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.
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...
This Funky-Looking Gulfstream G550 VIP Plane Can Disrupt Enemy Comms
13 Sep 2023, 07:46 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / In the world of business jets, the name Gulfstream G550 speaks volumes. Introduced in 2004, hence a relative newcomer to aviation, the plane is so successful it recently marked an important milestone: one million landings. The number applies to ...
American Hero Sets New Record for Most Consecutive Days in Space on His First Mission
13 Sep 2023, 06:56 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Way back in the spring of last year the American space agency announced a new record for most consecutive days spent in space by one of its astronauts. The man's name is Mark Vande Hei, and at the time his record read 355 days in low-Earth orb...
$650 Venator-Class Attack Cruiser Will Soon Land on Your Desk as a 5,300-Piece LEGO Set
13 Sep 2023, 06:25 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / LEGO is one of the biggest Star Wars fans in the world. At least that's the feeling I get from where I'm standing as I watch how the Danish company releases set after set after set of related plastic brick models. The latest such unveilin...
America's New B-21 Raider Nuclear Bomber Begins Engine Runs, Plane Shot Out in the Open
13 Sep 2023, 05:35 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / It doesn't happen every day for the planet's most advanced nation to release a new military aircraft, so when it does the eyes of the world turn in America's direction. And that's exactly what happened at the end of last year, w...
Rockford Fosgate Sound System for Polaris Ranger Is Nasty Enough to Scare Sasquatch Away
12 Sep 2023, 17:02 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Side-by-sides are a special breed of vehicles. Far from appealing to all of us, they are the perfect tools for diehard fans of off-roading with a twist, or for hardworking Americans in need of reaching remote places. The nature of these machines...
Harley-Davidson Evo 240 Is a Carbureted Beast With All the Proper Mods
12 Sep 2023, 10:16 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Between 1984 and 1999 American bike maker Harley-Davidson fitted some of the bikes it made with an engine called Evolution. It was such a great piece of engineering that, regardless of the models that used it (most of them Softails), they collectiv...
1965 Lincoln Continental Has Harley-Davidson LEDs, Train Horn, Because Luxury Needs That
12 Sep 2023, 09:38 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American carmaker Ford launched the Continental bloodline all the way back in 1939, and with sporadic interruptions it managed to keep it in production until 2020. There is no question though that of the ten generations that went by during all this...
Porsche Taycan Cross Turismo Climbs So High in Tibet It Sets New Altitude Change Record
12 Sep 2023, 07:03 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Electric cars have been around for a long enough time now that few of us still question their capabilities. Yet some people (and carmakers) still feel the need to prove EVs are just as capable as ICE cars, so they keep pulling incredible stunts. Li...
X-Wing Prop From Star Wars A New Hope Is Selling for the Price of Ten Dodge Challenger R/T
12 Sep 2023, 06:24 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Almost five decades after the first movie was launched, Star Wars still is a true global phenomenon, in more ways than we can count. Just think about how some prop used in the very first movie of the saga is now selling for about as much as a rando...
Harley-Davidson Postman Has a Rear Bag so Large It Dwarfs Everything Else
11 Sep 2023, 09:44 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As you're reading this American bike maker Harley-Davidson is not only selling motorcycles for the civilian market, but highly specialized ones for emergency services as well, three for police use, and another two for what Harley calls rescue ...
Blinding White 1966 Chevrolet C10 Has the Interior of an Old-Fashioned American Diner
11 Sep 2023, 08:56 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The end of the month is fast approaching, and with it will come two major auctions organized by two of America's largest companies playing in this field. One of these auctions, the one which will be held by Mecum in Dallas, Texas, is packed fu...
Aggressor F-16s Over Alaska and Soldiers Jumping Into Doha Made the USAF Great Last Week
11 Sep 2023, 07:04 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Most of the world has already entered the autumn months, and for most of us that means a drastic change in routine compared to what happened in the summer: kids are returning to school, work becomes more intensive, and there's a lot of prepari...
Custom Bikes Recap: Harley-Davidson Breakout on $27k Wheels, Plus Four More Insane Rides
11 Sep 2023, 05:20 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The first week of September was filled with incredible custom bikes, fine examples of two-wheeled engineering wonders we dug up from builders in Russia, Japan, and the Old Continent. As usual on Mondays, we take a look back at what the custom motor...
Widebody 2017 Dodge Challenger Mimics a 1969 Chevy Camaro, Because Why Not
9 Sep 2023, 23:30 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / There are many ancient rivalries in the automotive world, some of them so intense they forever made a dent in the way society is shaped in our time. Today we're going to have a look at how some of these rivalries have interesting effects, to s...
Harley-Davidson Samu Is the Finnish Breakout You Didn't Know Existed
9 Sep 2023, 22:20 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / I'm not entirely sure how many of you now reading this are familiar with a Finnish rock band going by the name Sunrise Avenue, but in case you don't know much about it, you'd probably want to get in the loop fast. Because I don'...
The "Fast & Furious" Motorcycles: Few and Far Between
9 Sep 2023, 07:33 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / It's been several months since the tenth installment of the Fast and Furious saga hit theaters and I must admit, the movie did not disappoint: it was just as bad as I expected, if not worse in some respects. Even so, it's the fifth-highes...
1970 AMC Javelin SST Trans Am Edition Is Three Shades of Amazing
8 Sep 2023, 23:20 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / There are many cars from the 1950s to 1980s that still mean a lot for the car collectors of today, and some of them for the wider public as well. We've got things like the muscle and/or pony Camaros and Mustangs, the pickup trucks of the segme...
Harley-Davidson Black Rush Is How Darkness Rides on Custom Wheels
8 Sep 2023, 22:12 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / If you squint a bit and look at the bike we have here sideways, you might be inclined to believe you're looking at a slightly mutated Harley-Davidson Pan America. But that couldn't be further than the truth, as this is in fact a Low Rider...
Harley-Davidson Blue Breakout Wonder. And Nothing Else Matters
8 Sep 2023, 11:43 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Blue. A color so vivid and relaxing all of us enjoy, but mostly in its natural form: in the sky, in the water, in the lover's eyes. A color so vivid and alive it almost never looks good on a motorcycle. Except for the ones made by Bundnerbike....