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
Secret X-37B Unmanned Space Plane Lands After 673 Days on Orbit
22 Oct 2014, 14:51 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / What’s 9-meter long, looks like NASA’s space shuttle, has no man onboard and flies for almost two years? Yep, it’s the US X-37B space plane which just landed after completing a god-knows-what experiment on the Earth’s orbit....
Toyota Launching Cheap Electric Vehicle Sub-Brand in China
22 Oct 2014, 13:41 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Remember when Toyota said it won’t further invest in pure electric vehicles because hydrogen power is the key of future transportation? It looks like that doesn’t apply in China, because the Japanese automaker is launching a new sub bra...
New 4-in-1-Piston Engine Concept to Rival Hybrids
22 Oct 2014, 12:37 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Despite being in use for more than a century, combustion engines are still way to complex and inefficient in turing fossil fuel to mechanical work. Naturally, engineers have been battling their way through to solve this problem since day one, makin...
Hydrogen Cars to Benefit from Coconut Kernels
22 Oct 2014, 09:39 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / The problem with fuel cell cars is that the hydrogen they need to create electricity on board is quite expensive to store safely. Thus a lot more money needs to be invested into the infrastructure, with tougher and safer materials being required. L...
Here’s the Formula E Circuit Layout for Miami ePrix
21 Oct 2014, 17:27 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Seeing the upcoming Formula E circuit in Miami being composed of straight lines and 90-degree corners might set you up thinking these electric single-seaters are rubbish and can’t turn properly. But you’d be wrong. They're at least...
Apple Turning the iPhone into Your Car Key - Patent Applied
21 Oct 2014, 16:52 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / The idea of controlling your car over from a distance came around with the invention of anti-theft alarms, with arming/disarming being done from a key fob. Time went by and the industry appears to develop plans in ditching the whole car key idea. T...
Why Scion FR-S Drivers Get More Speeding Tickets than Subaru BRZ Owners
21 Oct 2014, 15:31 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / I recently came across a survey saying that Scion FR-S drivers get more speeding tickets than Subaru BRZ owners along with people asking how can this be possible and should they be worried about affecting insurance costs. At first, the story might ...
Record-Beating Electric Dragster Reaches Over 300 MPH on the Drawing Board
21 Oct 2014, 10:02 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Do you know those nitro nostalgia dragsters with engines placed in front of the driver? Yeah, they’re there only for show and probably more of today’s gas/nitromethane dragsters will sit next to them in the future because it seems there...
Ford Made a Seat that Detects Heart Attacks
21 Oct 2014, 09:03 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Ford thinks in the future we’ll see a lot of old drivers hanging on to their car keys for as long as its physically possible to drive. And you know what happens when an old person refuses to give up on riding his/her car. Without being dis...
167 Tesla Model S Fleet for Amsterdam’s Green Schiphol Airport
21 Oct 2014, 08:51 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Planning a trip to Amsterdam? Here’s what you won’t burn there as soon as you step out of the airplane - fossil fuels, as the Schiphol airport just became a bit more... greener. In an attempt to become one of the most eco-friendly ai...
Project Cars Gets Delayed until Spring 2015
20 Oct 2014, 16:31 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Yes we are mad too. Our plans to drink hot cocoa next to a PS4 playing Project CARS this winter are ruined as the developer officially said the game got delayed for next spring. Bugger... Initially set to hit shelves on November 21st for PC, Pla...
South Pole Explorer ICE Tricycle Goes On Sale
20 Oct 2014, 16:19 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Riding a bicycle is both fun and healthy, yet still there are people that find these two-wheeled vehicles quite uncomfortable to sit on, especially during longer trips when that narrow saddle will eventually give you a numb crotch. Luckily you can ...
Jay Leno Reviews a 1937 Ford Woodie Restomod
20 Oct 2014, 15:49 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Until rumors about Jay getting back on TV in a new car-related show, it’s time to see the showman’s most recent classic car review - a restomoded 1937 Ford Woodie family car. The whole idea to fit cars a wooden structure for the pass...
Twin-Engine Citroen 2CV Rally Car On Sale - Dirt Cheap
20 Oct 2014, 14:54 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Yeah, that pose above depicting a Citroen 2CV raising dirt like a pro rally car looks like some Photoshop trickery, since the original car was powered by a 9 hp engine. However, this one has two and it’s for sale. No, not two 9 hp engines,...
Man-Powered Watercraft from Kickstarter Going for World Speed Record
20 Oct 2014, 12:57 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / We heard London wants to build a £600-million ($956 million) floating pathway for bicycles on the river Thames to fight against rush-hour traffic. Well, that’s a bit costly, reason why we raise you this Kickstarter project that might be...
2015 Lexus LS Coming with Improved Infotainment and Suspension Upgrade
20 Oct 2014, 10:30 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Yeah, Lexus has been busy recently with the RC sports coupe (RC F version included) and the all-new NX compact crossover, but that doesn’t mean the company forgot about its flagship sedan, the LS, the car that launched them into the business....
2015 Toyota GT 86 Gets Price Cut in the UK via New Entry Level Trim
20 Oct 2014, 08:50 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / The Toyota GT 86 is all about driving and having fun the simple way - letting the car’s behavior bring a smile on your face, not it’s geeky gadgets. In this respect, Toyota UK decided to create another entry trim level, with even less u...
Lexus NX Gets Priced for the US Market
17 Oct 2014, 09:54 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Although the Lexus NX is still to be found in the “Soon to come” section of the automaker’s website, we’ll spare you the waiting and reveal a first look at how the two crossover variants will be priced. As you might alrea...
Smart Programmable Bending Carbon Fibre Could Change Cars
15 Oct 2014, 16:39 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Imagine some parts of your car could change their shape on the go to improve efficiency. You’ll say there are actually such systems available, like active shutters, flaps or wings, but then I’ll tell you those add weight to the whole de...
Toyota Recalling Over 1.5 Million Cars - Brakes, Fuel System Issues
15 Oct 2014, 16:00 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / In this year’s recalls race, Toyota is still in second place after General Motors, but it seems to slowly catch up as another massive recall has been announced, involving nearly 2 million cars scattered around the globe that may suffer from b...