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.
Hyundai Kona N Spied With Less Camo, Rumored to Have AWD
24 Apr 2020, 19:22 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The Veloster N is already a sweet little package, but Hyundai has something more practical planned, the Kona N. This was spied undergoing testing with less camo than before, revealing some of the juicy performance enhancements. The first Hyundai...
2021 BMW X2 Facelift Spied, Gets Bigger Grille
24 Apr 2020, 18:28 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Mercedes is running away with the compact premium segment, but BMW has a harder time. The funky X2 crossover has barely found any fans, but is already being forced to adopt a new design language. Our spies in Germany captured this test prototype...
2021 Volkswagen Golf R Puts New Turbo to the Test at the Nurburgring
24 Apr 2020, 18:02 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / You've seen it, and now you get to hear it too. It's the all-new generation of the Golf R, spotted doing some laps of the legendary Nurburgring track. White paint makes the hot hatch look clinical, plus it reveals any camouflage that m...
Fox Body Mustangs Hit the Dyno, 1979 Ghia 2.3-Liter Makes 64 HP
24 Apr 2020, 11:57 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The majority of the most iconic Japanese sports cars came out in the 80s and early 90s. At the same time, the era represents a low point for American ponies in general and the Mustang in particular. Oh, the Fox Body. It's very likely that y...
Tesla-Powered Electric Land Rover Defender Promises 220 Miles of Range
23 Apr 2020, 20:53 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The biggest problem with owning and driving a classic vehicle is always going to be the engine. That's especially true for an old Land Rover in America, and for many years, East Coast Defender resolved the issue by fitting American V8s or even...
Buick Regal Grand National "Cyberpunk Grandpa" Looks Ready to Race
23 Apr 2020, 20:20 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / One of the unfortunate byproducts of watching Cars when I was a young is seeing all 80s Buick Regals as 60YO grandpas with chrome mustaches. However, this one doesn't look like it wants to retire. Some people don't take the Grand Natio...
Hyundai Pickup Truck Rendering Makes Santa Cruz Look Like a Silverado
23 Apr 2020, 19:29 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Hyundai has tried to make every type of car imaginable, even inventing a few new segments along the way, as is the case with the Veloster. However, it now believes there's some money in pickup trucks. Yes, trucks. Everybody knows that the F...
2021 Mercedes-AMG E 63 Shows Fresh Look at the Nurburgring
23 Apr 2020, 18:32 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / A new face is no reason to buy a brand new E 63 sedan over the older model. Some might even say it's a waste of development money. However, the performance machine is being forced to fall in line with the latest design language from the land o...
2022 BMW M3 Spied Overtaking Maybach S-Class at the Nurburgring
23 Apr 2020, 17:45 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Luxury and performance - the two sides of the German car industry. Today, we have photos of the all-new Maybach S-Class and BMW M3, both bringing completely opposing quantities of the two. The M3 is undoubtedly the star of the show. After initia...
New BMW 3 Series Compact Gets Rendered, Will Never Be Built
23 Apr 2020, 12:02 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / BMW started making the 1 Series back in 2004, but it wasn't its first modern compact car. Much like Mercedes, the Bavarian automaker had the crazy idea at the time to convert one of its executive sedans into a car for younger people. Thus, the...
Man Converts Old VW Passat to Electric, Does 90,000 Miles in 10 Years
23 Apr 2020, 11:25 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Doing your part for the environment is about so much more than just buying cars that get decent mileage or going electric. It's about what you put in the world, and leasing new cars every 3 years is not the way. This guy is doing it right - ke...
How Volkswagen's MEB Platform Works and Why We Need Sports EVs
22 Apr 2020, 17:05 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / MIB? No, that's the one with the aliens. MEB is German for "Modulare E-Antriebs-Baukasten", which in English basically means a "toolkit" for making electric cars. It's going to forever change the European car market wi...
The Problem With EV Battery Capacity Explained Using Soda Cans
22 Apr 2020, 00:15 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Tesla owners say the internal combustion engine is bad, while people on the other side are blocking their charging stations. But we support free speech and the open examination of the advantage and limitations either technology has. On one hand,...
Widebody Subaru 22B STI "Cyberpunk" Looks Like a JDM Special for Ken Block
21 Apr 2020, 18:55 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Everybody is getting back into modern classic cars this year. The Supra and Corvette are all-new and give us something to talk about, but the 80s and 90s are positively littered with Japanese icons, like the 22B STI. The proportions aren't ...
2022 Audi RS3 Spied Testing at the Nurburgring
20 Apr 2020, 20:42 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / While the hot hatch has been around for almost half a century, the hyper hatch is a relatively new concept. Here's the next generation of the car that some say started it all, the Audi RS3 Sportback. While some think of the A45 AMG as...
Original Mazda MX-5 Miata Would Make an Excellent Speedster
20 Apr 2020, 18:58 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The Miata is often made fun of by fans of German coupes or American muscle cars. However, the creativity within the MX-5 community is strong and often results in interesting builds. We're hoping somebody can put something like this on the road...
2022 Nissan 240Z Is Exactly the Modern Datsun Everybody Wants
19 Apr 2020, 23:22 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Nissan, stop everything you're doing, look at these photos and hire Le Yang Bai right now. Because there's not a Z car fan out there who wouldn't buy something that looks this darn good. We have a little confession. This 3D render...
Gulf Racing Volkswagen Beetle Sports Widebody Kit
19 Apr 2020, 21:53 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / While other automakers ponder a retro revival project or niche car once in a while, Volkswagen went ahead and did it... over and over. Cars like the Beetle, Scirocco or Eos may not be the best in the world, but they feel different and difficult to ...
Toyota 2000GT Gets Modernized in Rendering Video, Looks Like a Baby Corvette
19 Apr 2020, 20:26 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The Toyota 2000GT is where some say the Japanese sports car started. Built in very limited numbers, the coupe resembles a Jaguar from some angles but does its own thing in the styling department. Few Toyota fans have even had the pleasure of see...
Infamous V12 Toyota Supra Can Hit 220 MPH, Is a Gold Widebody God
19 Apr 2020, 19:05 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The old Toyota Supra's 2JZ engine is famous all over the world, used for swaps that range from little Miatas to dune-climbing trucks in the Middle East. However, once you take a 2JZ out, you can put something better in its place, as ‘Sm...