 11:32 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Don’t you hate it when a stupid driver starts charging on your side of the road and forces you into a rally-worthy maneuver to avoid a crash? We do! And we bet a certain driver of a Maserati Ghibli hates that even more. The unfortunate dri...
Watch the Worst 2013 Le Mans Pit Stop
24 Jun 2013, 10:06 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / The 2013 24 Hours of Le Mans was both spectacular and tragic, with Audi’s exerted win, obtained in harsh weather conditions, being overshadowed by Allan Simonsen’s death. But 24 hours means a lot of time, and, as one would expect, the r...