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.
2001 Dodge Viper Gets Modernized, American Supercar Looks Timeless
13 Jul 2020, 18:29 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The C8 Corvette might forever be remembered as America's first mid-engined supercar. But we think that's a little unfair for the Dodge Viper. After all, it's the original underdog, taking on the overpriced Italians. A mid-engined ...
C8 Corvette Is Getting the First Widebody Kit Thanks to Tj Hunt
12 Jul 2020, 22:35 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / We're past the halfway mark in 2020, and the new Corvette has been one of the most talked-about cars of that time. However, the barrage will only intensify, as YouTubers are only now able to make the hardcore mods they wanted all along. We ...
Jeep Trackhawk Diffsplitt Widebody Kit Looks Ready for Demon Power
12 Jul 2020, 20:56 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Jeep is probably only a few months away from launching an all-new Grand Cherokee, but we'll be sorry to see this one go. It's done many things for the American automotive scene, including offering the most powerful SUV engine in the form ...
Baby Blue Land Rover Defender 90 Rocks Widebody Kit and LS3 Motor
12 Jul 2020, 20:27 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The launch of the all-new Land Rover Defender has somehow made the classic model even cooler. Mint condition examples are nice, but there's nothing quite like a full restomod of high caliber. This one is based on the open-top Defender 90 2-...
"Pandemic" Toyota AE86 Looks Like a Retro Baja Off-Road Racer
12 Jul 2020, 19:49 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / We've seen a lot of cars get the overland treatment recently, even the modern GT 86. And in that case, we argued that since the car is light and has a low center of mass, it might actually be decent in a rallycross scenario. But who's to ...
Mercedes-AMG EQ-GT Looks Like the Electric SLS Reboot
11 Jul 2020, 20:36 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Company bosses recently admitted the full-electric EQC crossover is a failure. It's only been on the market for a short time, but Mercedes has actually been failing at electric cars for much longer. We often wonder if the company isn't...
Ford 6x6 Raptor Van and Focus Speedster Exist in Russia
11 Jul 2020, 20:35 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Today, we're going to look at two custom Ford builds that probably couldn't have happened in America. They come from a shop in Russia and redefine the way we see the F-150 Raptor and the Focus compact. The Raptor is obviously a pickup ...
Tofu Delivery Opel Kadett, or If the Toyota AE86 Trueno Was a German Car
11 Jul 2020, 18:55 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Opel is the type of car company that's way too ashamed of its mistakes. For literally no reason at all, it dropped the famous Kadett nameplate, even though it traced its lineage way back to 1936. I mean, if Toyota made a cool car in 1936, i...
2020 Daihatsu Taft Goes on Sale in Japan, Is Both Adorable and Rugged
11 Jul 2020, 17:43 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / We've never seen such a confusing little car before, looking like a muscular Chihuahua. It's the all-new Daihatsu Taft that just went on sale yesterday (July 10) in Japan. It's never going to be offered in America, but we thought you...
AWD Acura Integra Type-R "White Bunny" Makeover Is Pure JDM
11 Jul 2020, 16:23 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Imports vs. domestic - boy, they really had us in the first half. While American V8s are the coolest right now, back in the late 1990s, everybody saw the superiority of Japanese engineering. Today, we're going to argue that the Acura Integra i...
RWD Mk3 Golf Drift Car With BMW V8 Engine Gets Custom Widebody Kit
11 Jul 2020, 15:33 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / In the past, we've argued that the Mk3 Volkswagen Golf doesn't get the love it deserves and how it somehow looks a little like the E30 BMW 3 Series. This was in the context of a face swap rendering, but there's actually a custom buil...
2021 Lamborghini Diablo: What Would It Look Like as a Modern Supercar?
11 Jul 2020, 14:53 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Flamboyant and powerful, Lamborghinis are some of the coolest supercars of all time. Today, it's all about those Urus super-SUVs. However, we can't imagine the Raging Bull brand without one wedge-shaped icon, the Diablo. Back in those ...
Urus vs. Audi RS Q8 vs. Bentayga vs. Cayenne: The Ultimate SUV Drag Race
11 Jul 2020, 14:02 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Volkswagen Group has, for many years, been making some of the most powerful and expensive SUVs in the world. This drag race from Carwow is a 2020 check of which is the fastest between the Lamborghini Urus, Bentley Bentayga, Porsche Cayenne Turbo S,...
Audi Q5 Gets Sportback "Coupe" Rendering Treatment as RS Q5 Rumors Intensify
10 Jul 2020, 20:51 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The GLC is the bad boy of the segment, available with a chunky V8 engine. Meanwhile, the BMW X3 is the edgy lead singer, and both of them have been available with "coupe" body styles for many years. Not the Audi Q5, which sits in the back...
2020 Jeep Gladiator Mojave Is a Cool Desert-Prepped Pickup, Says Doug DeMuro
10 Jul 2020, 20:15 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / It doesn't matter if you don't plan to take your Jeep dune-surfing. The all-new Gladiator Mojave is one excellent-looking truck with a lot of features offered at a relatively reasonable price. The Mojave sits alongside the Rubicon in t...
Toyota GT86 "Trueno Levin" Is a JDM Mashup With Pandem Kit
9 Jul 2020, 21:02 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The AE86 market is really getting out of hand. A rusty, difficult to maintain car from the 1980s shouldn't cost more money than a brand new RWD coupe which Toyota sells today. But what can you do when Initial D is your thing? Every Trueno f...
Fast & Furious "Squad Goals" Digital Drag Race Has Supra, RX-7, Eclipse & Jetta
9 Jul 2020, 20:00 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Squad Goals happens to be one of our favorite car-related tags on the 'Gram, which led us to this interesting digital drag race rendering. It's one of those shots where you've got the classics from the early Fast & Furious movies...
Old vs. New Audi RS5 Review Proves V8 Is Cooler Than 2.9-Liter Turbo
9 Jul 2020, 19:09 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Give Audi $75,000 of your money and they will give you the keys to a brand new RS5 Sportback. It's a wonderfully built quality car with a powerful V6 engine and a practical hatchback. But is it as cool as the old RS5 with the 4.2-liter V8? ...
Jaguar F-Type "Suzuki Swift" Face Swap Is Why We Need More Japanese Sports Cars
9 Jul 2020, 18:25 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Obviously, you can't swap the face from the Suzuki Swift onto a Jaguar F-Type. Well, you probably can with enough fiberglass, but it would look bad. The interesting thing about this rendering is that nobody ever talks about Suzuki as a potenti...
All-New 2021 Nissan Frontier Makes Spyshots Debut in Full Camo
9 Jul 2020, 17:42 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The Nissan Frontier, perhaps the oldest new truck you can buy in America today. It's got a shape exactly like a Pathfinder from 2004 and is about to receive a full makeover for the 2021 model year. These are the first spyshots of the all-new m...