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Gabriel Nica

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Personal motto:

"You finally save up enough for your dream car and you get fired"

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Being born at around the same time as the Chernobyl disaster happened, Gabriel's addiction for cars was never questioned. His parents at first, and his friends later on, all thought that his addiction for everything that had 4 wheels was related to the toxic cloud of radiation that was circling the world at the time.

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 E92 M3 Receives Macht Schnell Intake at EAS
BMW E92 M3 Receives Macht Schnell Intake at EAS

1 May 2013, 14:54 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / Since power cannot be achieved without enough air, a simple method of getting some extra ponies is to install a better air intake than what the Bavarian company offers as standard. Macht Schnell released an aftermarket air intake just a couple o...

 
BMW Canada Promotes Its Driver Training Program with New Ad
BMW Canada Promotes Its Driver Training Program with New Ad

1 May 2013, 14:53 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / If you go to BMW Canada's website and enter the Driver Training Program page just click on learn more and see what happens. You will be taken to another page that suggests this is the best gift you could give a passionate BMW driver that '...

 
BMW F10 5 Series H&R Spring Install DIY
BMW F10 5 Series H&R Spring Install DIY

1 May 2013, 14:30 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / The most popular manufacturers when it comes to aftermarket springs are definitely KW and H&R. Bilstein comes close in third place. That's why we thought it might be a good idea to show you a DIY on how to install custom springs on your F1...

 
Watch this Turbo E30 M3 Trash a GT-R
Watch this Turbo E30 M3 Trash a GT-R

1 May 2013, 14:29 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / Now, we've seen a lot of turbocharged E30 M3s and we've seen probably even more GT-R's in our life but nothing compared us to what we're about to see here. We don't really know if this is an organized event or if these g...

 
Guess Who's Back? Hamann's Mi5Sion
Guess Who's Back? Hamann's Mi5Sion

1 May 2013, 14:28 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / After we watched the ugliest M5 ever on the streets of Monaco, doing burnouts and launches in some videos last week, this time, the guys from Autogespot brought us a completely new photo gallery of this Frankenstein monster of a car. Of course, ...

 
BMW E82 1 Series Performance Rotors Install DIY
BMW E82 1 Series Performance Rotors Install DIY

1 May 2013, 13:24 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / For the previous 1 Series, BMW offered a set of so-called Performance Rotors that were supposedly better than the stock brake disks you'd get on your Bimmer. Some forum members actually installed the new brakes and shared the experience. ...

 
BMW M5 vs Mercedes E63 AMG vs Porsche Panamera Turbo S Test Drive
BMW M5 vs Mercedes E63 AMG vs Porsche Panamera Turbo S Test Drive

1 May 2013, 12:15 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / Looking at what BMW created with the M5, Mercedes had to do something about its E63 AMG. And they did. They brought forward the Performance Package that raises the power and improves the car drastically. The guys from Sport Auto decided to test ...

 
BMW Ballet Caught on Camera
BMW Ballet Caught on Camera

1 May 2013, 12:13 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / The video you are about to see has everything you want: beautiful girls, fast BMWs, lots of smoke and roaring engines. It was put together by the guys from CyberLogic Production, drifting.sk and Petrolheads.sk and contains footage from the 2012 ...

 
BMW E60 M5 Spark Plug Replacement DIY
BMW E60 M5 Spark Plug Replacement DIY

1 May 2013, 12:12 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / In case you own a BMW E60 M5, you already know that every 37,000 miles (60,000 km) you have to change your spark plugs. It's not so often, but if you really love your car, you'll do this operation (and many others) personally. In case ...

 
AC Schnitzer's M5 Elected "Sportscar of the Year" by Auto Bild Sportscars
AC Schnitzer's M5 Elected "Sportscar of the Year" by Auto Bild Sportscars

1 May 2013, 09:48 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / German publication Auto Bild Sportscars just published the results of a survey which asked its readers to pick the best sportscar of the year 2012. Out of the 71,000 people who answered the quiz, 27 percent picked the BMW F10 M5. However, it was...

 
BMW i8 M Will Not See the Light of Day
BMW i8 M Will Not See the Light of Day

1 May 2013, 09:20 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / We guess we're speaking on everyone's behalf when we say that the most anticipated car from BMW this year is the i8. Yeah, we know, we're also excited about the new M3 and M4 but this hybrid sports car will take the cake. The low-...

 
BMW E46 3 Series Angel-Eyes Install DIY
BMW E46 3 Series Angel-Eyes Install DIY

1 May 2013, 08:30 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / Few design traits had such an impressive impact on a brand's history as the angel-eyes did on BMWs. The Bavarian company first introduced what they call "corona rings" on the 2001 BMW E39 5 Series and since then every BMW model recei...

 
2013 MINI John Cooper Works GP Review by Autoblog
2013 MINI John Cooper Works GP Review by Autoblog

1 May 2013, 07:54 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / The hardcore MINI JCW GP is the BMW-owned company's most vicious fighter. It's small and fast and will make you fall in love with the British brand. The guys from Autoblog took one for a spin, in all kinds of weather. This review was d...

 
Apple Working with BMW on Better Infotainment System Integration
Apple Working with BMW on Better Infotainment System Integration

30 Apr 2013, 15:58 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / BMW was and still is more and more preoccupied with allowing its customers to use their phone to its full potential. That's why the Bavarian company teamed up with a lot of software and app developers to create the best possible apps you could...

 
BMW Launches New Outlet Concept in Malaysia
BMW Launches New Outlet Concept in Malaysia

30 Apr 2013, 15:48 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / The Malaysian branch of the BMW Group introduced, this week, the first sales outlet in the Asian country. Located in the Amanjaya Mall of Sungai Petani, Kedah, this will be the first BMW Showroom incorporated in a public space, on Malaysian land. ...

 
BMW E46 Sedan Xenon Lightbulb Replacement DIY
BMW E46 Sedan Xenon Lightbulb Replacement DIY

30 Apr 2013, 15:47 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / One of the most common fault you can get on a long-life BMW is a burnt lightbulb. Even though most Xenon bulbs have a huge life span, they do burn out at one point or another. In case this happened to you, we found a most useful and easy to foll...

 
Second Alpina Race Day Event to Take Place on August 3rd
Second Alpina Race Day Event to Take Place on August 3rd

30 Apr 2013, 14:36 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / Last year, around August, Alpina decided to create an event that would allow Alpina BMW owners to test their and their cars' limits on a specially crafter course and in a well orchestrated environment. It was called Alpina Race Day and, thi...

 
BMW Top 5 Ads for the M5 by Carbuzz
BMW Top 5 Ads for the M5 by Carbuzz

30 Apr 2013, 14:30 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / The guys from Carbuzz had a pretty interesting idea. They looked around Youtube and noticed that BMW has some pretty interesting commercials for its high-performance sedan. Recently we told you that BMW officials decided to change the sound logo...

 
BMW X4 Coupe Rendering by Theophilus Chin
BMW X4 Coupe Rendering by Theophilus Chin

30 Apr 2013, 13:57 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / Since BMW just released the BMW X4 Concept at Shanghai, we can expect a lot of new renderings to show up in the internet, based on the latest models from our favorite car manufacturer. Theophilus Chin did one and it's quite good. It's ...

 
The Clash of the Sports Sedans by Autos.ca
The Clash of the Sports Sedans by Autos.ca

30 Apr 2013, 13:55 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / The Canadians from Autos.ca decided it was time to compare the most sought after Sports Sedans of the moment. Since the new Lexus IS and Infinity Q50 are still pending their actual market launches, they had to 'limit' themselves to BMW�...

 

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