Gabriel Nica
7,693 ARTICLES
Personal motto:
"You finally save up enough for your dream car and you get fired"
Fast forwarding to the 21st century, his passion became his life when he was adopted by the autoevolution team. Now he finally got to do what he liked, and bring joy to others as well while writing about the passion that's been radioactively infused into his DNA.
BMW Group Reports Best May Sales Ever
10 Jun 2013, 13:03 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / June's been here for 10 days now and we've been waiting for the May numbers for quite a while. The BMW Group reported its sale numbers for the previous month and, once again, they reached record-breaking levels. A total of 166,397 BMW,...
Formula 1 Boss Ecclestone Says BMW Should Return to Formula 1
10 Jun 2013, 12:35 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / In a recent interview for the City AM newspaper, Formula 1 boss, Bernie Eccleston apparently said that he wouldn't be surprised if BMW returned to Formula 1. According to him, the Bavarian company didn't invest too much in the sport an...
This Is Not Your Average MINI
10 Jun 2013, 12:06 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / The food truck culture is rapidly growing and it's just normal extension of our urban, stressful lives. Why? Well, how many times a day do you eat out? How many meals do you still cook in the kitchen of your own house? Almost none? That...
BMW Skips Summer Shut Down Due to Big Sales
10 Jun 2013, 11:40 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / It seems like the worst of the worldwide economic crisis has passed. Things are looking up, even in the automotive industry, where BMW and Mercedes decided to skip the usual summer shut downs. As you might very well know, most big manufacturers ...
BMW E9x M3 M-DCT Gearbox Fluid Change
10 Jun 2013, 10:02 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / Amongst the various maintenance operations you have to do to your car to keep it in the best shape possible, changing the gearbox fluid is an important one, especially if you have a more 'special' transmission. Officially, BMW claims t...
Could Mercedes Be Pondering a BMW 3 Series GT Rival Too?
10 Jun 2013, 09:24 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / After we heard that Audi might be entering the BMW 3 Series GT niche with its Audi A4 Vario, we recently found out that Mercedes-Benz would be on the same course, once again following BMW. According to LeftLaneNews.com, the Stuttgard-based compa...
David Beckham Is and Always Was a BMW Fan
10 Jun 2013, 09:07 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / An old photo of David Beckham surfaced the web these days. If you remember, we wrote about his taste in cars a while back, telling you that he had a BMW E36 when he was young. It seems like Becks was always a BMW fan. The photo we're tellin...
BMW F31 Touring Spotted Testing in China
10 Jun 2013, 08:45 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / The BMW F31 Touring was recently spotted on Chinese roads. Some call it spyshots but since the Touring model was already released, these can hardly be called spyshots. Of course, the Chinese market doesn't have this model in its line-up at ...
Adam Lambert Sings with Queen, Can't Afford New BMW
10 Jun 2013, 08:35 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / Some of his fans came to know him as runner-up in the 2009 American Idol contest but most will say that "If I Had You" is the one song Adam Lambert is known for. After missing the number one spot on the American show to Kris Allen, Ad...
BMW 2 Series Prototype Crash Closes Autobahn
10 Jun 2013, 07:53 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / This is something you don't see everyday. Usually, spy photographers have to climb up trees and sleep in trenches to get some good shots of various prototypes. It wasn't the case with one 2er, the other day. According to a german websi...
Spyshots: BMW i3 Testing in China
9 Jun 2013, 11:58 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / While everyone is looking for the i3 in all the wrong places, it seems like the Bavarian manufacturer decided to test its future all-electric city-car in the most populated country in the world, China. It makes sense to test the i3 in the commun...
The Evolution of the M3 Presented in 7 Minutes
9 Jun 2013, 11:04 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / If you’re not a BMW aficionado, you’ll probably be wondering what is up with all the excitement surrounding the launch of the so-called F80 M3. Well, for those people, the guys from Electric Federal put together a video, telling t...
10 Year Anniversary of BMW’s M3 CSL Celebrated at BMW Welt
9 Jun 2013, 10:41 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / Launched in 2003, the Coupe, Sport, Lightweight BMW M3 was the best possible M3 you could get. Using revolutionary, lightweight materials, like Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastic and super-light alloys, the car’s weight was reduced, making...
Melbourne Red BMW 328i From Vietnam Is a Thing of Passion
8 Jun 2013, 13:51 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / BMW has fans all around the world, there’s no doubt about that, and whilst we’re busy looking at BMWs from the US or Europe, passionate fans from other countries manage to build incredible cars of their own. Today we’re indulgi...
BMW X3 Wins Comparo with MB GLK250 and Toyota Highlander Hybrid
8 Jun 2013, 10:33 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / Buying a new car is not an easy task, especially when you’re on a budget. One Autoguide reader asked what car he should buy, limited to a bit over $40,000 and having to comply with a specific list of requirements. Those requirements ...
BMW F30 328d Configurator Online on BMWUSA.com
8 Jun 2013, 09:03 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / Back in April, the BMW 328d made its debut on American soil, at the New York Auto show. It marked a first for the German automaker, this being the first time they will be selling a 4-cylinder diesel 3 Series in the US. Since gas doesn’t se...
BMW F30 335i xDrive M Sport Review by Autos.ca
7 Jun 2013, 17:33 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / The top of the line BMW 3 Series that you can buy at the moment is the 335i M Sport xDrive model. It's also the most expensive car in the line-up whilst the performance levels reach unexpected numbers. The guys from Autos.ca were equally im...
Spyshots: The First UKL-Based MINI Cooper S
7 Jun 2013, 16:26 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / After we showed you the first shots of the upcoming MINI Cooper last week, now it's time to take a look at the S version of the British model. In the endeavor of figuring out what makes this the S model, you have to look at the centrally-mo...
BMW E90 M3 with Awron Gauge Looks Futuristic
7 Jun 2013, 15:57 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / Last week we told you about a new gadget for your BMWs, the Awron DGA Gauge from EAS. Today, we're taking a look at one heavily modified E90 M3 fitted with this futuristic device. The gauge displays a wide range of real-time data, including...
Chery QQ Pretends to Be a BMW in China
7 Jun 2013, 15:38 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / China… Recently the Asian country took America's place, slowly becoming the land where everything is possible. At least in the automotive industry, that is. In the past we saw a bunch of weird cars pretending to be BMWs and even tuto...