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.
The Real 2013 Saab 9-3 Finally Emerges
21 Feb 2013, 15:51 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Bankrupt since 2012, Saab is still attracting a lot of attention since the first 2013 9-3 images have hit the web in late January. The what-could-have-been car is probably more famous than some of the existing Saab production cars, and fire is s...
Mercedes A200 CDI Gets More Power from Brabus
21 Feb 2013, 15:40 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / The Mercedes-Benz A200 CDI is now about 25 percent more powerful than the standard version after a short visit to the Brabus aftermarket "laboratory". While it's still far from the fast and loud A45 AMG model, the mild 136 HP A200...
Ford Showcases New NASCAR Fusion Car
21 Feb 2013, 14:47 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Stock cars are no longer part of NASCAR for a very long time, but that will change starting with the 2013 season, after automakers agreed to design their sixth-generation race cars with a more road-going face. After Chevrolet revealed its SS Spr...
Volkswagen Confirms 261 MPG XL1 for Production
21 Feb 2013, 14:09 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / After years of research and improvements, the Volkswagen XL1 was finally confirmed as a production vehicle by the German automaker. "The XL1 is the most fuel-efficient production car in the world," Volkswagen proudly announced from its...
BMW 4 Series Convertible Rendering
21 Feb 2013, 13:35 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / After showing you a BMW F33 4 Series Cabrio rendering of our own, a new image surfaced the web, this time via BMWBlog. The person who provided the pictures, reportedly a BMW insider, claims it's one of the German automaker's prototypes...
Audi Bringing A3 e-Tron to Geneva
21 Feb 2013, 12:36 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / After unveiling its first performance SUV, the RS Q3, Audi has revealed another surprise for the 2013 Geneva Motor Show: the A3 e-tron plug-in hybrid. It's Audi's first compact hybrid and it promises to be "a realistic glimpse int...
New Volkswagen Diesel Golf GTD Revealed
21 Feb 2013, 11:34 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Volkswagen wouldn't want us to get bored ahead of the seventh-generation Golf's official debut at Geneva, so they're showing us a new variant of the hatchback. After the all electric version, the e-Golf, it's time for the GTD...
Lamborghini Gallardo Replica is Incredibly Ugly
21 Feb 2013, 10:26 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / When it comes to supercar replicas based on daily drivers, we always end up with some weird looking Ferrari, Lamborghini or even a Bugatti Veyron. We don't really mind since it's fun drifting away from time to time, but there's o...
Suzuki to Start Fuel Cell Production
21 Feb 2013, 09:58 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / After developing several fuel cell concepts, Suzuki announces the completion of a ready-to-scale fuel cell production line in Japan. As part of a joint-venture with Intellligent Energy, Suzuki plans to build air cooled fuel cell engines in Yokoh...
Jaguar Talks About BMW 3 Series Rival
21 Feb 2013, 09:13 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Jaguar is planning on a BMW 3 Series rival soon and with development still in the books, the British seem to know what they really want. Specific details are yet to be unveiled since the car hasn't been designed, but Jaguar North American C...
Pagani Returns with Cryptic Teaser
21 Feb 2013, 08:47 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / After starting the "Can you decipher the clues" game earlier this month, which we presume it should eventually unveil the Huayra roadster, Pagani released a new similar fashion teaser. At first we were tempted to believe we're goi...
GTA Spano, Yet Another Supercar at Geneva
20 Feb 2013, 17:17 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / The 2013 Geneva Motor Show will be welcoming yet another supercar, and we are now able to take a peek at it after Spania GTA has released the first teaser image. Apparently, not too different from its predecessor, the new vehicle will be using a...
Wheelsandmore Aston Martin Vanquish is Awesome… and Green
20 Feb 2013, 16:53 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / German car tuner Wheelsandmore released its first upgrade package for the V12 Aston Martin Vanquish, one which we would gladly describe as unique and plain awesome! Painted in an interesting shade of metallic green with WAM black stripe, this Va...
Dacia to Unveil Two New Models in Geneva
20 Feb 2013, 16:10 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Romanian automaker Dacia announced today, through its German division, that two new models will be introduced at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show confirming recent speculations. While no other information was revealed, we have reasons to believe that ...
Watch a Fake VW Touareg Falling Through Ice on Live TV
20 Feb 2013, 16:09 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / "Everyone" wants to be Top Gear these days and take a piece of the high-rating-automotive-showbiz cake, but it seems like some people are trying way too hard. OK, trying's not bad, but wanting to trick an entire audience isn'...
2014 Range Rover Available with Supercharged V6 and V8 Engines in US
20 Feb 2013, 15:06 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / The 2014 Range Rover is now available for order in the US with a choice of two supercharged engines, with deliveries set to begin this summer. The all-new Range Rover can be ordered starting today with a new and more efficient turbocharged 3-lit...
Volkswagen e-Golf Photos and Information Leaked Ahead of Geneva
20 Feb 2013, 14:38 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / The Volkswagen e-Golf is no longer a mystery until next month's Geneva Motor Show, since the first pictures and information have surfaced the web. The seventh-generation-based electric Golf will be arriving in Switzerland with an electric m...
Alfa Romeo Releases New Gloria Concept Photos
20 Feb 2013, 13:50 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / After releasing a teaser photo just four days ago, Alfa Romeo came back with a new batch of renderings for the Alfa Romeo IED Gloria sports sedan concept. Developed with the help of twenty Master in Transportation Design students form the Europe...
VW Van Turned into Tank-Tracked Party House
20 Feb 2013, 13:14 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / The Volkswagen Type 2 van, also known as the Bus, the Camper or the Bulli, was a very popular car back in its day and it's still seen as one of the most important cars in the automotive industry, not to mention it's still on sale in Brazi...
New York Times Admits Lack of "Good Judgement" in Tesla Model S Review
20 Feb 2013, 12:37 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / After seeing Tesla Motors' driving logs of their Model S review car, the New York Times has finally admitted somewhat of a defeat in their latest press release. In an official response written by public editor Margaret Sullivan, the New Yor...