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.
2024 KTM 450 SMR Stays the Same as Before, Only Better Dressed
17 May 2023, 15:53 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Most motorcycle makers out there have a habit of concentrating their new model year releases in a very short timeframe. It perhaps a better way to hide the not-so-extraordinary changes that are brought to famous motorcycle families most of the time...
Harley-Davidson "Racing Is Life" Brings Back Le Mans-Racing Porsches and Steve McQueen
17 May 2023, 15:39 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Despite American bike maker Harley-Davidson being a constant presence in some racing competitions, the moniker is not exactly known as a trendsetter in this field of human activity. That isn't stopping some folks out there from dreaming of suc...
Ducati SuperSport 950 S Breaks Cover in Stripe Livery to Make Sure It's Noticed
17 May 2023, 13:46 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The SuperSport moniker has been part of the Ducati lineup of motorcycles since the early 1970s, even if one can't really say the model has been in continuous production since. It's still around, as the 950 and the new 950 S. It's ...
Panther Pink 1970 Plymouth 'Cuda Is an Amazing Piece of Metal, But Still a Pink Car
17 May 2023, 13:24 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / If you ask me, pink is a bad color to choose for any car. By extension, that means whenever I see it sprayed on the body of a muscle car, all sorts of nasty things come to mind and mouth. I bet you were expecting me to say the pink car we have h...
Airbus Autonomous Helicopter Can Land on Ships in Rough Seas Within 8 Inches of Target
16 May 2023, 15:48 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / We're used to drones being a part of our lives now, but most of the time when drones come to mind they manifest either as small civilian ones used for shooting vacation videos or large, winged ones used for military purposes. But a new breed o...
Big Dog Chopper in Rick Fairless Kaleidoscope Finish Will Make You Forget All Your Worries
16 May 2023, 15:37 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Not long ago we brought you word of a full custom motorcycle put together by world-famous Orange County Choppers (OCC) going under the hammer this month in Indianapolis. That was an incredible bike, especially given how it was made at a time when O...
Arleigh Burke-Class Destroyer Is Back in Action After 75,000 Hours of Work
16 May 2023, 14:54 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / America's Navy is the owner of some of the most impressive pieces of hardware in this world, but aside from aircraft carriers the Arleigh Burke-class of missile-guided destroyers is without a doubt the most spectacular. This breed of ships ...
World's Largest Aircraft by Wingspan Drops Hypersonic Vehicle on Purpose During Test
16 May 2023, 13:20 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Because they're so common now and also spectacular in nature, reusable space vehicles get all the prime-time news, no matter if they're launched vertically from a pad or horizontally from under the wing of an airplane. Several compani...
The Daytona Custom Motorcycle Is Partially Harley-Davidson and Entirely Awesome
16 May 2023, 12:19 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / At the end of last year, German bike maker BMW Motorrad started rolling out a series of custom motorcycles based on the mighty and still new R 18 cruiser. The bikes were not put together by BMW itself, but by a series of custom garages across Europ...
NASA Surrounds Artemis II Service Module With Huge Speaker and Blast Sound at the Thing
16 May 2023, 07:57 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Space exploration is a fascinating human activity, but at times it does come across as strange. Like when NASA rocket scientists surrounded the Artemis II Service Module with huge speakers and blasted sound at the thing. The European Service Mod...
How Astronomers Choose What to Point the James Webb Telescope At
15 May 2023, 13:02 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / After years of waiting and billions of dollars spent on it, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) finally departed our planet back in 2021. Presently parked at Lagrange Point 2 (L2), 930,000 miles (1.5 million km) away from home, it has sent back t...
Harley-Davidson Rebel Boy Is the Killer Custom Way to Handle a Breakout
15 May 2023, 10:57 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / It's not at all uncommon for makers of Harley-Davidson aftermarket parts to at times try their own hand at assembling in-house brewed custom rides. After all, this is the main way for them to advertise their products and hone their skill. And ...
1964 Lincoln Continental Is the Yin Yang of Classic Luxury Car Restorations
15 May 2023, 09:53 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Few car families that still make the rounds today in one form or another can trace their roots back to the early years of the automotive industry. The Lincoln Continental is part of that list. Born as a personal vehicle for Edsel Ford in the lat...
World's First Artificial Gravity Space Station to Be Born With Help From SpaceX
15 May 2023, 08:05 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Humanity is no stranger to space stations. Ever since the Russian Salyut of the 1970s and up to the current International Space Station (ISS), we've grown accustomed to human beings spinning around our planet at distances of hundreds of miles....
USS Augusta Is the U.S. Navy’s Latest Littoral Combat Ship, Two More of Its Class Coming
15 May 2023, 07:27 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Depending on how and what they're used for, the U.S. Navy’s most important assets, its ships, fall into different categories. One of the most visible, even from the shores of both America and other nations, are the so-called Littoral Com...
A Pack of Eight Dust Devils Dance the Tornado Dance on the Surface of Mars
14 May 2023, 00:28 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Here on Earth tornadoes are some of the most destructive manifestations of nature. Born when the conditions are just right for rotation in the updraft to be achieved, they've been known to devastate communities and take lives. Over on Mars...
This 2011 Chevrolet Corvette Wildfire Is a One-Off Yenko Tribute Worth $125,000
13 May 2023, 22:34 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Americans love cars and the people who make them so much that, unlike anywhere else in the world, some names are impossible to separate from the brands that made them great. And by some names I mean the people who became engineering icons without a...
Harley-Davidson Californication Is the Perfect Breakout Build Wearing an Imperfect Name
13 May 2023, 21:48 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / For a few years between 2007 and 2014 a controversial TV series ran on Showtime. It was called Californication, and starred the man of X-Files fame, David Duchovny. If you're about my age, then the series rings a lot of bells. The simple me...
Raised Feature on Mars Looks Like Some Ancient Road, Weirdly Enough It Was Once a River
13 May 2023, 00:26 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / We're probably still a long way from the time when we'll be able to call planet Mars home, and see its surface dotted with cities connected by road, rail, or who knows what else. But for the dreamers among us, even the present-day day fea...
1965 Ford Mustang Devious Is Selling Again, This Time Cheaper and With Joe Rogan Ties
12 May 2023, 22:56 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Stand-up comedy is a matter of personal taste. Some like it subtle, others smack on, some like it elegant, others filled with profanity. Depending on what kind of individual you are, and how strongly you feel about some comedians, the following sto...