Gabriel Nica
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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 F30 335i M Sport Rides with AC Forged
3 May 2013, 08:11 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / We're big fans of the new 3 Series BMW and we love every single one of them, no matter how they look. However, some owners do some pretty amazing thing to their cars and deserve a spot on our coverage of the Bimmer world. It's the case...
BMW F15 X5 Reveals Its Interior
3 May 2013, 08:11 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / The Chinese are known for not caring about trademark infringements and copying everything they want. However, some manufacturers prefer testing cars in the communist country, to see how they handle the crowded cities in Asia. The latest batch of...
BMW Spark Lights 10 Cars on Fire
2 May 2013, 15:54 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / Remember the recent recall BMW just announced in the US? Well some people don't take this kind of things seriously. Somebody took a plane from Seattle yesterday and left their BMW in the parking lot at the Sea-Tac Airport. There's not...
Jalopnik Helps You Pick a BMW E34 M5
2 May 2013, 15:54 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / Remember the crazy Georgian drivers that dared to defy the laws of traffic and do some crazy stunts a while back? The guys that had so much courage that they even left their license plates out in the open in the video? They were driving E34 M5s. ...
Spyshots: BMW's FWD CAT Makes a First Appearance
2 May 2013, 13:43 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / We just received these awesome, most interesting photos from our trusty team of spy photographers. At first you might think this is just the upcoming 1 Series GT, as it does have a shape similar to what we expect. Think again. What we're lo...
BMW Tire Explosion Nearly Causes Huge Highway Crash in Russia
2 May 2013, 13:33 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / Over the years, cars became more and more powerful, capable of reaching ever higher speeds as they evolved. What most young, unexperienced drivers don't seem to understand though, is that along with higher speeds, all forces applied to the car...
Classic MINI Cooper Makes Top 10 FWD Cars of All Time on Jalopnik
2 May 2013, 13:32 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / We like the guys from Jalopnik. We read their posts every time we have a chance to and each time we laugh or at least smile at the crazy things they say. These guys put together a top of the all-time best front wheel drive cars and we were surprise...
MINI Cooper Paceman Cabrio. A Possible Future Model?
2 May 2013, 13:31 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / MINI is known around the world for its go-kart feeling and small, chic and premium cars that give you a sense of fulfillment and sheer pleasure when driving down winding roads. Today's line-up has no less than 7 models and all of them are b...
BMW E92 M3 ESS Supercharged Vs Corvette C6 Z06
2 May 2013, 13:30 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / A couple of years ago, if you were looking around for a sports car priced at around $60,000 in the US the choices were pretty obvious. You had on one side, the American version, and on the other, the European one. The American version used to be...
BMW Touring vs Audi A4 Avant vs Skoda Superb Combi Comparison Test
2 May 2013, 12:43 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / The Touring version of the newest 3 Series model from BMW has some stiff competition to deal with. Today, we're looking at a comparison between the 3er, the Audi A4 Avant and their Czech competition, the Skoda Superb Combi. The guys from Au...
BMW Financial Services Reports Good Performance in 2013
2 May 2013, 12:39 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / Over the first three months of 2013, BMW's Financial Services business performed well and both revenues and earnings reached new record levels. Overall, the segment revenues increased by 0.6% to €4,830 million ($6,358 million) and prof...
BMW AG Remains Positive About 2013 Sales Targets
2 May 2013, 12:38 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / BMW just published the sales results for the last month and things are not necessarily bad. Even though the overall profits did record a small contraction, the sales volume managed to break yet another record. Even in these given conditions, BMW...
Brand New BMW M235i Spyshots
2 May 2013, 09:21 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / Since Winter seems to be leaving us alone, most manufacturers took to the Nurburgring with a vengeance. BMW is testing every possible future model, including one, highly-expected completely new model, the M235i. Our latest spyshots show us the n...
Clear European Headlights Install DIY for BMW E8x 1 Series
2 May 2013, 09:16 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / Unfortunately for us, gearheads, the regulation differences between Europe and North America are pretty big and some of them even affect the exterior looks of our cars. It's the case with the headlights too. In the US, cars need to have ref...
What Engine Should the future BMW M2 Have?
2 May 2013, 09:13 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / BMW decided to replace the popular 1 Series Coupe and Convertible with a brand new model, called the 2 Series. Few things have been written about this new car but everyone is wondering whether BMW will launch an equivalent of the 1M Coupe. This ...
BMW Sales Volumes for the First Quarter of 2013 Register a new Record
2 May 2013, 09:09 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / The BMW Group announced the overall sales figures for the global market. Things seem to be slowing down for the German company, exactly as they anticipated. The total revenues added up to €17,546 million ($23,085 million), registering a 4.1...
BMW Sales in the US Still on the Rise
2 May 2013, 07:38 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / It's May and BMW announced the sales figures for the past month. For the US market, things are looking really good. Total BMW brand sales went up 10.3 percent compared to the same month, last year. Overall, BMW sold 29,011 vehicles in the U...
BMW Studies China In Order to Further Boost Their Sales
1 May 2013, 16:21 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / China recently became the world's largest auto market, overtaking the long standing USA. That will definitely cause a proper response, not only from BMW, but from all major car manufacturers around the world. Recently, BMW opened a couple o...
BMW X6 M Owner Is Courageous in Brazil
1 May 2013, 16:20 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / We think we're not the only ones that heard about how crazy things get in Brazil when you decide it's a good idea to show off near a favela. That's why we just can't get our heads around this BMW X6 M. The owner of this car ...
BMW E9x M3 Performance Air Intake System Install DIY
1 May 2013, 15:24 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / Earlier today we showed you an Interlagos Blue BMW E92 M3 receiving a brand new Macht Schnell stage 2 air intake at European Auto Source. We thought that some of you might not have the chance to reach the tuner in Anaheim, California and get that k...