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.
Mercedes Sport Extends Portfolio with A-Class Personalization Program
7 Mar 2013, 09:30 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Mercedes-Benz's latest A-Class model is about to get more appealing as the German automaker introduced a new personalization program at the Geneva Motor Show. Courtesy of Mercedes-Benz Sport, the standard A-Class can become a sportier car w...
How to Wrap Your Car in M&M's Candy
6 Mar 2013, 17:28 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / For obvious reasons, NASCAR has always been about colorful and shiny paint schemes, either cool or just plain awful. You must remember Mark Martin's very popular "Batman Justice League" or Bobby Hamilton's "Marvin Martian&q...
GM to Debut Five New Cars in New York
6 Mar 2013, 16:58 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / General Motors will showcase five world premieres and one North American debut at this month's New York Auto Show. According to Just-auto.com, General Motors has confirmed the introduction of the facelifted Regal and LaCrosse Buicks in New ...
Jeep Wrangler Pickup Truck Coming in 2016
6 Mar 2013, 16:21 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Jeep's next generation Wrangler, which is due in 2016, will be the first to offer a pickup truck version based on the popular SUV. Jeep President Mike Manley, who's now at the Geneva Motor Show introducing his company's products i...
BMW Talks 3 Series GT Design
6 Mar 2013, 15:59 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / The BMW 3 Series GT has been recently unveiled at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show with Head of BMW Design Karim Habib right on site to explain the car's new design cues. But this was no ordinary press conference, as Habib was interviewed in a ve...
DMC Rendering Shows LaFerrari 458 Hybrid
6 Mar 2013, 15:11 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Ferrari latest LaFerrari model has certainly became the supercar of the moment after its unveiling took place at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show. We've already seen the car rendered on ADV.1 wheels, and we should be in for a lot of virtual LaFer...
Rolls-Royce Explains the New Wraith Coupe
6 Mar 2013, 14:10 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / The new Rolls-Royce Wraith Coupe created quite a stir ahead of and at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show (and beyond, for that matter), and the British company is at its best trying to keep those spotlights pointing in the right direction. And there...
Mercedes-Based Carlsson SLK 340 Is Ready to Race to the Clouds
6 Mar 2013, 14:08 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / When it comes to refining, tuning and creating unique Mercedes-Benz-based cars, Carlsson Autotechnik is one of the best places you can go to. In case you didn't know, Carlsson is no stranger to high-performance competition vehicles, but the...
Watch the Toyota i-Road Having Some City Fun in Its First Promo
6 Mar 2013, 13:21 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show just a few hours ago, Toyota's cool i-Road Concept tricycle gained its first promo clip as well. Ideal for narrow streets, crowded cities and described as an efficient urban means of transportation, the alm...
Meet Volkswagen's Van of the Future
6 Mar 2013, 12:50 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Volkswagen's electrically powered "van of the future", the e-Co-Motion Concept, has been officially unveiled at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show. Last time we wrote about the e-Co-Motion we weren't sure if the zero-emissions delive...
Audi RS5 DTM Racecar Revealed at Geneva
6 Mar 2013, 12:08 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / German carmaker Audi has unwrapped its new DTM (German Touring Car Masters) racecar based on the RS5 Coupe at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show. Conceived as an evolution of the 2012 car, the new RS5 DTM will compete in this season's European tour...
Toyota Takes the Auris Touring Sports to the Dark Side
6 Mar 2013, 10:39 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / If most people are willing to throw in some cookies to get you to step into the dark side, Toyota is offering you the Auris Touring Sports in the brand-new Black edition. Ah, heck, we made that up. You can have a look at it at Toyota's 2013...
2014 Ram ProMaster Pricing Released
6 Mar 2013, 10:18 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Chrysler seems very anxious to make a comeback in the commercial van market and, truth be told, we're a little eager for the Fiat Ducato-based 2014 Ram ProMaster to hit the showrooms as well. Not because we like too many of those Italian-Am...
Toyota Gets Tough, Luxurious with New RAV4 Concepts
6 Mar 2013, 09:35 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / If you're heading for Geneva tomorrow, you might be in for a few surprises at the Toyota stands. Besides the FT-86 Convertible and the i-Road tricycle, the Japanese automaker has a few more concept cars to showcase. We all know Toyota is an...
Pininfarina Unveils Ferrari-Based Sergio Concept · Video
6 Mar 2013, 09:20 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Italian coachbuilder Pininfarina has finally revealed the Sergio Concept, probably one of the most intriguing cars to be seen at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show. Along with getting to see the amazing barchetta in its first official photos, we've...
Wiesmann GT MF4-CS Looks Mind-Blowing in Geneva · Live Photos
6 Mar 2013, 08:40 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / BMW-powered Wiesmann vehicles are probably some of the most thrilling boutique-built sportscars, and their latest GT MF4-CS model is no exception. Lighter and faster than its predecessors, the GT MF4-CS (ClubSport) is a little more special than ...
Here's the New, Bigger Suzuki SX4
5 Mar 2013, 17:27 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Yesterday we told you about the American Suzuki Motor Corporation getting court approval for their bankruptcy, and with Geneva already on its way we thought we should spread some good news about the Japanese automaker as well. First of all, Suzu...
GTA Spano Receives Flashy Geneva Presentation
5 Mar 2013, 17:25 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / GTA Spano, one of the most awaited supercars to be unveiled at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show, was revealed today in Switzerland. Present at Geneva for the third time, the Spanish automaker showcased an evolution version of the GTA Spano unveiled la...
Spyker Reveals B6 Venator Concept
5 Mar 2013, 16:34 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / It's official, ladies and gentleman (and supercar freaks), Spyker are now back in business as their latest B6 Venator Concept lost its covers in Geneva today. Designed as a compact, 2-door mid-engined sports car of the highest standards, th...
2014 Corvette Stingray Convertible Officially Unveiled in Geneva
5 Mar 2013, 15:46 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / The 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Convertible has been officially introduced at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show. The seventh-generation Stingray Convertible finally bowed in Switzerland today, following Chevy's intensive teasing of the car wh...