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.
Roofless 1947 Chevy 3100 Pickup Truck Falls Short of Being Truly Something
8 Sep 2023, 10:50 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Chevrolet 3100 is a constant presence in the news, despite the fact it hasn't been made new for close to seven decades now. The half-ton representative of a line of pickup trucks Chevy used to call Advance-Design is constantly being reimag...
Mixed Reality System Is What Points This Robot Tank to the Enemy
8 Sep 2023, 09:55 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / It's been a while since airborne drones have become an integral part of combat operations, and the value they bring to their operators is undeniable. So now the push is to make remote controlled and even autonomous machines a part of ground wa...
New Rolls-Royce Engines for the B-52 Stratofortress to Wrap Up Testing by the End of 2023
8 Sep 2023, 09:15 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Military aircraft have a tendency to stick around for long periods of time after they were introduced, especially the ones made over in the U.S.. Feeding on constant upgrades being made at the request of the Air Force, fighter jets, bombers, and he...
Aprilia RS 457 Is the Hot New Kid on the Sport Bike Block
8 Sep 2023, 08:49 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / It's not every day we get news for Italian bike maker Aprilia, but every time we do hear something from them, these guys seem hell-bent on making us feel the wait was worth it. I mean, just look at the brand new and shiny RS 457 that's re...
BMW Unleashes New F GS Range with Extensive Changes and More Power
8 Sep 2023, 07:59 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / It wasn't that long ago when we learned German bike maker BMW Motorrad was planning to launch a new interpretation of some of its most important bikes in the touring enduro segment, the F GS range. And this week it did, providing us with all t...
Ducati XDiavel Piombo-X Is Hardcore as Only a Russian Harley-Davidson Can Be
7 Sep 2023, 11:36 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / There are several important and impressive bikes in the Ducati portfolio at the time of writing, but few of them are as visually powerful as the XDiavel. That would be a no-nonsense, unique sport cruiser the Italians are selling in three variants, ...
1967 Chevrolet C10 Is the Sleeper Pickup No One Can See Coming
7 Sep 2023, 10:52 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Say you travel down the road on a Sunday afternoon in your high-spec car, and this beat-down Chevy pickup truck passes you by. The driver makes it clear they'd like to race for a bit. Satisfied you're going to trash the truck, you agree, ...
F-35 Lightning Flies With New Quad Core Computer Brain for Navy and Air Force
7 Sep 2023, 10:19 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The F-35 Lightning is the youngest military aircraft currently in operation. It arrived onto the scene in the mid-2000s as one of the world's first fifth-generation aircraft (the second one in the American arsenal after the F-22 Raptor), but a...
M1E3 Abrams Will Be America's 2040 Main Battle Tank
7 Sep 2023, 09:31 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / With the rise to power of military aircraft, and in more recent times that of killer drones, the role of the battle tank seems to have diminished. That's made painfully clear by the war taking place in Ukraine: tanks are there, fighting for bo...
BMW iX5 Hydrogen Gets Really Hot in the Desert, Nothing Breaks
7 Sep 2023, 08:50 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Somewhere in the back of our minds, we all know there is a potentially better alternative to turning the automotive industry green than going for battery electric vehicles: hydrogen. Sadly, because developments on this front are very rare, that kno...
2024 KTM 890 Adventure R Rally Promises a Literal African Desert Experience for Anyone
7 Sep 2023, 08:08 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / It's not hard for the maker of probably the world's best rally motorcycles to use the experience it gained over the years with this kind of bike and expand the same capabilities to more segments. Like, say, create a rally-adventure bike t...
Harley-Davidson Emburo Is the Physical Manifestation of Darkness
6 Sep 2023, 10:32 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / More than 20 years ago Harley-Davidson decided to enter the world of muscle bikes and challenge the leaders of the segment, Japanese companies, with something it called the VRSC. That's short for V-twin racing street custom, and like the name ...
Scary Low 1964 Chevrolet C10 Once Refused to Sell for $200,000, Here It Goes Again
6 Sep 2023, 09:48 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The custom car industry is incredibly vast, and it often feels that many of the amazing projects that pop out all across the nation go to waste by not being properly recognized by the media, collectors, and car lovers in general. But that's no...
Toyota Tacoma Is the Preppers' Choice for End-of-Days Bug Out Vehicle
6 Sep 2023, 09:07 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / I used to watch with interest and a bit of judgmental thinking all the efforts some people made to prepare for the end of days. That's because back when I was younger the prospect of something cataclysmic hitting our society seemed very remote...
Factory-Made 2024 KTM 450 Rally Replica Is Almost as Good as a Dakar Bike
6 Sep 2023, 07:42 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Austrian bike maker KTM likes to describe itself as "the most successful team in rally history," not only in a broader sense, but with specific reference to the world's most grueling such competition, the Dakar Rally. And it's f...
Just One Country Will Get This Limited Edition Version of the Land Rover Defender 110
6 Sep 2023, 06:58 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Just two days separate us from the moment when the tenth edition of the Rugby World Cup will kick off over in France. Starting with September 8 and for the following month or so, fans of one of the most popular sports on one side of the planet will...
The B-EAST Is the Weirdest 1979 MGB GT Ever, And It Might Just Become a Hot Wheel
5 Sep 2023, 10:32 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The MGB may not be one of the most globally famous cars out there, but if the owner of one of these babies has it his way, the British-made sports car might become commonplace in households around the world as… a Hot Wheel. The MGC is a m...
Harley-Davidson Glatzzomobil Stands Tall and Proud on Huge Riser and Large Wheels
5 Sep 2023, 09:40 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / One of the perks of working for a custom motorcycle shop is that you can bet on the project you make for yourself will be right up there at the top of priorities for you entire crew. And it'll be unique, too, as you can easily make sure no one...
This 1979 Lincoln Continental Batmobile Was Signed by Batman Right Before He Died
5 Sep 2023, 08:52 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Like the character or not, chances are you stumbled upon Batman at least once in your lifetime. Like most of us, you most likely did that thanks to a cinema or TV screen, as Batman movies and TV series have been around since 1943. Given the onsl...
1932 Chevy Honolulu LuLu With Matching Trailer and Surfboard Is a Hawaii-Style Beauty
5 Sep 2023, 08:05 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / In most places on this Earth summer is officially over. Sure, the temperatures outside don't really attest to that, but it's doubtful many of us still think about days at the beach anymore. And then we come across something that scream...