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
Volkswagen Says Fuel Cell Cars Will Be Popular in Japan Only
12 Sep 2014, 16:00 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / You can say some of Japan’s contributions to the automotive industry kinda failed to become popular on the global market. The kei car segment is one of them and now Volkswagen says the fuel cell cars will follow the same path. According to...
Toyota i-Road Ha:Mo Service Officially Debuts in Grenoble, France
12 Sep 2014, 14:46 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / With so many cars on the roads now, most of them hauling only one person, the city traffic gets clogged quite often, keeping people stuck from reaching their destination on time and making them thing if a normal car makes any sense now for the dail...
Street Legal 1992 LCC Rocket Single Seater for Sale
12 Sep 2014, 13:51 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / If you’re a hardcore driver and none of the supercars from this era are satisfying the need to punish yourself behind the wheel anymore, maybe you should go full berserk and drive an old Grand Prix single seater with no assists. Oh wait, you ...
2015 Toyota Tundra Goes All V8 - In Yo Face, Ozone Layer!
12 Sep 2014, 12:46 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Many automakers out there are switching to greener, smaller, boosted engines to consume and emit less. We know Toyota is the biggest of them all, promoting its hybrid vehicles and wanting to make the fuel cell technology happen. Still, the company ...
Formula E Championship Starts this Weekend - Here’s an App for That
12 Sep 2014, 12:17 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Those realizing the importance of the first all-electric racing championship starting this weekend might want to be in touch with the news regarding the event and even watch some live footage while on the go. Well, there’s an app for that now...
The Odd Pedalist Velomobile Might Take You to Work Soon
12 Sep 2014, 09:56 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / When you typically think of a velomobile, a low slung lightweight silhouette is what comes to mind first, fitted with skinny bicycle wheels, pedals and a rudimentary steering of some sort. Same can be said about the Pedalist; however, it comes with...
2014 Toyota Tundra Recalled for Air Bags Issue
12 Sep 2014, 09:24 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Feeling confident for not owning a GM bad-ignition-fitted car? Well, if you chose Toyota this year, you might have to go visit a dealership soon, as the automaker is recalling Tundra pickups for airbag deployment issues. Toyota issued a recall i...
The Next Toyota Hilux Rolling in Europe, Closer Shots
12 Sep 2014, 08:55 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / The next generation Toyota Hilux is finally coming to replace the current 10 years old version, which, lets be honest, is a capable and reliable machine but it can’t stand agains the VW Amarok or Ford Ranger when it comes to looks and interio...
New Electric Motor Type Is Under Development - Uses Electrostatic Forces
11 Sep 2014, 10:43 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Electric motors are almost everywhere; they’re in your refrigerator, blender, washing machine, the hair dryer, vacuum cleaner, electric toothbrush, toys, garage door opener and there is one even in your smartphone that is used to create vibra...
UK Ambulances Getting Solar Panels to Reduce Emissions
11 Sep 2014, 10:03 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / As you probably know, ambulances have a lot of equipment in the back to keep patients or injured people alive until they reach a hospital. And apart from being heavy, that equipment needs electricity to run, which is sucked from the car’s bat...
Local Motors Is 3D Printing a Car: Forging History
10 Sep 2014, 10:37 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / How do you imagine a perfectly sustainable civilization? We think the key is to ditch the industry processes, harvest our own energy and create our own stuff at home, which could work as tiny autonomous factory. How? 3D printing is the answer. A...
Surprise: Toyota Reveals Funky U2 Utility Concept
10 Sep 2014, 10:35 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / The way you deliver your goods tells a lot about your company. A simple standard panel van might do its job properly, but if you have to provide some exclusive services/goods it might help to use some funkier wheels. That’s why Toyota came up...
Next Generation Toyota Hilux Prototype Caught Testing
10 Sep 2014, 08:37 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / It was about time for Toyota to show us its intention to replace the current Hilux pickup, which by the way, is almost 10 years old and had two facelifts already. Yeah, it is a utility vehicle but consider it as a global-market Tundra, since most o...
Gymkhana with a Tractor: Volvo-Powered Traktor Terror Goes Drifting
9 Sep 2014, 09:47 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Although Gymkhana started in the 19th century with horse riding skills over a predefined course, no one really knows how it switched to motorsport. Some say it started after WWII when American soldiers brought home small European cars and had to cr...
Scion FR-S Release Series Milks the Cow: Price and Specs
9 Sep 2014, 08:47 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / It’s special-edition-time again for Scion trying to boost sales with a new limited FR-S Release Series 1.0, which got revealed at the New York International Auto Show. It's around $4,000 more than the standard car and it's on sale n...
Owner Recovers Stolen Tesla Model S Using Smartphone App
8 Sep 2014, 10:00 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / You might have heard that the Tesla Model S is currently the least stolen car in the US. That’s because it’s basically a huge computer on wheels, forcing thieves to be a bit more inventive to nick one. Moreover, there isn’t a mark...
Lexus RC F Makes 467 HP - Full Engine Specs and Price Revealed
8 Sep 2014, 09:51 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Finally... after months of secrecy and teasing with the “over 450 hp” phrase, Lexus did the right thing and fully revealed the true capabilities of the RC F engine - it makes 467 hp. Since we first came in contact with the “ove...
Self-Parking Cars Explained
6 Sep 2014, 09:03 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Truth is, there are a lot of drivers out there that can’t quite handle the parallel parking job, mainly because they lack a perspective view on the objects surrounding them and how their car steers. Add the frustrated drivers waiting behind a...
LEGO Is Now the Biggest Toymaker, Thank God!
5 Sep 2014, 14:54 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Don’t know if you’ve been recently in a toy-store, but a vast majority of what you see on shelf is rubbish. Cheap molded plastic with a few functional parts usually made in China for a few cents. How could a kid enjoy playing with that?...
Next Boeing 777X Powered by Lighter, More Efficient Jet Engines
5 Sep 2014, 13:14 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / The working principle of a jet engine seems a very easy process - you got two rotors with blades mounted on a shaft with a combustion chamber in between, hot gasses being expanded there to maintain the rotation movement. Still, the gas-turbine e...