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.
1,200 HP Ford Truck Rocks the Dragstrip with 9-Second Quarter Mile
26 Apr 2013, 14:32 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / There’s something about overly powerful trucks today. First we had the 1,000 HP Li’l Red Express, and now we stumbled across this 1,200 HP Ford Lightning that showed off at the recent 2013 HPT Shootout in Houston. But we’re not...
Performance Autosport’s New Mustang RTR Looks Menacing
26 Apr 2013, 14:09 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Performance Motorsport has unveiled its new 2013 Ford Mustang RTR. Besides gaining a brand-new racing livery, the musclecar was also enhance by a couple of upgrades. Already successful on the track, Performance Autosport is set to tackle the new...
2014 HSV Commodore Gains New Series Name
26 Apr 2013, 13:33 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Holden Special Vehicles (HSV) has announced that its new VF Commodore-based high performance sedan, which is scheduled to be revealed next month, will hit the market with a new series name. Speaking to Car Advice, HSV’s director of sales a...
Ford Mustang 50th Anniversary Limited Edition Watch by Shinola
26 Apr 2013, 12:50 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Ford Motor Co. has teamed up with Detroit-based luxury goods manufacturer Shinola to celebrate the Mustang’s 50th anniversary with the release of a premium limited edition wristwatch. To be released later this year, the commemorative watch...
Dodge Li’l Red Express Gains 1,000 HP Cummins Diesel
26 Apr 2013, 12:20 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Offered as a limited edition from 1978 through 1979, the Dodge Li’l Red Express is on rare truck, so chances to see one burning its wheels on a dragstrip are quite slim. But it can happen... And we have further proof of than below. But wai...
Renault to Build Next Nissan Micra in France
26 Apr 2013, 11:39 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / The next-generation Nissan Micra will be built at Renault’s plant in Flins, near Paris, the French automaker revealed today. Production of the new French-built Japanese supermini will commence in 2016 at an estimated annual volume of 82,00...
Classic Ford F-100 Pickup Truck by West Coast Customs
26 Apr 2013, 09:55 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / California-based tuning specialist West Coast Customs will modify just about anything on four wheels when commissioned, so its no surprise they have a few trucks in their showrooms. After building a mean black 1955 Ford F-100 for Sylvester Stall...
Volvo’s New Flywheel Technology Improves Fuel Efficiency by Up to 25 Percent
26 Apr 2013, 09:19 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / While Chinese and European sales have cost the company a great deal of cash last year, Volvo is still working on innovative systems that can improve both performance and fuel efficiency. Their latest design, the “Flywheel KERS”, is s...
Detroit Electric, Geely Team Up to Develop "Class-Leading" EVs
26 Apr 2013, 08:43 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Geely Automobile Group and newly resurected Detroit Electric have announced that the two companies have entered into strategic partnership to co-develop all-electric vehicles for the Chinese market. The first vehicles resulted from this agreemen...
Audi Pondering Volkswagen Up!-Based Electric Car
26 Apr 2013, 08:10 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / German automaker Audi is reportedly planning to introduce a Volkswagen e-Up!-based electric vehicle by 2015. Surprised? We’re not... According to Auto Bild, Audi wants to deliver a premium all-electric city car that will greet its customer...
1,350 HP SSC Tuatara Is Almost Production Ready
26 Apr 2013, 07:38 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / SSC Tuatara, the car developed to take the “World’s Fastest Production Car” crown from the Bugatti Veyron Super Sport, is almost production ready, the American company announced. With final testing having been completed and val...
Cadillac Explains Its New, Aggressive Headlight Design
25 Apr 2013, 16:02 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / When the all-new Cadillac CTS was unveiled at the 2013 New York Auto Show, most of us agreed that the car’s most intriguing and spectacular exterior detail laid in its vertical LED headlights. Fitted in both the headlamps and the foglights...
Range Rover Sport UK Prices, Specs Announced
25 Apr 2013, 15:29 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Land Rover has released United Kingdom pricing and specifications for the all-new Range Rover Sport, at the same time opening the order books for the vehicles which is slated to be delivered to its customers starting third quarter 2013. Accordin...
Ford Taurus SHO Gets Power Boost from Hennessey
25 Apr 2013, 14:49 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / The last time Hennessey entered our news section was when the Texas-based company hammered their Venom GT to a top speed of 265.7 mph (427.6 km/h) claiming it’s the world’s fastest production car. Before that, their Ford GT reached 267 ...
Watch Monster Tajima’s Toyota Super 86 in Action
25 Apr 2013, 14:20 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Pikes Peak guru Nabuhiro “Monster” Tajima is set to return at the famous Colorado event in a gas-powered vehicle, after last year’s electric car attempt left him... let’s say broken hearted. Seeing his record improved by ...
Audi to Introduce Long-Tail R18
25 Apr 2013, 13:51 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Audi Motorsport has announced the introduction of a new long-tail version of their Le Mans-winning R18 hybrid race car at round two of the FIA World Endurance Championship set to take place at Spa. Optimised for the high-speed Le Mans track, the...
Michael Schumacher to Drive Formula 1 Silver Arrow at the Nurburgring
25 Apr 2013, 13:09 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Seven time Formula One world champion Michael Schumacher will post a demonstration lap in a 2011 Mercedes AMG Petronas single-seater as a run-up to the 24 Hours of Nurburgring race. Scheduled to take place on May 19 on the legendary Nordschleif...
Audi TT ultra quattro concept Unveiled
25 Apr 2013, 12:43 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / German automaker Audi has revealed the TT ultra quattro concept that will make its public debut at the 2013 Worthersee festival, scheduled next month. Developed as a lightweight concept car based on the current generation TT model, the ultra qua...
Kia Carens UK Pricing, Specs Released
25 Apr 2013, 12:09 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Kia has announced UK pricing and specification details for the all-new third-generation Carena MPV. Set to go on sale starting May 1, the 7-seat compact vehicle is now available to order across the United Kingdom. Priced from £17,895, the ...
Shelby Introduces Wide Body Kits for 2005-2009 Mustang
25 Apr 2013, 09:58 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Unveiled on the 2013 Shelby GT500 Super Snake at the 2013 Detroit Auto Show back in January, the Shelby Wide Body package for the 2005-2009 Ford Mustang and Shelby models is now available through Shelby Performance Parts. Already a highly sought...