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.
G-Power Releases Official Conversion Kit for the F12 M6
12 Mar 2013, 08:59 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / A moment we've all been waiting for has finally come: G-Power released the official tuning options for the new BMW M6. After creating exclusive masterpieces and many world records being been broken, G-Power took a shot at the fastest BMW of th...
BMWs That Will Be Missed: BMW 3200 CS
11 Mar 2013, 16:51 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / Developed in a joint venture with the Italian company Gruppo Bertone, the 3200CS was officially launched in 1961 at the Frankfurt International Motor Show and full scale production began in 1962. The 3200 CS continued the tradition of the 503 bu...
BMW F30 3 Series Front Bumper Reflector Removal/Change DIY
11 Mar 2013, 16:32 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / The front bumper reflectors on the US F30 3 Series are not to everyone's liking, especially if your car is any other color than Orange. For this DIY a white F30 3 Series was used and you can see how much the reflectors stand out. So, in ord...
BMW E70 X5 Crashes in Russia
11 Mar 2013, 16:01 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / Yes, yes, we all know the crazy things Russians do, especially in traffic. The amount of traffic crashes in Russia is "too damn high" for one to handle and has to be shared with friends, like we're doing right now. However, don�...
Spotted in China: BMW E36 325i
11 Mar 2013, 15:14 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / Even though the luxury cars market is growing at a constant pace in China, the E36 BMW 3 Series can't be regarded as a luxury vehicles. Maybe, in its prime, it would've been called a premium car, but not luxurious, like it's bigger b...
BMW E89 Z4 White Wolf Edition by Rowen Japan, a True Driver's Car
11 Mar 2013, 15:14 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / It's been a while since we've seen a beautiful custom car that had Japanese letters on it. The days when this was the hype everybody wanted are long gone. The madness brought on by the Need For Speed games seems to be over. However, th...
Here's What Heavy Rain and too Much Power Will Do to Your E92 M3
11 Mar 2013, 13:49 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / The recent Russian video invasion we're experiencing showed us a couple of interesting things that we should avoid doing while on the streets. Fortunately not many BMWs have been caught on tape in these scary traffic images. Today, you get ...
Rimier Motorsport Launches "Mr. Hartmann" M3
11 Mar 2013, 13:47 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / BMW, Audi, Porsche and Mercedes-Benz tuner Rimier Motorsport decided to create an unique E92 M3 for the simple reason that they can. The result is impressive but at the same time special. You might wonder where the name came from. Well it's...
Mode Carbon's "Black Diamond" is Darker Than Your Worst Nightmares
11 Mar 2013, 13:43 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / The American tuner Mode Carbon showed a photo gallery on Saturday with its latest creation, a E92 M3 wrapped up in Frozen Diamond Black with, of course, black wheels for a black-on-black finish. The 4-liter V8, 420 HP beast has a manual 6-speed ...
Tips on Buying a Second Hand BMW E85 Z4
11 Mar 2013, 13:42 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / In the latest episode of Fifth Gear, Jason Plato set out to find what car is the best buy within the £5,000 ($7,000) budget. Here's what he came up with. The 3 choices from which he had to pick were the Porsche Boxster S, the BMW E85 ...
BMW F10 M5 Gets Its 0 to 100 km/h Time Tested
11 Mar 2013, 12:25 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / The current M5 is a true BMW. It is sporty, agile while also capable of elegance with a classy feel. The 4-door sedan will charm you from the first second you press the acceleration pedal with its power and most of all, the way that power is delive...
The MINI Plant in Oxford Turns 100 this Month
11 Mar 2013, 12:24 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / March 2013 brought about the 100th anniversary of the Oxford MINI plant in the UK. The MINI factory came a long way in its 100 years of existence and over 11.65 million cars were produced here since 1913. Today the Oxford Plant has 3700 associat...
The M festival 2013: 3 Days of Pure Emotion
11 Mar 2013, 10:43 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / This year, the celebration of the M division of BMW will take place between 18 and 20 May at the Nurburgring and will be the host of 800 racing drivers and 235,000 fans. The 3 days will be filled with excitement, adrenaline and burnt rubber, as ...
BMW F10 5 Series LCI Caught Off Guard
11 Mar 2013, 09:44 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / It's a well known fact that BMW gives its cars a mid-life facelift at around 3 or 4 years from the official debut in order to keep things interesting for us. That will also be the case with the F10 5 Series that turns 4 this year. We now k...
The MINI Folding Bike Now Comes in Lime Green
11 Mar 2013, 09:19 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / The current day and age requires innovative solutions to traffic problems. Most people these days move around a lot and finding a place to rent for close to your workplace saves you time and money. Living close to your workplace brings other int...
BMW Becomes World's Number 1 Luxury Car Manufacturer, Again
11 Mar 2013, 08:38 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / Following last week's article about BMW sales in February we can now confirm that due to the good numbers the German manufacturer recorded, it managed to overcome Audi and regained the number one spot since losing it in 2005. The main contr...
Chad Rogers Drives a MINI Cooper S
9 Mar 2013, 14:03 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / The star of BRAVO’s Million Dollar Listing recently bought a MINI Cooper S according to Celebritycarsblog.com. Rogers also has a Bentley Continental GT so this purchase might be surprising to those that didn’t get the chance to drive MI...
BMW Heritage to Be Displayed at Saratoga Automotive Museum
9 Mar 2013, 13:03 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / Starting with May 6, the Saratoga Automotive Museum will showcase BMW’s rich heritage and history in an exhibition called “BMW – The Ultimate Driving Machine”. The exhibition will run until November 3 2013. “T...
Russia Doesn’t Love BMWs
9 Mar 2013, 11:54 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / Youtube is full of car crash videos from Russia these days. Most of us wondered why are there so many videos like this on the internet and especially from Russia until we did a little research. Turns out that in Russia, the penalties for i...
It Must Be Awful To Be Stupid
8 Mar 2013, 17:16 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / Today we showed you some of the best tuning options out there for your BMW. It's time to go into the nitty-gritty of car tuning. Let's take a look at this video right here, recorded in good ol' 'Murica. The car in the video h...