Why I Think the VW ID.2all Previews the New-Age Electric Golf and Why That's a Good Thing
Who Needs 300 HP Hot Hatches, Anyway?
9 Dec 2012, 09:47 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / As it has been discussed in an older editorial, we are truly obsessed by numbers and figures. We don`t really take into account what really matters when buying a hot hatch, in this case, and we tend...
To Leave the Big Bike at Home
7 Dec 2012, 17:06 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Long ago, we started to change the way we were: once the industrial revolution has shown us how nice and cozy life can really be, we've fallen in love with convenience. Now, convenience is inde...
The Brilliant Simplicity of Mazda SKYACTIV
2 Dec 2012, 13:30 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / In an age when automakers are being pushed to reduce emissions and use less of the precious oil-based fuels we are extracting out of the ground and processing at great cost (both financial and...
What in the World Could Make Roads Safer for Bikes?
30 Nov 2012, 16:14 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / No, it's no war. I've long time admitted this and still I stand behind what I wrote back then. Those warmongers believing that car drivers and motorcyclists would and could never share the...
Alfa Romeo Flagship Underpinned by Maserati? Yes, Please!
24 Nov 2012, 12:47 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Alfa Romeo has millions of ‘adepts’ around the world, having built some of the best looking and best to drive cars in automotive history. Their sporting heritage, design prowess and grea...
How Dare They? On Banning Old Cars in Towns
17 Nov 2012, 12:56 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Once, people used to be proud to have stylish automobiles gracing the streets of their towns, yet in recent years, with the push towards a ‘greener’ future, car culture has begun to meld...
American Suzuki: The Bankrupt Elephant in the Room
11 Nov 2012, 15:41 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Because we’re so centered around cars, it’s very hard to get the big picture sometimes: that the auto industry is an important but relatively small cog in the global machine. General Mot...
A New Dawn for the Middleweight Motorcycle
9 Nov 2012, 16:47 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / It happened before to the cars and it will keep on happening to pretty much anything, because our civilization is just history repeating... though sometimes with a twist, or with slight differences:...
The Future of Driving is Self-Driving!
3 Nov 2012, 11:57 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Just over a century ago, the first motorized carriages made their appearance on the unpaved roads of the world, and within a few decades they had gained widespread acceptance, and many people ...
Why Are Audis So Ugly?
27 Oct 2012, 14:00 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / An old Quattro, all-wheel drive, making lots of noise in the forest and letting the tail out on gravel. An Audi A8 parked outside a luxury hotel or cafe… mmm, that’s nice. And how about...
Why Are Electric Motorcycles So Damn Expensive?
26 Oct 2012, 15:18 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / The question isn't by far something new, but we were expecting something more form the E-industry after all this time. I mean, yes, all new technology comes with a significantly highe...
An Obsession With Numbers
13 Oct 2012, 09:50 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / We, as predominantly left-brained beings, like to quantify, calculate, compare and test stuff. We really genuinely love it, as it gives us a feeling of uniformity and control, and the false idea tha...
Porsche Should Only Make Panamera as a Shooting Brake!
6 Oct 2012, 12:39 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / I had all but lost hope in Porsche’s ability to make a good looking car with more than two doors, after seeing their first try at making an SUV, the first generation Cayenne which looked quite...
Can Dacia Take on the UK?
29 Sep 2012, 10:48 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The order books are now officially open for the Dacia Sandero, Sandero Stepway and Duster 4x4, in the UK. But will Renault’s Romania-based budget brand win over the heads (not hearts) of the B...
Will Peugeot's 208 GTi Be Worth the Wait?
22 Sep 2012, 11:49 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The French have a very unusual approach to building cars. They do not simply build a car, as much as they engineer and design everything to be different (and better, usually, though this cannot be c...
Should GM Give Up on Opel?
16 Sep 2012, 16:42 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / No, of course not, don’t be stupid! And that’s the end of the editorial. Thank you for reading, see you next week!... What’s that boss, I have to elaborate on my opinion and tell p...
Should We Like the New Ford Mondeo?
8 Sep 2012, 09:38 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The Ford Mondeo – a car from an American manufacturer, specifically designed for the needs and preferences of its very wide and loyal European audience. The first incarnation of the car made i...
Second Hand Cars - The Land of Opportunities
2 Sep 2012, 14:23 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Every time there’s a new car launched onto the market, every news desk clammers over it, finding it much better than everything else before it. But in reality, very little can be added without...
To Ride, Rock and Roll
25 Aug 2012, 11:07 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / I've been riding for some years now and for even longer I have played in a “some sort of heavy metal” band. Not a professional musician, but let's say I've had my fair sha...
Made in China
25 Aug 2012, 10:34 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / You know how on your fancy mobile phone or high-end, super-expensive laptop (not giving names… Apple, Sony, Samsung) it says “Designed in California”. That’s just a nice way...