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.
2013 Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8 Gets 650 HP from Hennessey
8 May 2013, 13:56 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Have you ever wondered what’s the world’s most fastest SUV? Did we hear someone say a German name? Wrong! The fastest SUV on the planet is based on a 2013 Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8 and it’s developed by Hennessey Performance. Or so...
Bentley to Open First-Ever Dealership in Belarus
8 May 2013, 13:06 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / British automaker Bentley is set to expand its presence in the fast-growing Eastern European market later this year by opening its first-ever dealership in Belarus. Well, this is probably great news for the wealthy people of Belarus, although we...
Citroen Planning Revised C-Line Models
8 May 2013, 12:43 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / French company Citroen has announced plans to further distinguish itself from Peugeot by releasing a revised C-line in the second half of 2014. The new lineup will reportedly attract customers interested in simpler and more efficient cars, said Cit...
SRT Launches 2013 Viper GTS-R ALMS Web Series
8 May 2013, 12:18 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Chrysler’s SRT performance group will be documenting its first full season with the 2013 Viper GTS-R in the American Le Mans Series (ALMS) with a new behind-the-scenes web series. Called “Beyond the Checkered Flag”, the series ...
2013 Diesel Car of the Year Winners Announced
8 May 2013, 11:44 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / UK’s Diesel Car Magazine has announced the winners of its “2013 Diesel Car of the Year Awards”, which comprises no less than ten vehicle segments. According to the renowned magazine, who’s already celebrating its 25th ann...
Ferrari Looking to Become More Exclusive
8 May 2013, 11:16 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Italian sportscar manufacturer Ferrari wants to become more exclusive in order to improve its financial results without growing sales volume, company chairman Luca di Montezemolo revealed earlier this week. Speaking to Automotive News Europe, Di...
Nissan Leaf Earns IIHS Top Safety Pick
8 May 2013, 09:55 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / The new all-electric 2013 Nissan Leaf has earned the “Top Safety Pick” designation from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). Assembled in the United States, the company’s new electric vehicle achieved the organiz...
US-Built Subaru Impreza Coming in 2016
8 May 2013, 09:32 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Japanese automaker Subaru plans to expand production capacity at its Lafayette, Indiana, facility by 30 percent and make way for a US-built Impreza compact car by 2016. According to Automotive News, quoting sources familiar with the company&rsqu...
Rolls-Royce Phantom Drophead Coupe by Pininfarina is Plain Ugly
8 May 2013, 08:58 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Please excuse us for the simple-minded title, but it’s all we can say about this vehicle. Most people say there’s no such thing as an ugly Rolls-Royce and we used to agree with them... until today. What you see above is reportedly a ...
Ferrari Pondering Classic Car Workshop in the US
8 May 2013, 08:26 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Italian sportscar manufacturer Ferrari is considering opening a new subsidiary in California, US, to further expand its Ferrari Classiche workshop network, company president Luca di Montezemolo revealed. Speaking to Automotive News, the Italian ...
Next-Gen BMW 1 Series Might Not Come to US
8 May 2013, 08:00 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / While working on the new 2 Series line, German automaker BMW could stop offering the 1 Series in the United States. Don’t panic now, we’re talking about the next-generation model, which still is a few years away. Speaking to Car&...
Volkswagen to Debut Design Vision GTI at Worthersee
8 May 2013, 07:24 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / German automaker Volkswagen is preparing for the 2013 Worthersee show with yet another Golf GTI concept car. Nothing new so far, and since the new Design Vision GTI is a Golf on steroids, the Volfsburg-based manufacturer is right on its traditional...
2014 Maserati Quattroporte’s V8 Is Music to Our Ears
7 May 2013, 16:12 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / For a while now, Maserati news have been more about the newly released Ghibli and its diesel V6 engine. Meanwhile, its bigger sibling, the Quattroporte, is already roaming the streets scaring puppies and old ladies. And not because of some V6 di...
2012-2013 GM eAssist Hybrids Recalled For Circuit Board Screening
7 May 2013, 15:28 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / General Motors has issued a recall for more than 38,000 Chevrolet Malibu Eco, Buick LaCrosse and Buick Regal models equipped with eAssist and sold in the United States, over a generator control module that may not function properly. According to...
Upgraded Toyota EV P002 Is Ready to Electrify Pikes Peak
7 May 2013, 14:49 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Toyota Motorsport GmbH (TMG) announced that a revised version of its TMG EV P002 vehicle has been sent to compete at this year’s Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. Having last year’s record-breaking run of 10 minutes and 15.380 sec...
Porsche and Martini Revive Iconic Motorsport Partnership
7 May 2013, 14:10 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / If there’s one thing Martini is famous for, besides being the maker of the world’s number one vermouth, that would have to be sponsoring several race cars from the 1960s through the 1990s. We know for a fact that most of you remember...
BMW Recalls 42,000 E46 3 Series Over Airbags Issues
7 May 2013, 13:49 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / German automaker BMW has issued a recall concerning 42,000 3 Series models built in 2002 and 2003 over airbag problems, adding to the massive recall which already included 3.4 million vehicles from five Japanese companies. According to The Detro...
McLaren MP4-12C "Greenwich Edition" - The Camouflaged Supercar
7 May 2013, 12:59 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / How do you feel about camouflaged vehicles? Not the army types, but those highly-anticipated cars that show up in spyshots showing not too much “skin”. Well, we know the automotive world would be a lot more boring without them, but we d...
2014 Ford Mustang Cobra Jet Tested at the Drag Strip
7 May 2013, 12:27 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Scheduled to enter the assembly line starting July 2013, the 2014 Ford Mustang Cobra Jet has completed its first testing session on the drag strip. The last NHRA Stock and Super Stock machine based on the current generation Mustang was tested at...
Lexus Talks Brand-New Nameplate: Sports Coupe vs. Crossover
7 May 2013, 11:56 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Japanese automaker and Toyota luxury division Lexus has confirmed plans to build a new model in Japan starting late next year. The new vehicle will be built at the Kyushu plant to make up for the 50,000 Lexus ES 350s being shifted to the company...