Daniel Patrascu
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Personal motto:
"I truly believe men and fish can coexist peacefully" – George W. Bush
Following several years off the grid, Daniel is back at autoevolution, and seeing how the great crisis of the past decade made the auto industry boring, he grew bored with it too, so he slowly shifted his focus to custom cars, custom motorcycles, and other weird stuff. He also loves ranting about space exploration and robots, because in his view the only way forward for humanity is away from this planet, in metal bodies.
During his time at autoevolution, Daniel put his name on more news articles, coverstories, auto guides, reviews, and editorials than we care count. To slow him down a bit, he was given more responsibilities not long ago, so he is now also in charge with coordinating the editorial team on autoevolution.com.
Long time ago, Daniel also translated Arthur C. Clarke’s novel “The Fountains of Paradise” to Romanian for Paladin Publishing.
Exoplanet Gives Death the Finger, Escapes Its Sun's Red Giant Stage
5 Oct 2023, 07:00 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Take a close look at the Sun that fuels the life on our planet. A source of light and warmth for all Earth-dwelling creatures, it is moving, like all other things in our universe, towards its inescapable demise. In five billion years, it will turn ...
Someone Is Selling 56 White Porsche Cars in One Go, They Are Worth Over $30 Million
4 Oct 2023, 07:52 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Every single one of us has at least one collection of something. Depending on a lot of factors, including financial possibilities, but also needs and wants, these collections can include anything from meaningless items to extremely valuable objects...
Triumph 1200 X Is the New Hot Entry in the World of British Scramblers
4 Oct 2023, 06:09 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / British bike maker Triumph likes to imagine itself as one of the main driving forces behind the motorcycle type we now know as the scrambler. Starting out in the 1950s as small-capacity dirt bikes raced on more or less dedicated tracks, many of the...
Ducati DesertX Rally Is So Fit for Off-Road It Can Make Short Work of Any Terrain
4 Oct 2023, 04:49 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Ducati DesertX is a relatively new entry in the motorcycle segment. The Italians first showed the bike back in 2021, introducing it as a stylish off-roader, a motorcycle for the dunes, if you will. In the few years that have passed since tha...
Harley-Davidson Gozu Is a Mechanical Kaiju Out for Jaeger Blood
3 Oct 2023, 11:00 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Say all you want about the two Pacific Rim movies, but I personally absolutely loved them. I mean, what's not to love about monsters from another dimension being met here on Earth by the firepower of giant human-controlled robots called Jaeger...
Harley-Davidson Lends LEDs to Lincoln Continental, Goes for the Price of a Porsche
3 Oct 2023, 09:57 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / September ended last week with two major car auctions taking place in the U.S., and both of them had their share of star cars going under the hammer. For the event that took place in New Orleans, one of the stars was this here 1965 Lincoln Continen...
Ripsaw M3 Robotic Vehicle Is a Glimpse Into America's Future Wars
3 Oct 2023, 07:53 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / For several years now the American military has been engaged in an all-out effort to modernize its ranks through robotic vehicles, the perceived way of conducting warfare in the future. And this effort seems to be accelerating as years pass and tec...
The 2025 Buell Super Cruiser Is Not Even Here Yet and People Already Go Nuts Over It
3 Oct 2023, 07:02 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Despite being one of the largest automotive markets on the planet, the U.S. is not overly rich in terms of bike makers presently doing business here. The two-wheeler industry is dominated by just two names, Harley-Davidson and Indian, with all the ...
Shelby Super Snake F-150 Gets Centennial Edition, Most HP of Any Street-Legal Shelby Truck
3 Oct 2023, 06:18 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / 2023 is the year the American car industry (and perhaps the world's) celebrates the Carroll Shelby centennial. That's right, that would be the 100th anniversary of the birth of one of the nation's most important automotive figures, s...
Nissan Hyper Urban Concept Previews Hardware Upgradable Cars
3 Oct 2023, 05:29 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Ever since technology has progressed enough to allow for such a thing, we've become accustomed to our vehicles getting regular software updates. Through them, the systems embedded in our cars get new or improved functionalities and they overal...
Harley-Davidson Purple 23 Is What Happens When a New Breakout 117 Simply Isn't Enough
2 Oct 2023, 11:03 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Enough time has passed since the introduction of the new Harley-Davidson Breakout with a 117 engine in the frame for us to start witnessing a rush going through the custom industry. That happens as more and more garages get hold of the bike and sta...
Hawaii-Bred 1932 Chevrolet Woodie Is Now Just as Valuable as a Ferrari Purosangue
2 Oct 2023, 10:02 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / I knew for the moment I set my eyes on this custom build that'll make a splash at the auction it was supposed to sell. What I wasn't expecting was for it to go for the money one would pay for a brand-new Ferrari Purosangue. The Italian...
Manta Ray Underwater Drone Testing Underway, Doesn't Quite Look Like What We Were Promised
2 Oct 2023, 08:09 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As the importance of underwater drones for military operations increases, so does the interest of research agencies and companies in them. Several projects are in the process of being researched, including the very spectacular DARPA-led one called ...
Flash Gordon Rocket Ship Imagined as Real-Life Explorer, Visits All Sol's Planets
2 Oct 2023, 07:32 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Even in the long-gone times when technology was unable to help us with our dreams of space exploration, humans still managed to leave the confines of our own planet thanks to imagination. In our species' mind, humans have already done that lon...
Fat Tire Volcon Grunt EVO Electric Bike Ready for Off-Road, Has Texas Written All Over It
2 Oct 2023, 06:44 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The end of September brought with it long-awaited news for those who have heard a thing or two about a crew describing itself "the first all-electric, off-road powersports company." Volcon by its full name, the company finally announced t...
Third-Gen Toyota Tacoma Undergoes Huge Facial Reconstruction, Is Now the Renoca Windansea
2 Oct 2023, 05:59 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / In the overly crowded American pickup truck market, the Toyota Tacoma has somehow managed to turn itself into one of the segment's pillars. Having been around ever since 1995, it has a tendency to go through very long generations, but that doe...
3 Alternative Scenarios NASA Considered Before Deciding to Crash the ISS
30 Sep 2023, 23:38 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The International Space Station (ISS) has been orbiting our planet for more than two decades now. Its story began with the launch of the first component in 1998, and since that time it has been visited by hundreds of humans, both trained astronauts...
Harley-Davidson Le Mans Costs a Ford Mustang and a Chevrolet Camaro Combined
30 Sep 2023, 22:20 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / In the world of motorsport the name Le Mans is always spoken with awe and respect. The place designated by it has for ages been home to one of the most important motorsport events in the world, the famous 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance race. Beca...
Café Racer Bikes: From the Ton-Up Boys to the Classic British Hybrids
30 Sep 2023, 08:01 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / I'm guessing no one ever tried to see whether there are more car lovers out there than there are motorcycle fans. But one look, even superficial, and what both sides do with the vehicles they love makes it instantly clear moto guys and gals wi...
50-Year-Old Dodge Charger Looks Like a Newborn, And It's a 440 Magnum
29 Sep 2023, 23:20 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / In the mid-1960s the fight on the then-nascent muscle car segment was just heating up. The early heavyweights of the breed, Ford's Mustang and Chevrolet's Camaro, were soon to be joined by others wearing other branding, as everybody was l...