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.
Tata Unveils eMO-C Electric Van
18 Mar 2013, 14:38 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Now get this: America's "Big Three" automobile companies, General Motors, Ford and Chrysler, are no longer "alone" in Detroit. Indian manufacturer Tata Motors has squeezed in with a new engineering center. Before giving ...
Fisker Explains Leaving Fisker
18 Mar 2013, 13:10 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Last week, Henrik Fisker announced that he decided to resign from the company he has co-founded back in 2007. Following his brief press release, quoting "major disagreements with Fisker executive management", Henrik Fisker has returned a ...
Lotus Could Be Liquidated
18 Mar 2013, 12:52 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Group Lotus PLC could be liquidated in order for the company, which consists of Lotus Cars, Lotus Motorsport and Lotus Engineering, to pay its debts. According to Autocar, an announcement made by the HM Courts & Tribunals Service has reveale...
2014 "Best Ever" Holden Cruze Officially Revealed
18 Mar 2013, 12:05 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / The 2014 Holden Cruze has been unveiled in Australia, with only one month left until the GM-owned company will open their order books for the updated sedans and hatchbacks. Described as the "best ever value" Cruze ever built, the 2014 ...
Pininfarina Sergio to Top LaFerrari and McLaren P1 with Outrageous Price Tag
18 Mar 2013, 10:55 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / While LaFerrari is Maranello's most expensive production car up to date, the €1.3 million ($1.68 million) price tag is no match for Pininfarina's Sergio. If the barchetta goes beyond its current concept car status, that is. And th...
Tanner Foust Takes On Nurburgring in a Ford Raptor
18 Mar 2013, 10:47 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Most cars seen taking laps on the Nurburgring are either sportscars or racing cars. That doesn't mean you can't tackle the famous track in a different type of vehicle, but who would have thought that Tanner Foust himself will want to &quo...
2013 Trans Am Hurst Edition Commercial Is All About Male Fantasies
18 Mar 2013, 09:45 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / While the Trans Am went out of production about 11 years ago, with the Detroit company being shut down in 2010, Pontiac enthusiasts are still alive and kicking thanks to Trans Am Depot. In case you haven't heard about TAD, they're very...
Two People Killed in Sprint Car Crash in California
18 Mar 2013, 09:40 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Last weekend's sprint car race in Marysville was clouded by a terrible crash that resulted in two fatalities, after an out of control car slammed into the pits. It all occurred during warmup, when Chase Johnson lost control of his No.17 car...
LaFerrari Rendered as EVOXX Race Car
18 Mar 2013, 08:43 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Ferrari didn't say anything about offering a "competizione" version for their latest LaFerrari, like they did with the Enzo. but that doesn't stop car designers to envision one, right? Right! If created at Maranello, the EVOX...
Obama Calls For $2 Billion Green Energy Fund
16 Mar 2013, 11:38 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / US President Barack Obama asks Congress to consider using $2 billion out of federal drilling revenues for clean energy research. During a visit to Argonne National Laboratory, Obama will call for a $2 billion "energy security trust fund&quo...
Volkswagen to Build Ten New Factories Worldwide, New US Models
16 Mar 2013, 10:34 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Volkswagen's scheme to become the number one company in global auto industry sales by 2018 is no joke. The Germans, who are already pondering on buying a new brand, have also confirmed plans of opening up at least ten new factories in the next...
Porsche Announces Sales Record in 2012
16 Mar 2013, 10:20 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / 2012 seems to have been a great year for German automakers. Following BMW's record sales report from two days ago, Porsche was next in line to announce their best financial figures yet. With 143,096 vehicles sold worldwide last year, which ...
Renault to Expand Crossover Range?
16 Mar 2013, 10:19 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / French automaker Renault could expand its crossover range in the next years with new Captur versions and a reworked Espace. Speaking to Autocar, Renault's head of design Laurens van den Acker revealed that the new Captur might get a three-d...
Alfa Romeo 4C Full Specs Revealed by Leaked Brochure
15 Mar 2013, 17:40 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / While some might argue that Alfa Romeo isn't doing that well since Fiat took over, the Italian automaker has attracted a lot of attention with its new 4C, the cool sportscar a lot of fans have been waiting. Recently unveiled at the 2013 Gen...
Volkswagen Still Wants to Buy New Brands
15 Mar 2013, 17:05 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Owning 12 brands doesn't seem to be enough for the Volkswagen Group, who's considering purchasing the 13th one, according to CEO Martin Winterkorn. This is not exactly breaking news, as Ferdinand Piech already announced plans to expand...
Dacia Duster Adventure Pricing for France Announced
15 Mar 2013, 16:34 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Romanian automaker Dacia has announced official pricing for the Duster Adventure limited edition SUV on the French market. Designed to appeal to more demanding SUV drivers, through a series of visual updates for a more aggressive and unique look...
Portland Police Puts An End to The Harlem Shake
15 Mar 2013, 16:00 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / This Harlem Shake thing seems to be all over the place, and we're still wondering how long it's going to last. Spreading faster than the plague, the phenomenon's starting to interfere with police business… Not quite the sit...
Corvette Stingray Shooting Brake Rendering by Callaway
15 Mar 2013, 15:00 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Car designer and Corvette specialist Callaway has released a Shooting Brake version rendering of the 2014 Corvette Stingray. Called the C21 AeroWagon, the Corvette Shooting Brake is Callaway's idea of a more practical sportscar that offers ...
6x6 Mercedes-Benz G63 AMG Pics Aplenty
15 Mar 2013, 14:11 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / German automaker Mercedes-Benz is on the verge of launching one of its most radical vehicles yet, the six-wheeled G63 AMG, and has released a new batch of photos on web. Based on the already classic G-Class SUV, and designed around a military ve...
FIA President: "Formula One Costs Too Much"
15 Mar 2013, 13:21 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / FIA President Jean Todt has suggested that Formula One's future RRA (Resource Restriction Agreement) may be in doubt over teams being unable to make a deal. The former Rally co-driver argues that if Formula One teams fail to reach a "g...