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Articles written by Daniel Patrascu
Daniel Patrascu
Daniel is the one in our team who loves to push buttons. Not the ones you have in your home, or car, or wherever, but the ones who make us huff and puff. He loves writing, or so he claims, but he prefers to use his 10 words per minute typing skills to bring you a "behind the scenes" look at the automotive industry, rather than keeping you up to speed with new vehicles and their performances.He hates all electric vehicles and is a sucker for American muscle cars. So much that at one point he had a crush on Eleanor, even if it took her only sixty seconds to see him and be gone. Feeling abandoned, he turned to autoevolution for shelter, so we took him in.
Favorite quote: "I truly believe men and fish can coexist peacefully" – George W. Bush
We are sure those with a passion for the automotive world can tell us, by heart and at a moment's notice, at least five people who in time have become somewhat of road legends. If, however, we ask them to name at least three legend roads, we are sure most of them ...
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The sweet scent of success in Asia has pushed the US government into informal talks with its South Korean counterpart over a possible renewal of trade barriers in the auto sector. Called the Free Trade Agreement (FTA), the document was initiated by the former Bush ...
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Finding itself, for the first time, with no vehicle among the 27 chosen by the IIHS as the 2010 Top safety Picks, Japanese carmaker Toyota now says the report is misleading. Toyota also expressed its disapproval of the way in which the IIHS decided to state this ...
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Military contractor Oshkosh announced it is trying, together with the city of Oshkosh, to create a viable plan for the expansion of the manufacturer's local facility. The plan calls for the City of Oshkosh to aide the company with the creation of a new tax ...
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The Italian White Knight in Fiat armor for American manufacturer Chrysler has accepted the invitation submitted by the Economic Club of Chicago (ECC) and will be the quest star at the group's Chicago Auto Show meeting in February 2010. Marchionne's appearance at ...
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The push to make the Nissan Leaf the world's first mass produced electric vehicle continues today with the announcement that electric transportation specialist ECOtality, together with its subsidiary eTec, will form the backbone of the EV Project, an endeavor meant ...
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The soon-to-be forged Volkswagen-Porsche conglomerate took today yet another step towards a joint future, with the Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft Supervisory Board approving the contracts of implementation which establish the details of the already agreed upon ...
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Racing fans will from now on be able to stay in touch with what happens on more than 50 speedways across the US, as they all now benefit from the RainedOut first text message service for sports leagues and clubs.
RainedOut was started out of the need to inform fans ...
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The first and largest straw-based ethanol production facility was declared operational yesterday by HRH Prince Joachim of Denmark. The facility will produce 5.4 million litres of ethanol, 13,000 tons of lignin pellets, 11,100 tons of C5 molasses from some 30,000 ...
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With the end of the 2009 season just around the corner, NASCAR teams are scrambling to find out what went wrong (or good, for that matter) and fix the issues for the 2010 season.
Having found that it is a bit difficult to beat teams which field Toyota vehicles ...
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Out of the some 222,000 customers GM says it has had for its vehicles since the introduction of the 60-day Money Back Guarantee on new vehicle purchases, only 200 have decided to return the vehicles they've purchased.
But the story does not end here. In an ...
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As rumored ever since yesterday, Earnhardt Ganassi Racing's (EGR) No. 1 Chevrolet will have behind the wheel Jamie McMurray, who has officially become one of EGR's drivers for the 2010 Sprint Cup.
“I am really excited about this opportunity with ...
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With all the fuss created around green technologies employed in the automotive industry, each and any recognition given to a manufacturer for its efforts can do nothing less than help it promote its own technologies.
The Italians from Fiat took an important step in ...
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In what is perhaps one of the most rarely seen recalls, Swedish carmaker Volvo announced it is forced to send bank for servicing 9,667 XC60 vehicles, manufactured in 2010, due to a driver's seat cover fault.
According to the official recall notice posted on the ...
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Norwegian electric vehicle manufacturer Think is expected to announce in the near future its decision regarding its future US-based production site. According to rumors, Think has already picked a site in Indiana as the central hub for its North American ...
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As soon as Michael A. Carpenter was appointed new chief financial officer for GMAC Financial, the new CEO steeped into the spotlight and said that the company he now leads will keep the automotive business at the center of its future endeavors. The reason behind ...
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Japanese carmaker Subaru managed a not-so-easy task, as it has a car in every category of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's Top Safety Pick. The carmaker's Legacy (Liberty), Outback, Forester, Impreza and Tribeca have passed with flying colors the test ...
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As part of a plan dating back all the way since 2007, Indian carmaker Mahindra announced plans to expand its business in Australia by opening four new Mahindra dealers in West Australia. The four are Rockingham Mahindra, Melville Mahindra, Bunbury Mahindra and ...
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The first ever Global Ministerial Summit on Road Safety will meet this week in Moscow, after it received the UN approval back in April 2008. The summit's main goal is to create the framework required for participating countries to reduce the number of road ...
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After German carmaker Daimler announced back in the beginning of October that the Hambach, France facility will be the site where the new electric smart fortwo will be built, the company said today production of the initial 1,000 units has begun.
“With ...
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