Alex Oagana
His parents almost called the police the day after he got his driving license, suspecting their car had been stolen. Little did they know that Alex had went for a 24 hour joy ride with his friends and had forgotten to announce his parents that he was going to “borrow” the family car for the trip.
In case it's not obvious enough by now, he lives and breathes cars. He considers himself an oldschool petrolhead who is well aware that the automotive industry is a polluting business but he's also sick at heart knowing that someday we're all going to drive kitchen appliances with digitized V8 sounds.
Following some time at the University of Journalism, he landed his first real job at the local franchise of Top Gear magazine a few years before Mircea. Not long after, Alex entered the New Media realm with the autoevolution.com project, which he believes is changing the face of online automotive coverage.
During various periods of sabbaticals from autoevolution he also got a few writing and/or editing gigs at websites like Carscoops, Top Speed, and also did some freelancing work, but his first online passion kept calling him back at the car site he helped launch back in 2008.
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2024 Mercedes-Benz G-Class Facelift Has New Engine Lineup
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2024 Mercedes-Benz E-Class W214 Is a Last Hurrah for Stuttgart Tradition
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Porsche Facelifts the Panamera Again for 2023, Ahead of Full Switch to Electric
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One-of-One Gemballa Porsche 993 Is a Twin-turbocharged, 1990s Tuning Beast
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2023 Rolls-Royce Phantom Facelift Will be the Last of Its Kind
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