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.
Ducati Multistrada Talks to Lamborghini Urus During V2V Tech Demo
18 Sep 2023, 06:35 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Now that the cars we drive are more like gadgets on wheels than tools to satisfy our basic transportation needs, the automotive world can finally turn its attention to something that it has been pursuing far too long now: making cars and motorcycle...
America's Hypersonic Weapon Interceptor Now Cooking Over at Boeing
18 Sep 2023, 05:33 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / There is no doubt that the future of warfare will be centered on two new types of weapons: the highly versatile drones, and the nearly unstoppable hypersonic missile. Both of them are used in the world's largest current conflict, the one in Uk...
Tribal 1937 Chevrolet Pickup Truck Can Poke Your Eyes Out With Its Huge Beer Lever
16 Sep 2023, 23:28 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / You often hear things, no matter what they are, used to be better in the old days. Most of the time people saying this are right, but I'm not entirely sure the saying applies to this amazing 1937 Chevrolet truck, which also grows in appeal tha...
Wacky Custom Frame Rocks Mighty Harley-Davidson Engine, Becomes Derbe
16 Sep 2023, 22:16 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / For connoisseurs of the custom motorcycle scene, the name Fred Kodlin needs little introduction. The German-born went into the customization business about four decades ago, and grew into such a pillar of the industry that in 2007 the became the fi...
The 10 Most Reliable Motorcycles for Beginners (As of 2023)
16 Sep 2023, 10:46 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The thrills one feels upon getting a motorcycle license can quickly turn into something really unpleasant if the early months of riding are not spent on the back of the proper machine. In essence, choosing the right bike may spell the difference be...
1934 Dodge Is the Eye-Popping Hot-n-Pink Pickup Truck You Can't Unsee
15 Sep 2023, 23:46 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The custom car world is a very diverse one, but despite this you can always bet on certain kinds of vehicles to be in a more favorable position than others. Like, say, the pickup trucks of old, who appear will always turn heads around and pockets i...
Rare Harley-Davidson FXR Gets a Huge S&S Heart Transplant, Becomes Something Special
15 Sep 2023, 22:02 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Many of the motorcycle models Harley-Davidson has made over the years, some of them already decades old, still capture the headlines today thanks to talented custom garages that give them a second, more flamboyant life. Try as you might, you won�...
Harley-Davidson Steel Force Beats American Muscle Cars Senseless in One Key Aspect
15 Sep 2023, 10:33 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / For the past few months or so German custom motorcycle garage Thunderbike has been very busy releasing a lot of new projects into the wild. As usual, we're dealing with very exciting builds, but we've noticed something particularly curiou...
1963 Chevrolet Impala Needed Four Years to Get Such a Clean Shave, Time Well Spent
15 Sep 2023, 08:53 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / For anyone in the market for a classic American car, the Chevrolet Impala is always a solid option. Not only is it one of the most popular models ever made, but there are so many of them still out there that it's nearly impossible not to find ...
Spacemaster Is the Wacky Shuttle That Might Have Been, CGI Makes It Fly for the First Time
15 Sep 2023, 08:08 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Although it was nothing more than a sort of commuter ride between the surface of our planet and low-Earth orbit (meaning it didn't go to much more glorious places like the Moon or Mars), the Space Shuttle was one of the most successful spacesh...
SpaceX Cold Starts Vacuum-Ready Raptor Engine Meant for Starship Moon Lander
15 Sep 2023, 06:51 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The world is getting ready for next year's launch of the first crewed Artemis mission to the Moon. It's a limited-scope one, but if all goes well, it will open the doors later in 2025 to Artemis III, the flight that will place American bo...
2024 Yamaha WR450F Heats Up the Enduro Segment With Some Serious Changes
15 Sep 2023, 06:13 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / For one reason or another, the second week of September seems to be the perfect time for bike makers to unleash their most capable enduro machines. After we've seen the Swedes from Husqvarna pull the veils off the FE 350 Pro and TE 300 Pro a c...
Harley-Davidson Dark Coffee Will Keep You Up All Night Guessing
14 Sep 2023, 09:43 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / We've been covering custom motorcycles for a long time here on autoevolution, constantly tracking the dealings of a large number of custom shops and bringing to light their most exciting products. And we've noticed something very peculiar...
Lifted 1966 Lincoln Continental Is the Good Kind of Nasty
14 Sep 2023, 08:05 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Ever since Edsel Ford had his 1939 Lincoln-Zephyr convertible made with European styling, the name Continental meant nothing but a line of luxury cars. They are no longer around in new form, as Ford pulled the plug on the model in 2020, but Lincoln...
Repurposed Space Shuttle RS-25 Engines to Fly Alongside New Ones on Artemis II Rocket
14 Sep 2023, 07:35 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / We're all for reusing and repurposing objects and materials instead of simply throwing the stuff away, but what NASA is doing with the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket is next-level recycling. The SLS is the rocket that will enable the retu...
2023 Toyota Tundra Has Misleading Load-Carrying Capacity Modification Label, Recall Issued
14 Sep 2023, 06:40 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / It's been less than a month since Toyota pulled the veils off the new, 2024 model year Tundra, and pickup-loving Americans probably can't wait to get their hands on the vehicle. Those who already have one from the 2023 model year, however...
Prime Video Launches in the Polestar 2 So You Won't Get Bored While It's Charging
14 Sep 2023, 06:01 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As soon as electric cars turned into norm it became immediately clear that the new age of the automobile will not only mean a shift from fossil fuels to electricity, but also a transformation of cars from simple vehicles to gadgets on wheels. Al...
2024 Husqvarna Enduros Have Been Designed for Pros
14 Sep 2023, 05:25 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / It takes a lot of work to become an experienced motorcycle rider, and even much more to become an enduro expert. That's why most of the time the bikes made for this segment are targeted directly at pro riders. And the new 2024 Husqvarna range ...
Harley-Davidson Forty-Eight With a Touch of Ferrari Is How All Sportsters Should Look Like
13 Sep 2023, 10:08 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Harley-Davidson Sportster range is one of the most acclaimed to ever roll out the American bike maker's assembly lines. Born all the way back in 1957, it's still alive and kicking in the form of the Sportster S and two Nightsters. ...
1962 Chevrolet Bel Air Looks Like the Queen of Bubble Tops
13 Sep 2023, 08:26 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Chevrolet Bel Air is one of the most successful cars in the golden era of American carmaking. Not only because it lasted on the market for more than three decades and was made in large numbers, but also because the collectors of today go really...