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.
2021 Mercedes and Maybach S-Class Spied Testing German Luxury at Nurburgring
10 May 2020, 19:22 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Earlier this week, the legendary Nurburgring track welcomed not one but two new S-Class prototypes, each bringing its own flavor of luxury. It's not often that you get to see such expensive and advanced Mercedes models dealing with the Karusse...
2022 Porsche Cayenne GTS Coupe Plays the Fake Exhaust Game
10 May 2020, 16:55 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The Porsche Cayenne is already available in a variety of flavors - base, S, plug-in hybrid Turbo, and Turbo S (also a plug-in). They also added the "Coupe" model last year, but the range isn't complete without the GTS, which has just...
2021 BMW M5 CS Shows Big Aero in First Spyshots
10 May 2020, 16:27 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / If there's one BMW that's always worth our time, it's the M5. The current generation is almost halfway through its life cycle, and will thus receive a facelift. With that, the Germans plan to introduce the M5 CS, which has just been ...
2021 VW Arteon R Sounds Like 2-Liter Nothing as It Chases BMW M8 on the 'Ring
10 May 2020, 16:05 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / For many years, some of the coolest German cars were forbidden to the American buyer. But just as that was about to change, VW seems to have lost its mojo. This is their sports four-door coupe, the Arteon R, and it doesn't sound particularly e...
Old BMW M3, Audi RS4, and C 63 AMG Drag Race, the Unexpected Happens
10 May 2020, 15:01 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / They say you can't help loving the cars you grew up loving and that you should never meet your idols. But Carwow magazine didn't want to follow rules and set up a drag race between three iconic German performance machines, namely the RS4,...
Widebody 1970 Mustang "Ruffian" Has LS 427 With Side Exhausts, Porsche Paint
9 May 2020, 20:40 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Nowadays, a widebody Ford Mustang means you've bought something off the lot and fitted it with bolt-on plastic fenders. But this 1970 Mustang is widebody in an all-metal kind of way, and it's one of the sexiest machines of its kind that w...
New Jeep Wrangler Rolls Over in IIHS Small Overlap Crash Tests
8 May 2020, 23:35 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The Jeep Wrangler has never been amazing in crash tests, so we weren't surprised to see it performing badly. However, you should hold your judgment, as there are several interesting details hidden in this batch of videos and data from the IIHS...
GMC Hummer Rendered as 3-Row Electric SUV
8 May 2020, 22:15 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / In December 1999, AM General sold the Hummer name. General Motors did a lot of things with it, and despite what people say, the H2 and H3 were still pretty special. A "quiet revolution" is coming, though. The GMC Hummer truck was suppo...
Chevy Suburban HD Based on Silverado HD Look like the Canyonero SUV
8 May 2020, 20:46 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Call them the aughts, the 2000s or the noughties, they're probably going to be remembered as an era of excess. Another ten years from now, when HD videos will appear to be shot with potatoes, we might even remember some of the biggest SUVs Ame...
2020 VW Golf "Country" Overland Would Be the King of Hatchbacks
8 May 2020, 19:21 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / There's a saying that if you put black plastic on the outside of a hatchback, Americans will buy it, thinking it's a crossover. But has that really worked for Volkswagen? To be fair, that's not really what happened. The Golf Alltr...
2022 Hyundai Santa Cruz Profile Revealed in Accurate Rendering
8 May 2020, 18:24 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Hyundai sells a variety of popular crossovers and sedans. However, there's no getting away from the fact that America's favorite vehicle is a truck. This is where the 2022 Santa Cruz comes in, the first pickup in the company's histor...
Front-Engined Porsche 911s Redefine the Hot Rod With Giant V8 Swaps
7 May 2020, 20:34 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / We don't know why, but people have been messing with the concept of the hot rod for a couple of years, and we love it. European builder Alexandre Danton is one of the few who's not afraid to color outside the lines, and his Porsche-based ...
Dodge Magnum SRT Already Has Charger Widebody Front Conversion
7 May 2020, 19:24 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / A couple of days ago, we shared two separate projects where people were trying to make a Hellcat wagon. But when looking through our archives, we realized there's a precedent, and one Dodge Magnum is already rocking the Hellcat look, maybe eve...
New Ram 1500 Rebel TRX Rendered as the Hellcat of Trucks
7 May 2020, 18:31 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / So you like hauling tools just as much as you like hauling as... phalt? It's probably not a surprise that the Ram brand is going to cater to your needs with the all-new 1500 Rebel TRX. The Hemi engine has been an excellent way to share the ...
Mid-Engined Nissan GT-R and BMW M8 Roadster Are Trolling Supercars
7 May 2020, 14:41 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The maturity of putting a Nissan GT-R face on a Bugatti is pretty low. Likewise, a BMW M8 overlapped with an Audi R8 is pointless and lame. We know some of you are going to point that out. It's fine. Everybody needs a hobby, and if yours is...
Ford F-150 Gets 1970s Digital Makeover, Looks Decent
7 May 2020, 13:23 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / We wanna take you back to a time when cars and trucks were simple. More specifically, this cool rendering tries to take the modern-day Ford F-150 into the 1970s. Your daddy didn't need an auto emergency braking feature when he added that ex...
2021 Volkswagen Golf R and Tiguan R Testing at Nurburgring With Same 2L Turbo
7 May 2020, 12:18 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Volkswagen's idea of a good time is to make one tool and use it for every job. They've been doing it for a really long time, so there's a method behind the madness. One decent example of this is comprised of these two test prototypes...
2021 Mercedes-Benz S-Class Looks Nearly Ready, Spotted Testing in Germany
6 May 2020, 18:03 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Always imitated, never matched, the Mercedes-Benz S-Class is getting ready to enter the new decade by becoming all-new. The Germans have been working on this project and probably invested a good billion euros or two into the car you'll see in ...
2021 Hyundai Tucson Loses Wheel Nuts While Nurburgring-Testing
6 May 2020, 16:37 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Losing wheel nuts is a pretty unusual problem to have, but it just happened for the Hyundai crew. They were testing the all-new 2021 Tucson at the Nurburgring track yesterday when three nuts came loose. Have you ever had that problem with tighte...
Cyber Porsche 911 Concept Comes from Actual Cyberpunk 2077 Designer
6 May 2020, 15:29 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Porsche design used to change at a hilariously slow pace, but they have begun to spice things up a bit. We think the new 911 and Taycan are especially cool, blending in just the right amount of the digital world. Official Porsche designs need to...