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.
2013 SRT Viper to be Offered as Convertible Too
13 Feb 2013, 09:42 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Back in the day of the Viper's first generations, Dodge used to debut the car as a convertible, and only then sell it as a coupe. In 2003, for example, it took four years for the Viper to receive a hard top version. So in case you were wond...
Lamborghini to Unveil Front-Engined Concept at Geneva?
13 Feb 2013, 09:19 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / After announcing an extreme model for the automaker's 50th anniversary, Lamborghini is reportedly expected to unveil a front-engined car at the Geneva Auto Show in March. According to Edmunds, the Italian brand is looking to take on the Fer...
First 2014 Corvette Stingray Crashed in Arizona
13 Feb 2013, 08:17 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / We won't see the newly unveiled 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray in dealerships until later this year, but we already have the first recorded accident involving GM's latest sportscar on a public road. The image you can see above, and w...
Nissan Unveils V8 Supercars Vehicles, Moffat & Caruso Join the Team
12 Feb 2013, 17:25 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Nissan Motorsport has unveiled their four-vehicle team that will enter the 2013 V8 Supercars Championship, along with the signing of drivers Michael Caruso and James Moffat. Caruso and Moffat, who will be joining existing drivers Todd and Rich K...
Tesla Claims New York Times Faked a Model S Road Test
12 Feb 2013, 16:53 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Tesla Motors Inc. boss Elon Musk has accused a New York Times reporter of faking a Model S road test and claiming the electric automaker is misreporting the vehicle's estimated driving range. To give you a glimpse of the background, New Yor...
Lykan HyperSport Details Revealed in Brochure
12 Feb 2013, 16:32 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / If there's one car that puts the Bugatti Veyron to shame in terms of pricing, not considering the one sold at auctions, it would most certainly have to be the Lebanese-based Lykan HyperSport. Two times more expensive than the Veyron SS, thi...
Range Rover Vogue Gets Visual Boost with Kahn's Black Label Edition
12 Feb 2013, 15:39 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / When British aftermarket developer Kahn gets his hands on a car, we're in for a real visual treat, and the company's latest creation is no exception. This time, it was Range Rover's Vogue turn to receive an addendum as the Black L...
BMW Announces 10 All-New Models by the End of 2014
12 Feb 2013, 14:47 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / BMW Group is set to release 22 new models, 10 of which have no predecessor, by the end of 2014. This long awaited disclosure was made by BMW's development Chief, Herbert Diess, in an interview offered to German newspaper Auto Motor und Spor...
George Washington and Abraham Lincoln Are Back from the Dead… to Sell You a Honda
12 Feb 2013, 14:22 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / It looks like Honda is ready to do just about anything to improve US sales, so they brought former presidents George Washington and Abraham Lincoln back to "life" in order to promote their newest offerings. And this isn't your typ...
Ferrari Enzo Goes Dirt Road Rallying
12 Feb 2013, 13:29 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Remember the Rolls Royce off-road drifting video we showed you a couple of months back? Well, that's almost nothing compared to what you're going to see next. The same TaxTheRich100 Youtube user has uploaded a spectacular yet crazy vid...
Holden Unveils VF Commodore V8 Race Car
12 Feb 2013, 13:08 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Just one day after Holden unveiled the 2014 VF Commodore, the Holden Racing Team (HRT) has revealed its 2013 VF Commodore V8 Supercars racer. This season's V8 Supercars' contender, which was exposed by former series champions Garth Tan...
Fiat Panda Sets Cape Town to London World Records
12 Feb 2013, 12:18 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Two British drivers have clinched two Guinness World Records by driving a Fiat Panda TwinAir from Cape Town (South Africa) to London (UK). Philip Young and Paul Brace completed the 10,300 mile campaign in 10 days, 13 hours and 30 minutes, breaki...
McLaren 12C Gets ADV X Wheels
12 Feb 2013, 12:12 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / We really wouldn't want to mess with McLaren's latest 12C, since we think the British did a terrific job in all aspects, but the guys over at WheelsBoutique couldn't refrain from giving it a new set of wheels. This mean-looking bl...
Mercedes to Ditch US E550 V8 for Twin-Turbo V6
12 Feb 2013, 10:48 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / The new Mercedes-Benz E-Class might not be available in E550 V8 form for the 2014 model year in the US, the latest rumor indicating a new E400 twin-turbo V6 replacement model. According to Motortrend, the German automaker is looking to embrace t...
Volkswagen to Launch Budget Car Costing €7,000 in 2015
12 Feb 2013, 10:30 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Long time speculations over Volkswagen launching a budget car or brand have become reality, after the German automaker confirmed such a vehicle for 2015. The Wolfsburg-based company wants their budget car to cost no more than €7,000 ($9,370...
Auto Union Type C Record Car Revived With Audi Stromlinie 75 Concept
12 Feb 2013, 09:57 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Many of you might not remember Bernd Rosemeyer, one of Germany's top drivers for "Silver Arrow" Auto Union and Mercedes-Benz cars before World War 2. Though he lost his life 75 years ago, while trying to set a new speed world rec...
Rolls Royce Wraith Teased Once Again
12 Feb 2013, 08:54 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / A new teaser photo of the high-performance Wraith Coupe have been released by Rolls-Royce, ahead of the car's world premiere at the 2013 Geneva Auto Show. After the "Reveal the darker side of Rolls-Royce" video published two weeks...
2014 Corvette Stingray Shows Off in Chevy's "Find New Roads" Spot
12 Feb 2013, 08:44 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Chevrolet has finally released its first "Find New Roads" slogan commercial, one which also marked the inaugural appearance of the new generation Corvette in an add. Aired in on prime time last night, during the Grammy Awards on CBS, ...
2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee to Make European Debut at Geneva
11 Feb 2013, 17:17 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / After making its world debut at the North American International Auto Show, the 2014 model year Jeep Grand Cherokee will be introduced in Europe at the Geneva Auto Show. The freshly updated Grand Cherokee comes with redesigned front and rear end...
Chrysler Can’t Handle Jeep Wrangler Demand
11 Feb 2013, 16:41 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Several Chrysler Group dealers voiced their concern, during the National Automobile Dealers Association convention, about the fact that the factories can’t keep up with the demand for Jeep Wranglers in the US. Jeep sold no less than 141,66...