Mihnea Radu
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Most of his favorite cars have already been built, the so-called modern classics from the '80s and '90s. Nothing beats an E30 M3 or a Civic with no air conditioning, though a Ferrari Testarossa isn't too shabby either.
Mihnea spends what little free time he has between family, his passion for tech, and contemplating the perfect number of cup holders a car should have per person (it's 2.25... don't ask).
Motto: Money can't buy happiness? You can't be sad while doing a burnout.
Ferrari F40 With a Pista Nose Swap Is a Round Peg in a Square Hole
16 Aug 2020, 19:45 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The Ferrari F40 is easily one of the Top 10 most famous supercars of all time. Its simple shape can be recognized from a mile away, so it's treated better than a member of the royal family. Out in the real world, the most "offensive&qu...
2021 Ford F-150 Raptor Appears in First Spy Video, Exhaust Note Is Subtle
16 Aug 2020, 17:22 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / With moments to spare before the full reveal of the Hellcat-powered Ram TRX, Ford was spotted trying to get back on the horse by working on its own new performance truck. This is the first spy video of the all-new Raptor, doing some road testing. ...
Skoda Enyaq iV Accurately Rendered Ahead of Official Debut
16 Aug 2020, 17:17 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Skoda is currently making a little rival for the Tesla Model Y. It's underpinned by the now-famous Volkswagen electric car platform and we believe it will be a hit in Europe. Not everybody wants to buy an EV that's as fast as a McLaren...
Mercedes-AMG A 45 S Fails Moose Test, Reveals General Hot Hatch Problem
16 Aug 2020, 15:49 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / This week, the new Mercedes-AMG A45 S was subjected to the dreaded moose test. The results presented in this short YouTube video appear to suggest a problem with the handling of the hyper hatch. However, we dove a little deeper and don't think...
Dodge Challenger Wagon "Baywatch Edition" Comes to Life in YouTube Render
16 Aug 2020, 15:28 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Muscle cars are some of the coolest automobiles produced by the American auto industry. As such, it's convenient to imagine them as something else. We have the Ford Mustang and Chevy Camaro as crossovers. But what about a Dodge Challenger that...
New Porsche 911 Turbo S Destroys Tuned Nissan GT-R and BMW M8
15 Aug 2020, 20:43 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The Porsche 911 Turbo S never looked like a supercar. However, everybody knows to fear this thing whenever it turns up at a drag race, especially when it's a brand-new model. But how does it compare to a couple of eternal rivals, like the BMW ...
Modern Alfa Romeo Montreal Deserves to Be Built, Looks Like a Super-GT
14 Aug 2020, 20:44 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Alfa Romeo probably wants to make crossovers and SUVs more than anything else because that's where all the money is. But the company designers and bosses also acknowledge that purists would much rather see exotics like the Montreal brought bac...
Hyundai Kona N Spied at Nurburgring With New Styling, Is the Veloster N 4-Door
14 Aug 2020, 19:55 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Kia and Hyundai are slowly giving up on all normal, boring compacts in North America. Fortunately, the new Kona N is both strange and exciting, as proven by our latest spyshots. Hatchbacks are apparently boring, but if you give them just a bit o...
2023 BMW M3 Touring Rendered With Giant Grille, Looks Ugly
13 Aug 2020, 20:54 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / As far as we know, nobody ever tried to render a 3 Series Touring with the giant grille from the upcoming M3. "It would look silly," they might have thought. But BMW probably won't agree when it puts the final design touches on the p...
Datsun 620 "Super Widebody" Rendering Is a Mini Race Truck
13 Aug 2020, 20:23 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Running out of 1970s icons to celebrate? Well, then you should consider a mini pickup with a lot of heritage and an epic look, the Datsun 620. These are not that common and have a unique look. Many Japanese automakers offered these tiny truck-ba...
Baby Godzilla: Fake Nissan GT-R With Widebody Kit Has Race Livery
13 Aug 2020, 19:18 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / There's nothing funnier than a small car pretending to be something big, fancy, and very expensive. That's what we have here, a little Nissan GT-R from Japan, complete with a widebody kit and racing setup. Copying somebody's car d...
Jeep Supercar Is the Anti-SUV Rendering for Getting Back at Lamborghini
13 Aug 2020, 18:59 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / More and more regular car brands are switching to making SUVs and crossovers almost exclusively. How long before that pushes SUV companies into sedan territory? Or even worse, what if Jeep suddenly decided to get back at Lamborghini for making the ...
ABT RSQ8-R Debuts as 730 HP Carbon-Clad Hulk Audi
13 Aug 2020, 18:19 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The Audi RS Q8 has experienced a lukewarm reception from the car-loving world, and not because it's an SUV. No, we're perfectly happy that the land of the quattro spawned this budget Lamborghini Urus, but it should have been faster. Fo...
2022 Subaru BRZ Spotted for the First Time, New 2.4-Liter Makes 217 HP
13 Aug 2020, 15:32 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Just four days after the Toyota GR 86, Subaru's sister car, the new BRZ, emerges for testing. These are the first spyshots of the hotly anticipated sports coupe from Japan. To say we're happy this car exists would be an understatement....
Datsun 240Z "Salt Lake Special" Is All Kinds of Streamlined
12 Aug 2020, 20:56 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The Datsun 240Z is known for all kinds of things, including being an icon of Japanese design. But nobody has looked at one and said: "This is a car I want to set a world speed record in." Obviously, this is a rendering, a really good 3...
The Dumbest Drift Project in Europe Is a Renault Twingo, And We Love It
12 Aug 2020, 20:49 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Not many people even know that the Renault Twingo exists, and most of those who do are journalists. When this little rascal came out in 2014, it looked like a mini Porsche on paper, but the real-world handling was nothing but a disappointment. F...
Subaru Impreza and XV Getting Turbocharged 1.5-Liter from 2021?
12 Aug 2020, 19:17 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Japanese automakers have been against downsizing engines for many years, and for good reason. However, even Subaru seems to be going with the flow and plans to offer a 1.5-liter direct-injected turbo. The same Japanese source that said Toyota wa...
2021 Skoda Rapid RS Rendered, Needs at Least 200 HP
12 Aug 2020, 18:23 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Skoda unironically made a car that was called the Rapid yet was slow. Now in its second modern generation, this affordable sedan is begging for a powerful RS model. It's always fun to look at what cars VW Group brands are making outside the...
Toyota Kills All V8 Engine Development, Twin-Turbo Lexus LC F Is Dead
12 Aug 2020, 17:53 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / It started as a murmur from a distant land, but now our scouts are confirming the bad news: the biggest brand in Japan is killing all future development of V8 engines. We trust you Lexus/Toyota... but are you sure about this one? So, rumors from...
Brian's 2 Fast 2 Furious Nissan Skyline But It's a Pandem R32 GT-R
11 Aug 2020, 20:54 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / 2 Fast 2 Furious is perhaps not the greatest film of all time. It didn't win Oscars, but it set the over-the-top tone for some of the stunts which would later net the franchise billions. Also, that GT-R was really cool! Mister Vin Diesel wa...