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.
Harley-Davidson Soulbreaker Is Sportster So Delicious It Will Make You Happy, Not Sad
28 Apr 2023, 08:48 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Any year Harley-Davidson Sportster looks great in its stock form, but this breed of American two-wheeler seems to have specifically been created to be transformed into scrambler-style builds. At least that's the feeling one gets when looking a...
ChatGPT AI Now Has a Robot Body, It Will Talk Its Way to World Domination
27 Apr 2023, 12:34 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Not long ago, for one reason or another, I made a statement here on autoevolution, essentially declaring that as long as AIs don't have physical bodies, there's nothing to be worried about. Well, guess what…? The following story...
2023 H-D Street and Road Glides Promise CVO Greatness, Including New Milwaukee-Eight 121
27 Apr 2023, 10:59 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Like it or not, every new model announcement coming from Harley-Davidson gets people all worked up: customers can't wait to see what's new, customizers start dreaming of their next projects, and the competition looks on with relative unea...
More Pics of the Indian FTR Loeb Released, Here's a Bike Never Meant for American Riders
27 Apr 2023, 09:40 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Back in February, at a time when motorcycle fans were still recovering from the flood of new models unleashed by Harley-Davidson for the 2023 model year, rivals from Indian were announcing a special and ultra-limited version of their mighty FTR. Th...
Harley-Davidson Death Heat Is How a Proper Vintage Softail Slim Should Look Like
27 Apr 2023, 08:35 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / For all intents and purposes, the Harley-Davidson Softail Slim is a modern-day motorcycle. It was introduced about a decade ago and true, it was made in such a way as to project a vintage appearance, but the stock appearance didn't even come c...
Lufthansa Airbus A350 Has Strange Weapon-Like Attachment, It's Not Meant for War
26 Apr 2023, 11:47 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / With all the climate changes taking place around us, having a good picture of what's going on with our planet is the only way for us to plan ahead and be prepared. Luckily, the technology at our disposal allows us, for the most part, to achiev...
Meteoroid Strike on Far Side of Mars Reveals Exciting New Details About Planet's Core
26 Apr 2023, 10:53 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / People have been looking at Mars and even sending stuff up there for so long that we feel we know the place by heart: it's a reddish, dead world bathed in blueish light, filled with dust, and ready to welcome us humans when we eventually dare ...
First-of-Its-Name 1968 Pontiac Firebird Ram Air II Surfaces as Restored, Race-Bred Beauty
26 Apr 2023, 09:45 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / We all love a good custom car from time to time, but most of us must admit few of these projects rise to the quality and appeal of stock, restored vehicles. Especially when we're talking about a product that is one way or another relevant to t...
Custom Harley-Davidson Heritage Has Mustang's Eleanor Name, And the Mustang Doesn't Mind
26 Apr 2023, 08:38 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Eleanor is possibly the most famous girl's name slapped onto a car. It goes back as far as 1974, when Henry Blight Halicki released the first Gone in 60 Seconds movie, but it was made even more famous by the 2000 remake, starring dynamic duo N...
Oldest Aircraft Carrier in the World Nails 350,000th Aircraft Trap, Must Be a Record
25 Apr 2023, 13:15 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / It's not every day that a piece of military equipment is in a position to celebrate some sort of historic landmark. That's why this latest achievement by the USS Nimitz aircraft carrier is one for the history books. The Nimitz was laun...
God of Savage War Lends Its Name to New Kind of Military Helicopter, the Airbus Ares
25 Apr 2023, 10:01 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / In Greek mythology, the name Ares is perhaps even more potent than that of Zeus. The ancients used it to describe the god of war – not just any war, but savage, bloody, hatred-filled war. It's also a common name for our favorite planet i...
The 2023 KTM 890 SMT Is a "Long-Range Supermoto Weapon" Americans Won't Fire This Year
25 Apr 2023, 09:05 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / We've known for a while now that Austrian bike maker KTM is going back to the Supermoto Touring segment this year, and anticipation was high among fans of the black and orange brand. This week, the wait is finally over, as KTM pulled the w...
Black and Chrome Harley-Davidson Naga Is the Custom Build You’ll Remember Seeing This Week
25 Apr 2023, 08:09 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Despite the world of custom motorcycle builders being so diverse, it doesn't happen all that often for them to be incredibly creative when it comes to naming their products. There is the case of the Japanese from Bad Land, though, whose rides ...
Here Are the Routes You Need to Take to Reach the Harley-Davidson Homecoming Festival
24 Apr 2023, 10:00 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / This July, the first-ever Harley-Davidson Homecoming festival kicks off in the company’s home city of Milwaukee. Being a company-sanctioned event, it’ll also be very high-profile, packed with events, and a general joy to attend. Sinc...
New Starship Launch Photos Look Like They Show the End of Days
24 Apr 2023, 09:12 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / On April 20, 2023, the fully assembled Starship took off for the first time. It was supposed to prove the latest SpaceX contraption can reach orbit and then safely come back to Earth. Instead, it “experienced a rapid unscheduled disassembly b...
This Rocket Could Have Been More Spectacular Than the SpaceX Starship (and the SLS)
24 Apr 2023, 08:25 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The talk of the week (and the coming ones as well) in space exploration is undoubtedly the successfully failed launch of the SpaceX Starship. Supposed to reach orbit for the first time, the machine that was eventually to spawn Moon- and Mars-bound ...
Harley-Davidson Wandering Joe Is a Visual Bomb on Wheels, Both Modern and Vintage
24 Apr 2023, 07:39 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Starting at $16,599, the Harley-Davidson Street Bob is a solid proposition for anyone willing to be introduced to the world of the Milwaukee bike maker. And the ride has plenty to offer, even in its stock form. For the more experienced riders thoug...
1963 Ford Galaxie “X-Men Blue” Prototype Is an R-Code Beast That Fails to Impress
22 Apr 2023, 23:26 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The past weekend (April 13-15) was one filled with excitement for classic and custom car lovers in America. Two of the nation’s largest auction houses, Barrett-Jackson and Mecum, held two of the year's largest sales in Palm Beach and Hou...
Harley-Davidsson Ole Bull Is Either Out for Matador Blood or Plans to Play the Violin
22 Apr 2023, 21:58 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / No matter where you are on this planet of ours, you're probably aware of what bullfighting is all about. Made famous by the Spanish corrida, it's a sport (if it can be called that) not for the weak of heart or animal lovers. There are ...
1956 Ford F-100 Is So Cool Someone Had No Problem Paying Mercedes-AMG G Money for It
21 Apr 2023, 23:20 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / It’s been so long since the Ford F-Series family of pickup trucks climbed to the top of the sales charts in its segment that it seems nothing else exists out there. And the fact that the new pickups, the likes of the F-150, are almost constan...