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.
Peugeot’s 1.6-liter Engine Wins 2013 International Engine of the Year
5 Jun 2013, 14:13 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Peugeot’s 200 bhp 1.6-liter gasoline engine that powers the new Peugeot 208 GTI and RCZ Sports Coupe models has just been awarded the 2013 International Engine of the Year prize. Developed in cooperation with BMW, the 1.6-liter powerplant ...
Ram Trucks Commercial: Man of Steel
5 Jun 2013, 13:52 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / With the “Man of Steel” motion picture set to arrive in theaters starting June 14, Chrysler’s Ram Trucks brand released its latest commercial featuring the Superman revival film. What’s Ram got to do with Superman you may...
Renault Espace Gets SUV-Styled Replacement
5 Jun 2013, 12:36 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / French automaker Renault is looking to replace its Espace minivan with a SUV-styled crossover, design chief Laurens van den Acker revealed today. "The Espace is a respected vehicle. It is one Renault you'd likely see on a driveway alon...
2014 Roush Mustang Configurator Goes Online
5 Jun 2013, 12:03 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Roush Performance has announced the launch of the 2014 Mustang program configurator, through which both future customers and musclecar enthusiasts can create their very own personalized vehicle. The configurator allows users to meddle with both ...
Detroit Electric Delays Its First EV
5 Jun 2013, 11:43 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Revived after 74 years, Detroit Electric unveiled its first modern era electric car two months ago. Based on the Lotus Elise, the SP:01 sportscar was set to hit the assembly line in August. Until late last week, when the automaker announced that pr...
Alpine to Follow Porsche 911 Recipe
5 Jun 2013, 09:59 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Set to arrive in 2016, the Alpine 110’s successor is going to be developed as the French Porsche 911. At least that’s what Renault’s head designer claims, who also says that Alpine needs to follow the Porsche recipe in order to be...
Acura Pondering BMW X1 Rival
5 Jun 2013, 09:44 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Luxury vehicle manufacturer and Honda subsidiary Acura is planning a couple of changes on the US market in the near future. Besides ditching the TSX, a rumor which has yet to be confirmed, Acura is also looking to raise the bar with its ILX entr...
Chrysler Refuses to Comply with Massive Jeep Recall Request
5 Jun 2013, 09:26 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Auburn Hills-based manufacturer Chrysler refuses to recall about 2.7 million Jeep vehicles after the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) issued a request following a thorough and lengthy investigation. In an official response ...
Tesla Dealer License Denied in Truck-Loving Texas
5 Jun 2013, 08:58 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / One month after having its dealer license denied in Virginia, Tesla Motors failed to get a permit to sell cars in its own dealership in Texas as well. According to Automotive News, the Tesla-backed bills, that would have created an exemption to ...
Koenigsegg Agera One:1 Renderings Leaked
5 Jun 2013, 08:20 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / The Koenigsegg Agera One:1, which will eventually become the most outrageous hypercar built by the Swedish automaker, showed up for the first time as a scanned brochure photo back in November 2012. More than six months have passed since and the ...
2013 Skoda Octavia RS Unveiled
5 Jun 2013, 07:43 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Czech automaker Skoda has officially revealed the new 2013 Skoda Octavia RS. Offered in two body styles, sedan and wagon, the third-generation RS is the fastest production Octavia ever built. Scheduled to make its public debut at the 2013 Goodwo...
Honda Civic Driver Has Terrible Crash at the Nurburgring
4 Jun 2013, 16:22 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / While it’s mostly known as a testing and record setting facility, the Nurburgring track is also the scene several car crashes, most of them caused by amateur drivers that bring their cars at the Nordschleife for a little fun. One of these ...
2013 Nissan Micra Facelift Explained
4 Jun 2013, 15:59 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Introduced in 2010, the fourth-generation Nissan Micra has received its first facelift for 2013. Unveiled yesterday, the European-spec supermini, which is set to go on sale this fall, has already made its video debut in a short explanatory footage....
Lotus Recalls 2013 Evora Models Over Missing Sticker
4 Jun 2013, 15:36 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / It sure looks like a fun day to be writing about the auto industry. If you had a few laughs watching Adrian Newey smashing his Lamborghini Super Trofeo like an amateur earlier today, wait until you read about Lotus’ latest predicament. Acc...
Adrian Newey Crashes Lamborghini Super Trofeo
4 Jun 2013, 14:52 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / We bet most of you motorsport fans probably heard about Adrian Newey from Formula One. Working for Red Bull Racing since 2006, Adrian Newey is synonym with performance, world titles and some of the best single-seaters ever designed. Besides bein...
Musclecar Sales: Mustang Beats Camaro in May
4 Jun 2013, 14:17 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / The Ford Mustang has been struggling behind Chevy’s Camaro for quite a while, but May 2013 sales figures have put the Blue Oval-wearing pony in front of its GM rival. According to Ford, 8,797 Mustangs have been delivered last month, and wh...
Pagani Zonda Revolucion Revealed
4 Jun 2013, 13:55 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Italian supercar manufacturer Pagani took the wraps off the Zonda Revolucion model, a limited special edition which will put the Mercedes-Benz AMG-powered vehicle's production to an end. Initially called R Evolution, the last Zonda iteratio...
Hyundai Delivers First Hydrogen-Powered ix35 Vehicles in Europe
4 Jun 2013, 13:06 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Korean automaker Hyundai has delivered the first of its assembly line-produced hydrogen-powered vehicles to the City of Copenhagen in Denmark. 15 units of the Fuel Cell ix35 SUV were handed over by Hyundai Europe during the opening ceremony of the ...
Acura TSX Likely to Get Axed
4 Jun 2013, 12:44 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Word has it that Honda is about to ditch the Acura TSX, despite Acura boss saying that the compact sedan will remain in the lineup “for the foreseeable future”. According to Automotive News, the aging TSX is positioned to close to th...
Cadillac Posts Best Sales Growth Since 1976
4 Jun 2013, 12:23 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Michigan-based automaker Cadillac recently reported a 38 percent year-to-date sales increase, which marks the brand’s largest growth since 1976. With May 2013 sales up 40 percent, Cadillac has reached its 12th consecutive month of sales gr...