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-Benz Outsells BMW in the US in January
5 Feb 2013, 11:24 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Mercedes-Benz had a flying start in the US auto market this year, leading BMW and Lexus in the luxury brand battle after the first month of 2013. With 22,501 vehicles sold in January, which means a rise of 11 percent, Mercedes-Benz took the lead...
Bristol to Finally Unveil Its 200 MPH Electric Supercar
5 Feb 2013, 10:33 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / It’s been one and half years since famous British sportscar manufacturer Bristol has announced a high-performance electric vehicle, and the wait might be over in just a few months. Acquired by Kamkorp Autokraft, part of the Frazer-Nash gro...
Bugatti Veyron Gets Beetle Edition Rendering
5 Feb 2013, 10:04 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Seems hard to believe that the ludicrously fast Bugatti Veyron and the legendary Volkswagen Beetle have something in common, but the two totally different type of cars share the same parent company name. That’s no reason to sit both cars a...
Fiat to Build Maserati, Alfa Romeo SUVs in Turin
5 Feb 2013, 09:15 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Fiat will build Maserati’s new Levante SUV at its plant in Turin, Italy, despite original reports that were suggesting manufacturing might take place in Detroit, alongside the Jeep Grand Cherokee. According to Automotive News Europe, CEO S...