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.
LoveFab Makes Pikes Peak Comeback with V8-Powered "Enviate"
2 Apr 2013, 16:15 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / LoveFab's 2012 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb adventure didn't go to well, but the Americans are far from giving up and have announced we're going to see more of them at this year's event. Based on their last experience,...
Infiniti Q50 Online Configurator Launched
2 Apr 2013, 15:50 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / While the 2014 Infiniti Q50 is almost upon us, with sales set to commence in this June, the Japanese automaker has released the car's configurator for the United States. As we already told you, pricing for the Q50 will start at $36,450, plu...
Toyota Proace UK Specs and Pricing Announced
2 Apr 2013, 15:04 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / After having a little April Fools fun with their British Touring Van Championship joke, Japanese automaker Toyota took the more serious road and released full United Kingdom specs and pricing for the the Proace van. Set to go on sale from July 1...
Dodge Dart Boosts Chrysler's US Sales
2 Apr 2013, 14:47 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Chrysler has reported US sales in March went up 5 percent compared to the same month last year, thanks mainly to its Dodge Dart four-door compact. The Auburn Hills-based company sold 171,606 units last month, 8,091 of which were Dodge Dart model...
BMW M1 Procar and Porsche 917K Engage in High-Speed Autobahn Chase
2 Apr 2013, 14:34 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Famous racing cars being featured in films and TV series are not uncommon, but a chase involving two of motorsport's most famous vehicles is indeed a rare sight. Already famous for its track career in Europe, North-America and for featuring...
Dacia Logan Coupe Built in Romania
2 Apr 2013, 13:08 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Do you remember the white Dacia Logan convertible we showed you all the way back in 2010. It was built by the obscure tuning company Auto K9 that since then has become famous in their homeland. Three years after presenting their unique cabrio versi...
Only 1 in 3 Chevy Dealers to Get 2014 Corvettes at First
2 Apr 2013, 13:07 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / General Motors has announced that less than 900 of its 3,000 Chevrolet dealerships will get to sell the 2014 Corvette Stingray when it launches. According to Automotive News, only 30 percent of Chevrolet dealership are eligible to sell America&#...
Lexus Considering Three-Row Crossover
2 Apr 2013, 11:56 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Japanese automaker Lexus is considering adding a three-row crossover model to its vehicle lineup in the future, a company representative said last week. With only one CUV offered of the US market, the dominant RX, Lexus says one of its body-on-f...
Neil Patrick Harris Needs Your Help Buying a Minivan
2 Apr 2013, 11:43 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / American actor Neil Patrick Harris, best known for his "Doogie Howser, M.D." and "How I Met Your Mother" appearances wants to buy a car. Sure, it's not news worthy, but the fact that he's asking his fans for advice is....
Ford Mustang Crashed Into Tree by Unworthy Owner
2 Apr 2013, 10:09 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Some people should definitely stop buying musclecars, or very powerful cars all together for that matter. Why? Just scroll below and watch the video. If you're still here and want to find out a bit more, it's just a matter of an idiot ...
RENNtech Mercedes E55 AMG Is the Devil's Station Wagon
2 Apr 2013, 09:49 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / How fast can you get to the grocery store in a RENNtech tweaked AMG? Well, we don't have actual figures but we assume the proper answer is "daaaamn!". The Mercedes-Benz E55 AMG is no longer in production since 2006, but that didn&...
Watch a McLaren MP4-12C GT3 Set A Lap Record in New Zealand
2 Apr 2013, 09:06 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / What's the best way to inaugurate a new racing track? Send the ultimate supercar out to set the first official lap record of course! New Zealand's Highlands Motorsport Park was officially opened last week, having 2.8 miles of circuit t...
Ford Announces Special Edition Raptor
2 Apr 2013, 08:47 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Ford Motor Co. will reveal a Special Edition Raptor pickup truck during a Motor Press Guild Luncheon at the company's Design Center Showroom in Irvine, California. There's not much we can tell you about this Raptor, other than the smal...
2014 GMC Sierra Specs, Pricing Announced
2 Apr 2013, 08:12 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / General Motors has announced pricing and specs for the 2014 GMC Sierra pickup truck, bragging about the V8 version topping Ford's EcoBoost V6 in terms of fuel efficiency. That's a good thing to brag about, no doubt, but what does "...
LaFerrari-Based Maserati Rendered
2 Apr 2013, 07:59 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Almost two weeks ago we were telling you about Maserati's plans to revive the MC12 supercar with a LaFerrari-based high-performance vehicle by 2015. Of course, there's no official word from Modena yet, so hypecar enthusiasts can only h...
Fisker Going Bankrupt?
1 Apr 2013, 15:48 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / While we were having a little fun with our April Fools "Apple Buys Fisker" joke, which some people took rather seriously, several reports are saying the EV automaker is in deep trouble. Not surprising if you ask us! Especially since th...
Hyundai Pondering Pickup for US Market
1 Apr 2013, 15:45 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / South Korean automaker Hyundai could add a pickup to its United States vehicle lineup, the company's vice president in charge of international sales, Lee In-cheol, said. Although the manufacturer has no real plans to produce a pickup, Lee c...
New GRID 2 Teaser Reveals European Locations
1 Apr 2013, 14:49 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / With less than two month left until its official debut, the GRID 2 got a new teaser from Codemasters Racing Studios, this time revealing the European venues to be found in one of this year's most games. The new clip shows three track locati...
Scion Celebrates 10th Anniversary With Special Edition Models
1 Apr 2013, 14:11 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Scion, one of the latest names to go into automotive business in North America, is celebrating its first ten years on the market with a limited special edition version for each model it sells. Thus, the FR-S, tC, iQ, xB and xD will be offered wi...
Audi R10 Supercar Rendering
1 Apr 2013, 14:03 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Early last month we were telling you about Audi's plans to develop a LaFerrari and McLaren P1 rival based on its R18 Le Mans-winning racecar. Rumored to be called R10, the Ingolstadt-based supercar would feature a hybrid powertrain consisti...