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autoevolution's Celebration Month

2020 will not go down in history as humanity's worst year ever, as there have been plenty of those before.

Records will however show that it brought with it the biggest challenge our generation had to face. There's virtually no corner of this Earth left untouched by a plague that has completely reshaped our society - and probably more hurdles lie ahead.

But for the first time in months (and how dark those months have been, filled with fear and uncertainty), there seems to be light ahead. In a month's time, 2020 will be history and a new year will begin, hopefully bringing with it an end of the scourge and making this decade one worth living.

Historically, December has been a time for joy. Not even wars were powerful enough to dilute that warm feeling we get as Christmas and the New Year draw closer. How many stories of enemy soldiers spending Christmas together haven't we heard? How many journals detailing the hope each of them felt during this time of the year haven't we read?

2020 will have its Christmas too. Then the New Year will bring 2021 with it, and open the doors to a number of vaccines, new political leadership in key points around the globe, and, above all, the prospect of a new beginning.

2020 is ending, and we couldn't be happier that it does. For us here at autoevolution it's been as challenging as it was for all of you, our readers. Just like you, some of us caught the virus (myself included), others got depressed by the lockdowns, others worried all the time. But together we punched through it, and undoubtedly grew stronger.

There's only one month left in 2020, and we'll spend it not lamenting what was, but celebrating what will come. Despite all the troubles endured so far, and in anticipation of what’s to come, we here at autoevolution thus declare December 2020 to be Celebration Month. As such, we asked each of our editors to select a favorite topic and focus on that for the next four weeks. Look below to see who’s cooking what.

Finally, we thank you for being with us through all this, and here's to a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!



Celebration Month Topics
Alex Oagana - Mercedes-Benz
Andrei Tutu - Muscle Cars
Aurel Niculescu - Ford Bronco
Bogdan Popa - Smart Driving
Cristian Curmei - Urban Mobility
Daniel Patrascu - Pickup Trucks
Dragos Chitulescu - Drift Cars
Elena Gorgan - Luxury Transportation
Mihnea Radu - JDM
Mircea Panait - Chevrolet Corvette
Silvian Secara - Ducati
Tudor Serban - Classic Cars
Vlad Mitrache - Electric Vehicles
Vlad Radu - Ferrari

Editor's note: This special feature by autoevolution was not sponsored or supported by a third-party.
1995 Land Rover Defender Got All Fancy for Its One Way Trip to America
1995 Land Rover Defender Got All Fancy for Its One Way Trip to America

18 Dec 2020, 10:06 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Left-hand drive 1995 Land Rover Defender with several improvements to make it more modern can be had as part of an online auction

 
Google Maps Updated With a New Taxi Service on Android and iPhone
Google Maps Updated With a New Taxi Service on Android and iPhone

18 Dec 2020, 09:20 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Google has recently signed a partnership with SIXT in order to bring a new taxi service to the mapping application on mobile devices

 
Sunburst Orange 1960 Dodge D100 Could Take on Custom Chevys and Fords Any Day
Sunburst Orange 1960 Dodge D100 Could Take on Custom Chevys and Fords Any Day

18 Dec 2020, 08:50 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / 1960 Dodge D100 in Sunburst Orange is for sale with a Chevrolet crate 350-ci engine and custom looks; priced at $29,900 with 3,700 miles (5,900 km) on the clock

 
Google Officially Announces Android Auto Closed Testing Apps
Google Officially Announces Android Auto Closed Testing Apps

18 Dec 2020, 08:43 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The Mountain View-based search giant has started allowing developers to publish apps for closed beta testing in the Google Play Store

 
James Bond’s 1969 Mercury Cougar XR-7 Convertible Is Now The Priciest Cougar
James Bond’s 1969 Mercury Cougar XR-7 Convertible Is Now The Priciest Cougar

18 Dec 2020, 07:52 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Muscle car featured in four scenes from "On Her Majesty’s Secret Service" fetched twice the maximum estimate at auction, making it the most expensive Cougar yet

 
Chevrolet Camaro "Super Wagon" Looks Like the Family Muscle We Want
Chevrolet Camaro "Super Wagon" Looks Like the Family Muscle We Want

17 Dec 2020, 20:14 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The Chevrolet Camaro-based wagon portrayed in the rendering we have here would make for an awesome SUV alternative, give or take a pair of doors

 
2021 Chevrolet Corvette Receives Tonawanda Engine Plant Badge
2021 Chevrolet Corvette Receives Tonawanda Engine Plant Badge

17 Dec 2020, 17:09 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / A year late, the Tonawanda Engine Plant badge is now featured on the one of the valve covers of the LT2 small-block V8 in the C8 Corvette Stingray

 
2020 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 Races Corvette Z06, Check Engine Light Shows Up
2020 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 Races Corvette Z06, Check Engine Light Shows Up

17 Dec 2020, 16:18 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The C7-generation Chevrolet Corvette Z06 and the S550 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 duked it out on no fewer than seven occasions

 
2021 Ram 1500 TRX VIN No. 001 Rolls Off the Lines, Heading to Auction
2021 Ram 1500 TRX VIN No. 001 Rolls Off the Lines, Heading to Auction

17 Dec 2020, 15:55 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Ram rolls out the first ever 1500 TRX customer truck; Launch Edition VIN No. 001 to be auctioned for charity at an yet unspecified event

 
1971 Datsun 521 Pickup Costs as Much as an e-Bike, Rust Comes Free
1971 Datsun 521 Pickup Costs as Much as an e-Bike, Rust Comes Free

17 Dec 2020, 15:23 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / 1971 Datsun 521 pickup could form the perfect starting point for an exciting build project, the truck seems to be going for a small sum

 
Swind EB-01 Maker Addresses Simon Cowell’s Back-Breaking e-Bike Incident
Swind EB-01 Maker Addresses Simon Cowell’s Back-Breaking e-Bike Incident

17 Dec 2020, 15:00 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Swindon Powertrain maintains it has acted in good faith and that, as with any other device, it’s the owner’s duty to read the user manual prior to use

 
Good Luck Figuring Out Why Android Auto Sends the Same Notification Twice
Good Luck Figuring Out Why Android Auto Sends the Same Notification Twice

17 Dec 2020, 14:28 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Android Auto has suddenly begun sending out the same notification twice to a number of users; by the looks of things, this behavior started recently

 
Waze Bug Makes Support for the CarPlay Dashboard Pretty Much Useless
Waze Bug Makes Support for the CarPlay Dashboard Pretty Much Useless

17 Dec 2020, 14:18 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The car icon is now placed in the middle of the screen when Waze runs on the dashboard, thus making it impossible to see map reports

 
1947 Hudson Big Boy Pickup Is a Working Class Super Six
1947 Hudson Big Boy Pickup Is a Working Class Super Six

17 Dec 2020, 14:12 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / 1947 Hudson Big Boy pickup is as close to its original form as it could be - even the powerplant under the hood is the original one

 
C8 Corvette Velocity Stacks Look Dumb, Aren't Functional, and Cost Too Much
C8 Corvette Velocity Stacks Look Dumb, Aren't Functional, and Cost Too Much

17 Dec 2020, 13:45 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / To whom it may concern, there's a new way to rice up the C8 Corvette in the guise of $1,495 velocity stacks that aren't actually functional

 
Simon Cowell Goes Jet Skiing 4 Months After Breaking His Back in e-Bike Fall
Simon Cowell Goes Jet Skiing 4 Months After Breaking His Back in e-Bike Fall

17 Dec 2020, 11:28 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / The television personality is in Barbados with his family, putting this year’s serious injury completely in the past; two-wheelers are still off-limits probably

 
Ford Bronco Warthog Spied Around Dearborn, Meets 2021 Bronco and Custom Wrangler
Ford Bronco Warthog Spied Around Dearborn, Meets 2021 Bronco and Custom Wrangler

17 Dec 2020, 11:18 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / The high-performance version of the reinvented off-roader is seen cruising the streets in a chilled manner, looks wide next to 2021 Bronco and modded Wrangler

 
Extended 1981 Dodge W250 Is More Truck and More Fun for Less Money
Extended 1981 Dodge W250 Is More Truck and More Fun for Less Money

17 Dec 2020, 10:48 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / 1981 Dodge W250, one of the first of its kind, is for sale in its original condition for just $12,900; makes the perfect project truck

 
Recently Discovered 1937 Bugatti Type 57S “Dulcie” to Sell for $9.5 Million
Recently Discovered 1937 Bugatti Type 57S “Dulcie” to Sell for $9.5 Million

17 Dec 2020, 10:47 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / “Dulcie” has been kept a secret from the world by owner Bill Turnbull, who worked on restoring it; the classic car will cross the auction block in February 2021

 
You’ll Never Guess How Cheap This Radical 1969 Volkswagen Beetle Pickup Is
You’ll Never Guess How Cheap This Radical 1969 Volkswagen Beetle Pickup Is

17 Dec 2020, 10:03 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / 1969 Volkswagen Beetle was turned into a pickup truck with a lot of fiberglass body modifications, sells for an unexpected sum