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Football Players and Ferraris
Football Players and Ferraris

17 Jun 2012, 17:03 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / I could be talking about the way an Aston Martin looks like it has Marilyn Monroe hips, that the Ford GT will come back in 2016 with a backside like J Lo’s, or that the new Mercedes single bar...

 
Pony Car Perplexing Problems and Puzzles
Pony Car Perplexing Problems and Puzzles

9 Jun 2012, 15:41 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Right now, Ford is honestly considering bringing the current Mustang to Europe as an import. I stressed that part because has importance: it might be built overseas in the future, but right now it&r...

 
There Is No War
There Is No War

9 Jun 2012, 09:08 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / I guess I'm about to become some sort of devil's advocate in this matter, since it's both unfair and silly to analyze the topic of “road rights” from a single point of vie...

 
Car Design Peaked in the 1960s
Car Design Peaked in the 1960s

2 Jun 2012, 19:45 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Have you actually taken a good look at modern cars? Manufacturers copy each other and all cars look the same - boring. Design and aesthetics are a subjective matter and should be treated as such. Ho...

 
A Diesel Bike, Would You?
A Diesel Bike, Would You?

2 Jun 2012, 11:29 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / The idea of a diesel motorcycle has been around for quite some time now, and it's still a mystery why it hasn’t been developed on a larger scale. While the motorcycling world has always r...

 
How Mazda Is Bringing Fun Back to Alfa Romeo
How Mazda Is Bringing Fun Back to Alfa Romeo

27 May 2012, 13:37 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / You know how your English teacher gives you an E when he/she finds out that you copied your report off the Internet, to discourage you from copying other people’s ideas? Well that’s just...

 
Muscle Bike Trio: Ducati Diavel, Yamaha VMAX and Triumph Rocket III
Muscle Bike Trio: Ducati Diavel, Yamaha VMAX and Triumph Rocket III

26 May 2012, 07:09 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Some bikes and, for what's worth - the fun of riding them, are meant to be shared, while others have been created for a more egotistic purpose: that of solo riding. And I'm not thinking a...

 
Can Diesel Be Fun?
Can Diesel Be Fun?

19 May 2012, 21:51 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The first documented operation of a ‘compression-ignition engine’ was recorded in 1897, when French genius-inventor Rudolf Diesel fired up his first single cylinder motor. The engine was...

 
Why Speeding Tickets in an Exotic Car Are Cool
Why Speeding Tickets in an Exotic Car Are Cool

13 May 2012, 11:43 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / What’s up everybody! It’s time to read some nonsense you’ve never thought about but actually makes perfect sense once you try to wrap your circuits around it. Once again, I’l...

 
"If You Don't Ride in the Rain, You Don't Ride"
"If You Don't Ride in the Rain, You Don't Ride"

11 May 2012, 19:17 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Some people like to say that if one does not ride in the rain, he or she does not ride at all. Well, there is some truth in this saying, as there is some exaggeration, as well. There's absolute...

 
How Much Should We Pay for Performance?
How Much Should We Pay for Performance?

6 May 2012, 13:19 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The belt we were all asked to tighten by men some years ago in power has never completely been loosened again, has it? I don’t care if you live in Detroit or Paris, things have changed since 2...

 
No Reason to Hate Lamborghini's Super-SUV!
No Reason to Hate Lamborghini's Super-SUV!

29 Apr 2012, 08:06 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Lamborghini recently unveiled the Urus, which sounds like a skin disease you get from petting a bear, but is actually the first latest concept from Sant’Agata Bolognese’s latest idea for...

 
All Cool Cars Should Go Global: Ford Gets It!
All Cool Cars Should Go Global: Ford Gets It!

15 Apr 2012, 10:08 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The automotive world has been taken over by this snowball effect were just about ever bit of false information is amplified, spreading like wildfire from blog to blog and from Tweet to Tweet. For to...

 
2012 New York: Return of Sanity and the Gearhead
2012 New York: Return of Sanity and the Gearhead

8 Apr 2012, 19:16 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Seagulls are falling from the sky, baby seals are being smothered to death by greenhouse gasses and the polar bears’ habitat is shrinking every day. These are all NOT things the automotive wor...

 
The future is bright, the future is... Orange
The future is bright, the future is... Orange

31 Mar 2012, 21:59 UTC · By: Charles Darveight / 2044 AD. Nürburgring. Sunny with a hint of smog, but hey, this is a technologically developed society, so that’s rather normal. A bored pelican goes about his morning exercise routine on ...

 
Seven Deadly Automotive Sins
Seven Deadly Automotive Sins

25 Mar 2012, 17:16 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Many lessons have been learned through the collapse of the US auto industry a couple of years back. Yet somehow, not everybody has taken them to heart. Just like European policymakers are taking the...

 
Elvis Would Love a BMW M6!
Elvis Would Love a BMW M6!

18 Mar 2012, 19:25 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Not a day goes by without me thinking how “The King” was so cruelly taken from this world by the aliens who most likely wanted to turn “Hound Dog” into a galactic hit. Of cou...

 
The Bentley SUV Needs a Makeover!
The Bentley SUV Needs a Makeover!

11 Mar 2012, 19:02 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Bentley has jumped into action for Geneva, bringing not only a couple of V8-powered models, the new GT coupe and GTC convertible, and a special version of the Mulsanne luxury saloon. But what people...

 
Green Cars and Politicians
Green Cars and Politicians

4 Mar 2012, 22:25 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Complicated and expensive, cars are ideal status symbols for men. And when you’re the leader of all men in your little corner of the world, the temptation to stroke your ego and change cars ma...

 
What's With All the Ferrari Fires?!
What's With All the Ferrari Fires?!

26 Feb 2012, 21:30 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / You might have the most impressive V8 engine, with variable valve timing on each of the five cams, but your Ferrari is going to ruin your life bycatching fire