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.
2014 Mercedes-Benz E-Class Coupe Shooting Brake Rendering Released
22 May 2013, 07:37 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / There’s something about those shooting brakes that make them highly popular among automotive enthusiasts. It might be just the design, or the fact that most of them are quite rare and exquisite. Whatever the case, the shooting brake is a c...
Toyota Teases 2014 Corolla
22 May 2013, 07:08 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Previewed by the Furia Concept, which was showcased at the 2013 Detroit Auto Show back in January, the all-new 2014 Toyota Corolla is set to be unveiled on June 6, in California. While the Japanese company is still tight with details on the new ...
Nissan GT-R Gentleman Edition Launched
21 May 2013, 16:26 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Japanese automaker Nissan has announced the introduction of a very limited edition version of its sportscar in France. Called Gentleman Edition, the new iteration will be built in only 10 units. Priced from €97,900 ($125,970), the 2013 Gent...
1967 Shelby GT500 Super Snake Becomes the Most Expensive Mustang Ever Auctioned
21 May 2013, 15:49 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / If you’re looking for a Shelby Mustang wearing the infamous Super Snake name, you can still order one from the company founded by the late Carroll Shelby. However, there’s one Super Snake that’s pretty hard and really expensive to...
600 HP Ferrari 458 Scuderia to Debut at Frankfurt Auto Show
21 May 2013, 15:15 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Word has it Italian sportscar manufacturer Ferrari is set to reveal the Scuderia version of its 458 model at this year’s Frankfurt Auto Show. Lighter than the standard version, the Scuderia is rumored to show up in Germany with 600 HP comi...
Silver Lake Big Jump Nearly Breaks Ford Truck in Half
21 May 2013, 14:51 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / The Silver Lake sand dunes provide a lot of fun to trophy truck enthusiasts, who gather to see several vehicles flying through the sky in attempts to beat gravity as much as possible. As in any competition, sand dune jumping is about establishin...
2014 Peugeot 308 Spotted in France
21 May 2013, 14:22 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / The newly-revealed 2014 Peugeot 308, which we already wrote about a week ago, was photographed near the company’s plant in Sochaux, France. Painted in black and without any sorts of camouflage elements attached to its body, the seventh-gen...
McLaren 12C-Based Gemballa GT Spider Full Details Revealed
21 May 2013, 13:59 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Unveiled at this year’s Geneva Auto Show, Gemballa’s new McLaren 12C-based GT Spider has been revealed in full. While the changes are only visual, with McLaren’s twin-turbo V8 engine being left in its stock factory state, the G...
European Car Sales Up for the First Time in 19 Months
21 May 2013, 13:09 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / The recession-plagued European market has finally posted its first gain in 19 months, with April sales reaching 1.08 million vehicles, compared to the 1.06 million during the same month in 2012. According to the European Automobile Manufacturer&...
Mercedes Kills Off Electric Vans Over Nonexistent Demand
21 May 2013, 12:16 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / German automaker Mercedes-Benz is reportedly putting a halt on its electric van program due to virtually nonexistent demand. Speaking to Car & Driver, head of Mercedes-Benz’s van division, Volker Mornhinweg, said that demand for the Vi...
Volvo Builds One-Off Six-Wheeled XC60
21 May 2013, 11:52 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Back in March, we were showing you a big batch of pictures with Mercedes’ new 6x6 G63 AMG. Since then, the vehicle has been put into production and even on sale. We know six-wheeled vehicles are quite rare among automakers, but it seems that ...
Ex-Saab Executives Arrested on Accounting Fraud Charges
21 May 2013, 11:20 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Three former executives of the now bankrupt Swedish automaker Saab have been arrested on accounting fraud charges, an Associated Press report announced later this week. According to Swedish prosecutor Olof Sahlgren, the three, which have not bee...
Ford to Launch More Than 15 New Models in Europe by 2018
21 May 2013, 11:03 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Ford plans to launch more than 15 new models in Europe within the next five years, the company’s executive vice president Stephen Odell revealed. Speaking at the Future of Manufacturing summit held at Cranfield University in Oxfordshire, E...
Ford Fusion Energi Earns Top Vehicle Safety Rating from NHTSA
21 May 2013, 10:02 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / The all-new 2013 Ford Fusion Energi was awarded with a five-star Overall Vehicle Score by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) in its New Car Assessment Program (NCAP). In addition, the 2013 Fusion Energi was also named Top...
2014 Subaru Legacy, Outback US Pricing Announced
21 May 2013, 09:49 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Japanese automaker Subaru has announced pricing information for its 2014 Legacy and 2014 Outback models in the United States. With the Legacy priced from $20,295 and the Outback from $23,495, both vehicles cost as much as the 2013 model year ca...
Operation “Hellcat”: Chrysler Developing Supercharged Hemi V8
21 May 2013, 09:18 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Word has it Chrysler Group is working on a supercharged Hemi V8 engine that will develop no less than 640 HP. Codenamed “Hellcat”, the new 6.2-liter mill is expected to arrive with the next-generation Dodge Challenger. The informatio...
Hennessey Introduces VelociRaptor SUV
21 May 2013, 08:18 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / While Jeep is reportedly pondering making a comeback in the seven-seat SUV segment, those that fancy a large and spacious 4x4 can turn their heads to Hennessey’s line of high-performance Ford F-150 SVT Raptor-based vehicles. Developed as a...
Chevrolet Working on CNG-powered Impala?
21 May 2013, 07:45 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Chevrolet might offer a compressed natural gas-powered (CNG) version in the near future, as part of the automaker’s strategy to flip the current fleet-to-retail to a more profitable 30:70 ratio. This piece of information comes via The Moto...
2014 Peugeot 308 SW Rendered
20 May 2013, 16:00 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Revealed just one week ago, the new Peugeot 308 is so fresh that no actual figures have been released yet. However, the new French hatch has already fired up the imagination of those that made a habit of rendering different body-styled versions. ...
Lime Rock Green 2014 Corvette Stingray Shows Up in Texas
20 May 2013, 15:29 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / About 12 years have passed since the Chevrolet Corvette was available with a green paint job directly from GM, and the American company has reintroduced the color for the 2014 Stingray Coupe. Dubbed Lime Rock Green, the new shade was already app...