Gabriel Brindusescu
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Personal motto:
Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall, torque is how far you take the wall with you.
Later, his dad taught him how to drive on a field and from that point he started driving everything that had 4 wheels and an engine, including a van, a truck and a tractor. He usually annoys his friends by taking the keys and driving their cars when they have to go somewhere.
When it comes to car preferences, he will tell you that classic cars are the best, especially old American muscle. There are few modern day cars that get him really excited, and don’t ever dare to ask him about hybrids or EVs if you don’t want to see him
Cars’ Mater Goes Nuts and Shreds its Tires
18 Dec 2014, 10:55 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / You’re not in Radiator Springs anymore. This is the Sydney Dragway in Australia and it look to be the place where Mater, form the Cars movie saga, likes to come and have some fun. From tractor-cow tipping to shredding its rear tires all th...
2016 Toyota Tacoma Teased Again, This Time from the Front
18 Dec 2014, 10:19 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / It’s clear as daylight that the next Toyota Tacoma will look more rough and manly at last. And we have a new teaser photo to prove that. Following the Lexus performance sedan teasers, Toyota decided it’s cool to give us another glimp...
Lexus Mystery F Sedan Teased Before Next Year Reveal at Detroit
18 Dec 2014, 09:51 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Last time we talked about a Lexus F sedan was when we took a look at some spyshots that were showing the upcoming GS F almost naked and apparently production ready. Now here comes Lexus with two intriguing teaser images to stir up the things even m...
Lunar Mission One Reaches Funding Target, To Begin Development Program
17 Dec 2014, 17:31 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Thanks to over 7,000 backers, Kickstarter project Lunar Mission One now has enough money to get things going and launch a robotic probe towards the Moon for the first time since the original Apollo landings. The independent company managed to ra...
Clean Hot and Rare Toyota Sera for Sale
17 Dec 2014, 16:58 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / The Toyota Sera is one of those cars made only for the Japanese market that managed to be strange enough to raise interest in other countries, reaching even Canada, from where this one is offered. Its name comes from the French word meaning &ldq...
Don’t Jerk and Drive - South Dakota’s Safety Campaign
17 Dec 2014, 16:33 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Can’t say what’s wrong with the auto industry putting out dubious messages like “Go fun yourself” from Toyota, but it looks to be the best way to reach a younger audience. Not even the authorities can’t back off from t...
Controversial Gadget Detects Police Cars Nearby Using Radio Frequency
17 Dec 2014, 15:51 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Ever been disappointed by your radar detector not doing its job properly and getting you a ticket? First of all, shame on you for speeding and secondly, there’s a new device to detect police cars which should be close to 100 percent effective...
Epic 600 HP Scion FR-S Drift Hoonage On the Twisties
17 Dec 2014, 15:11 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / This video pretty much sums up why the FA20 platform developed by Toyota and Subaru is awesome. Firstly, it’s cheap to buy, secondly, it’s a great starting car for beginner drifters and third, it allows you to go full berserk and transf...
GTA V Heists First Trailer Is Here, Comes Next Year
17 Dec 2014, 13:59 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / The much-awaited Heists DLC failed to get launched shortly after the remastered Grand Theft Auto V version for the PS4 and Xbox One, as Rockstar claimed a while ago. But the big update is on its way and the first trailer is here to give us a glimps...
Volvo Turning to the Internet to Boost Sales, Turns Away from Auto Shows
17 Dec 2014, 13:51 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / You might be thinking “Oh no, this must be a revolution! Every automaker will start ditching its dealership sales and move on to the Internet.” Sadly for some, this won’t happen too soon and the thing Volvo is doing here isn&rsquo...
2015 Toyota Camry Gets 5-Star NHTSA Rating
17 Dec 2014, 10:49 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / The NHTSA is done testing the 2015 Toyota Camry and guess what? It got the same five-star safety rating as with the previous model. A usual thing with modern cars now, but if you look into the details, it gets more interesting. OK, so the new Ca...
Toyota Engineers Unveil Odd Convertible SUV - the TES-CROSS
16 Dec 2014, 17:15 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / OK, we admit this is quite challenging to understand. The info on this TES-CROSS thing is limited and comes only in Japanese, a language known by one of our colleagues... who is on vacation. Luckily we still have Google here with us and with his...
C7 Corvette Valet Mode Records Parking Garage Hooning
16 Dec 2014, 16:53 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Get used to videos like this one, because the valet mode on the C7 Corvette will register abusive behaviors until everybody will learn about its existence. This guy surely had no idea about it and let his itchy right foot rev the beejesus out of th...
Bloodhound SSC Hybrid Rocket Motor Gets Tested, Set to Beat Land Speed Record
16 Dec 2014, 16:19 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / In case you haven’t heard about the Thrust SSC, that’s the fastest wheeled vehicle to have traveled on Earth so far. It broke the world landspeed record in 1997, clocking 1,228 km/h (763 mph), also becoming the first car to break the so...
The Mercedes Truck that Drove Porsche to Victory, Literally
16 Dec 2014, 15:18 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Porsche can be easily named the most successful automaker in motorsport, taking part and winning races in many branches. It started growing in the world of four-wheeled competitions during the 1960s, winning the Targa Forio, the Monte Carlo Rally, ...
Electric Vehicles Are No Greener than Gasoline Ones, Study Says
16 Dec 2014, 13:56 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / All you owning electric vehicles and bragging to everyone about how you help saving the planet and all, they’re useless. Well, not totally useless... but it depends how you charge them, or else they’re sooting the planet even more than ...
Nissan Breaks the Longest Twin Car Drift Record
16 Dec 2014, 12:29 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Drifting got popular in the Middle East in 2009, after the first regional competition got launched. It was pretty normal to catch on, since they like do drift every crappy car on the highway at insane speeds. It was just a matter of time, and this ...
GTA V Sandbox Mode Has Unique Vehicles and Everything Unlocked for Free
16 Dec 2014, 10:50 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Some people like to play Grand Theft Auto just to blow off some steam doing things they couldn’t do in real life. The GTA V Online version would be perfect to do this, but then the RPG (Role Play Game) element won’t let you, because at ...
EDAG Preparing a Leaf-Inspired Sportscar for Geneva - Light Cocoon
16 Dec 2014, 10:17 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Two things I’d like to make clear before continuing with this concept: one is the fact that cars need to get both resistant and as lightweight as possible in the future to conserve energy; and two, the EDAG Light Cocoon here is the perfect ex...
2015 Audi A3, S3 Crash Tested, Both Get Five-Star Ratings
16 Dec 2014, 09:40 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Thanks to several advanced tech features which are new to the entry luxury segment, the Audi A3 and S3 sedans are the only European premium compact sedans tested to receive a 5-star NHTSA and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) Top Sa...