Alex Oagana
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Personal motto:
Suck, squeeze, bang, blow. (no pun intended)
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.
Post-Paris Auto Show Impressions...
2 Oct 2010, 15:11 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / ...It's Saturday and I'm sitting in a French hotel lobby, realizing that my laptop's battery is getting depleted by the minute and I have absolutely no idea about what were the best qualities of the 2010 Paris Auto Show I attended th...
2011 Jaguar XFR Short Review
25 Sep 2010, 19:00 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / About three years ago, at the 2009 Frankfurt Auto Show, Jaguar was unveiling what was to become their first true modern mid-size model since... well, forever – the XF. We're of course talking about design here. Just take a look at its pr...
Are Retro Cars Here to Stay?
20 Sep 2010, 09:58 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / ... The first modern successful retro automobile is most definitely the soon-to-be-replaced Volkswagen New Beetle. There were many other retro cars prior to it, but none were as successful. Designed by a team conducted by now-famed designers J Mays...
Wiesmann Factory Visit
14 Sep 2010, 07:07 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / If any of you remember, about a month ago an autoevolution team was relocated for a couple of days in the Westphalia region of Northern Germany. The main reason for us being there was actually visiting the world's largest tuner, but considerin...
Our Test Drive Section Facelift...
8 Sep 2010, 12:30 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / ... According to Merriam-Webster, a facelift is an alteration, restoration, or restyling (as of a building) intended especially to modernize. This definition is dead on for pretty much everything, whether we're talking about people, houses or ...
Are Modern Car Seats Too Firm?...
30 Aug 2010, 09:33 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / ... I might be called a weirdo after this article, but as the comments here might already suggest, I'm more than OK with getting flamed for exposing my opinion. So, here it goes. Am I the only one who thinks that nowadays most car manufacturer...
Brabus Factory Visit
12 Aug 2010, 18:21 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / It's a wonderful August day, and an autoevolution tactical team is on site in Bottrop, Germany. Some might ask if we're in the wrong town, since CentrO, presumably the biggest shopping center in the whole of Europe, is actually based in n...
EVs Versus PHEVs, Which Will Be Smarter To Own?...
12 Aug 2010, 10:30 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / ...Oil reserves are depleting - either by actual consumption or by accidental spilling – gas prices are about to rise once again and the recession is probably yet to have claimed all of its automotive victims. There are many solutions to this...
Lexus CT 200h EU Configurator Launched
10 Aug 2010, 15:50 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / A few days ago we were informing you about some new and exclusive information regarding the upcoming Lexus CT 200h. Today, our dealership source was also kind enough to point us to a newly launched Lexus retailer website, from which you can downloa...
New Exclusive Information About the Lexus CT 200h
6 Aug 2010, 10:00 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / With Lexus' CT 200h official launch at the 2010 Geneva Auto Show, which was some good months ago, most of the intricate questions about the car's every detail have been replied. Most except some of the most important ones, apparently. Stu...
2011 Jaguar XK-R Convertible Short Review
28 Jul 2010, 06:24 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / "The car is the closest thing we will ever create to something that is alive." Sir William Lyons. Only four years ago, in 2006, Jaguar had a completely different model line-up. Who are we kidding, Jaguar was a completely different...
Planes, Trains and Automobiles...
26 Jul 2010, 10:26 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / ...For some time now, I've started to have this inexplicable hatred towards trains. Yes, I hate trains, sue me! I don't hate all them, actually, but mainly the idea that you depend on them so much when traveling. I had the... let's c...
The Rise and Fall... and Rise of Mercedes-Benz...
14 Jul 2010, 15:08 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / ...I don't know how many of you remember this, but there was a time, not so long ago actually, when the sales performance of the German triumvirate of premium car manufacturers was completely different. By "triumvirate" I'm of c...
Jaguar Racing Heart Track Day Experience at Goodwood
5 Jul 2010, 15:49 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / PROLOGUE The Sussex countryside near Goodwood was reverberating to the sound of supercharged V8 Jaguars as they had descended onto the ultra-narrow roads surrounding the famous circuit. Since this was happening after a track session in just abo...
The SLS AMG is NOT Based on a Defunct Viper Project...
28 Jun 2010, 16:29 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / ..."I keep six honest serving-men (They taught me all I knew); Their names are What and Why and When And How and Where and Who." Rudyard Kipling About a week ago, a rumor started by Edmund's Inside Line spread out all over ...
Gasoline Versus Diesel, The Last Round...
15 Jun 2010, 14:17 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / ... In twenty to thirty years, fossil-fueled cars we all know today might become history. I guess everyone knows by now that both usage and pricing of gasoline all over the world varies because of a huge number of factors, including the availabilit...
EXCLUSIVE: Mercedes-Benz G-Wagen to Receive MY 2011 Facelift
1 Jun 2010, 15:47 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / After over 31 years of continuous production, the G-Klasse off-roader has become the epitome of "old-school" in the land of four-wheeled cult vehicles. How much more retro can you get other than offering about 97.84% of the original vehic...
Facts and Unanswered Questions About the BP Oil Spill...
1 Jun 2010, 12:58 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / ... "Thousands of people are attacked by sea creatures every year. We at BP are dedicated to bringing that number down. You're welcome." Obviously, this quote isn't actually coming from a BP official, at least as far as we can t...
The Cons of Automotive Marketing...
24 May 2010, 14:38 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / …This may come as a bit redundant for some of you, but I consider man as a being that has been quite an inventive mofo over the course of history. The only major problem I find with this line of thought is the invention of marketing, which h...
The Fall of the Supercharger...
17 May 2010, 15:13 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / ... Don't believe the hype! Contrary to what most of the automotive media is currently trying to feed you, the internal combustion engine (also called ICE) is far from being dead. Even though it pretty much stagnated over the course of the twe...