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Alex Oagana

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Personal motto:

Suck, squeeze, bang, blow. (no pun intended)

Editor-at-large & car know-it-all
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Alex handled his first real steering wheel on his father's lap when he was five (on a field) and started practicing “Scandinavian Flicks” at 14 (on non-public gravel roads, of course).

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.
Warren Buffet's Bid for BYD
Warren Buffet's Bid for BYD

21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / The “Oracle of Omaha”, known as an investor, businessman, philanthropist and most notably the richest man in the world according to Forbes, Warren Buffet, has agreed to buy a reasonable amount of stakes in the BYD Co Ltd. The 225 millio...

 
Hans Nibel: One of the Catalysts That Made Mercedes-Benz What It Is Today
Hans Nibel: One of the Catalysts That Made Mercedes-Benz What It Is Today

21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / By far one of the most important individuals in the early history of Stuttgart's finest was an engineer called Hans Nibel. First working for Benz and Cie., and then for Mercedes-Benz, his role in shaping the German carmaker is often overlo...

 
History's Weirdest Concept Cars
History's Weirdest Concept Cars

21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / Concept cars exist at the apex point where dreams and technology meet. Whether we crave for clean power, extreme performance or just plain weird shapes, we have the perfect prototype to thank for pointing us toward the undecided future. And while n...

 
Group B Rally Cars: The Killer B's
Group B Rally Cars: The Killer B's

21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / The 1980s are most famous for the launch of MTV, kitschy clothing, the Jamaican bobsled team successes at the Winter Olympics, Wayne Gretzky's rise to fame and the horrific Glam metal rock bands. Of course, almost none of these famous bits are...

 
Paul di Resta Tests an F1 Car; Stays in DTM
Paul di Resta Tests an F1 Car; Stays in DTM

21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / Mercedes-Benz works driver Paul di Resta has apparently been offered the chance to participate in a Formula 1 test at Silverstone for the second time in his life. While testing, the young Scotsman drove the latest version of the McLaren Mercedes F1...

 
Gentlemen, start your...
Gentlemen, start your...

21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / ...browsers! (drumroll) The day we all waited (and feared) has finally arrived. The autoevolution.com project is in business (read: online) and the whole team bids you a warm welcome on our website. I shall start now with a small(ish) summary/ glos...

 
Giotto Bizzarrini: Engineering Excellence
Giotto Bizzarrini: Engineering Excellence

21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / Following a life of test driving, engineering and ultimately car making, Bizzarrini is one of the greatest men to have ever stepped into the automotive racing world. “I am not a designer, I am a worker” is Giotto Bizzarrini's perso...

 
The Origins of Streamline Design in Cars
The Origins of Streamline Design in Cars

21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / The interwar period was a time of changes throughout the world. The 1925 Paris exhibition, officially titled “Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes”, marked the starting point of the Art Deco movem...

 
Automotive industry says: “Bring the pain!”...
Automotive industry says: “Bring the pain!”...

21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / ... just like it was a line from a B-category action flick or the name of Method Man's '90s single. Everybody is preparing nowadays to take the world economic recession head on. Regarded by some as one of the barometers of the world econo...

 
I'm Blue da ba dee...
I'm Blue da ba dee...

21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / ...da ba die... was the chorus to a catchy/crappy song by an obscure European band called Eiffel 65. The “blue” part in it also echoes part of the name given by Volkswagen to its current TDI models equipped with special fuel-saving tech...

 
Let's Get Wet: A Simple Guide for Driving in the Rain
Let's Get Wet: A Simple Guide for Driving in the Rain

21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / When it comes to the basics of driving, one of the first drive safety challenges to arise from... well, the list of drive safety challenges, is driving through the rain. Since I've never been there, I'm not sure if “the rain in Spai...

 
Marcello Gandini: The Magician of Car Design Dies at 85, His Legend Lives On (1938 - 2014)
Marcello Gandini: The Magician of Car Design Dies at 85, His Legend Lives On (1938 - 2014)

21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / Marcello Gandini has passed away at the age of 85, but he will go down in automotive history as the magician who designed the iconic Lamborghini Countach and Lancia Stratos. And he is the man to blame for the stunning suicide doors. Son of an o...

 
Soccer Mom Cars gone Bad
Soccer Mom Cars gone Bad

21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / Soccer mom: (noun) a typically suburban mother who accompanies her children to their soccer games and is considered as part of a significant voting bloc or demographic group. (source: Merriam Webster Online Dictionary) Soccer mom car: (noun) a veh...

 
Your Guide to Buying a Used Sports Car
Your Guide to Buying a Used Sports Car

21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / Not everyone was born in a carefree Blue Blood family or hit the jackpot in the stock market (especially in current economic conditions), but almost every driver looks with envy at the neighbor's shiny sports coupe or track day roadster when t...

 
Geriatric Drivers: When Age and Driving Stop Getting Along
Geriatric Drivers: When Age and Driving Stop Getting Along

21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / We've all seen it or heard about it, either in real life or on the five o'clock news: more and more aging drivers are causing accidents that normally shouldn't happen. Yes, we are familiar with the definition of an accident, but we&#...

 
The Wingless Evolution X for Poseurs is Here
The Wingless Evolution X for Poseurs is Here

21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / Mitsubishi Motors Corporation has upgraded its Lancer Evolution X line-up with the addition of a high-end edition of the GSR model. Nicknamed the “GSR Premium” edition, it strangely comes with a whole lot of more luxurious amenities but...

 
"Kaleidoscope" MINI Aldridge Special
"Kaleidoscope" MINI Aldridge Special

21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / A number of out-of-the-ordinary exhibitions have probably found their place between the walls of the London Design Museum, but this week it's home for a particularly strange vehicle: the MINI Aldridge Special. This unique MINI is actually a fo...

 
How Exhaust Systems Work
How Exhaust Systems Work

17 Jun 2011, 06:16 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / Although at first this may seem like a subject that any I-know-it-all car fan is already familiar with, we've come to the conclusion in recent years that there are a lot of preconceptions and even misinformation related to the way exhausts wor...

 
Cars that Sparked Your Love for Cars
Cars that Sparked Your Love for Cars

10 Jun 2011, 10:13 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / Before the following rant begins I would first like to say that it's more personal than others before it, so bear in mind it has absolutely nothing to do with the views of the autoevolution editorial team as a whole. Secondly, I should probabl...

 
Five Rugged Cars for the Zombie Apocalypse
Five Rugged Cars for the Zombie Apocalypse

9 Jun 2011, 20:16 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / Have you ever stood behind the wheel, stuck in rush hour traffic, day-dreaming about crushing hordes of the undead with your very own custom-modified, zombie-repelling vehicle? What do you mean no? Well, we did - lots of times - and as it will aris...

 

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