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Kevin Ash's Death Still Needs Some Explanations
Kevin Ash's Death Still Needs Some Explanations

14 Mar 2014, 16:33 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / It’s been more than a year since the tragic, untimely and still mysterious death of Kevin Ash, one of the most popular and respected motorcycle journalists in both native UK and throughout the...

 
Where Does Motorcycling End and Marketing Begin?
Where Does Motorcycling End and Marketing Begin?

12 Mar 2014, 17:06 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / The golden age when motorcycles were the crowned queens of the world’s roads are gone, and that’s a fact. Society has come a very long way since the 1950’s and pretty much everythi...

 
Mercedes C-Class Classic: Why It Makes Sense
Mercedes C-Class Classic: Why It Makes Sense

12 Mar 2014, 14:59 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The Mercedes C-Class is a veteran of the auto industry. It's been with us under that name since 1993 and even longer if you also consider the 190 range. Right up until the baby-A's concept...

 
Can Dorna Make Up Its Mind?
Can Dorna Make Up Its Mind?

7 Mar 2014, 16:06 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Things are far from calm in the MotoGP paddock, and the latest tests at Sepang and Phillip Island only caused even more stir in relation with Dorna’s Open class regulations. Putting things in ...

 
Mini Mania Takes Over Geneva!
Mini Mania Takes Over Geneva!

6 Mar 2014, 20:19 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Let's be honest here. Nobody ever dreamed about being an automotive journalist just to write about small city cars. Badly made, underpowered, overpriced and overdesigned – these things ar...

 
Trust Me, I’m a Lawyer. And Praise Jesus!
Trust Me, I’m a Lawyer. And Praise Jesus!

6 Mar 2014, 16:12 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Things have not gone too well for Edwin Mieses, the rider who sustained massive injuries as Alexian Lien ran him over during the Manhattan Brawl incident, last September. Doctors say that there are ...

 
Is Yamaha Bringing Back Proper Adventure Bikes?
Is Yamaha Bringing Back Proper Adventure Bikes?

5 Mar 2014, 15:48 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Yes, I know, everybody seems to like the big-bore bikes, and in the US the likes of the R1200GS have a cult following. On the old continent, the KTM 1190 Adventure is revving up and gathering more a...

 
Why Bentley Needs a Four-Door Coupe
Why Bentley Needs a Four-Door Coupe

27 Feb 2014, 16:55 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / As a car brand, Bentley is a bit of a cliche, a stiff upper lipped, "handcrafted", ye' old traditions… shepherd's pie. That doesn't sound like much of a problem, but ...

 
When Winning Races Is No Longer Selling Bikes
When Winning Races Is No Longer Selling Bikes

24 Feb 2014, 17:33 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / While some of the 2013 figures from big motorcycle manufacturers show improvements over the past years, with say, BMW reporting record sales in a row, it looks like some areas in the bike industry a...

 
Supercars in Geneva, Nothing to Dream About
Supercars in Geneva, Nothing to Dream About

21 Feb 2014, 13:26 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / With the Geneva Motor Show just around the apex, there are quite a few supercars waiting to kickstart Spring. Each one of them is a horsepower explosion ready to generate tons of smoking rides and d...

 
BMW’s Slow Death, the Final Nail: 2 Series Active Tourer
BMW’s Slow Death, the Final Nail: 2 Series Active Tourer

14 Feb 2014, 16:23 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / This is it. Goodbye BMW, it’s been a real pleasure having your rear diffs guiding me through the corners, but this is all I can stand. A front-wheel drive MPV is simply too much for me to take...

 
Should Ford Revive the Ranger in the US?
Should Ford Revive the Ranger in the US?

11 Feb 2014, 16:58 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Today's US compact pickup truck market is a two-way battle with just the Toyota Tacoma and the Nissan Frontier available across dealerships. The segment used to be livelier half a decade ago, w...

 
On Bigger Is Better and Less Is More
On Bigger Is Better and Less Is More

5 Feb 2014, 15:45 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / I have to give credit to the Harley-Davidson marketing department for being a bunch of truly resourceful fellows. The ease of switching lanes, so to speak, is absolutely stunning and is also good fo...

 
The Subaru WRX STI, Kia GT4 and Lying Through Concepts
The Subaru WRX STI, Kia GT4 and Lying Through Concepts

26 Jan 2014, 18:28 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Car shows have changed from being events for us aficionados to billion dollar venues covered by the regular media. “This is the Golf worth $1 million”, “Here’s the 800 horsep...

 
Do We Ride or Do We Trail?
Do We Ride or Do We Trail?

17 Jan 2014, 15:15 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Some will get kind of mad at me for this piece, but it only reflects the reality of actually being a motorcyclist... which involves riding. Motorcyclists DO ride, and this should say pretty much eve...

 
Some Idiots Never Get It
Some Idiots Never Get It

14 Jan 2014, 16:55 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / I know that this piece will attract some bashing, but maybe that's the way things must happen. It looks like some idiots never get it, at least not until they get arrested and receive fines lar...

 
Indian and Victory, the Kwisatz Haderach?
Indian and Victory, the Kwisatz Haderach?

10 Jan 2014, 15:23 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / 2014 and beyond will surely bring a lot of interesting things in the American Cruiser market segment. That is, Indian Motorcycles is back with a bang, and it looks like the reborn brand is gaining m...

 
BMW’s Autonomous Drifting Is Wrong: Ultimate Self-Driving Machines
BMW’s Autonomous Drifting Is Wrong: Ultimate Self-Driving Machines

8 Jan 2014, 11:04 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / There’s a new game in Vegas this week and it has nothing to do with the casinos. Instead, the hype comes from BMW, which used the CES to showcase a host of autonomous driving tech. For me, the...

 
Is the MotoGP Show Killing Technological Spearheading?
Is the MotoGP Show Killing Technological Spearheading?

7 Jan 2014, 16:43 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / A lot of things are changing in MotoGP, but it looks like not every manufacturer is exactly happy with this, and Honda has always been the most vocal of the MSMA against too many changes that Dorna ...

 
Motorsport Is (No Longer) Dangerous: Schumacher's Ski Drama
Motorsport Is (No Longer) Dangerous: Schumacher's Ski Drama

30 Dec 2013, 16:33 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / If I was a cynic – which I usually am, to the point of misanthropy sometimes – I would probably start this mild harangue by quoting a non-sympathetic person who recently tweeted “...