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.
Is BMW or BMW M Powering the Next-Generation Range Rover Sport SVR?
27 Apr 2022, 10:13 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / Jaguar and Land Rover purists are probably pretty bummed about the looming demise of the AJ-V8 engine family, whose roots lie in the late ‘90s, back when Ford was pulling the strings at Jaguar, and later the ill-fated Premier Automotive Group...
Porsche 911 GT2 RS Clubsport 25 Is a 'Grello' for Gentlemen Racers
26 Apr 2022, 09:50 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / Founded near the Nurburgring-Nordschleife in 1996, Manthey-Racing has been collaborating with Porsche in motorsports ever since, with countless successes in series like the FIA World Endurance Championship or the Nurburgring Endurance Series. T...
2023 Porsche 911 Dakar Is a Blast from the Past with One Foot into the Future
24 Apr 2022, 11:55 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / This year is a seminal one for the Porsche 911, as the beloved Neunelfer lineup is set to receive at least three extremely special versions that will change the current automotive landscape. The first one is the mighty 911 GT3 RS (992), which w...
2024 Mercedes-Benz G-Class Facelift Has New Engine Lineup
5 Apr 2022, 10:10 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / With a history going back to the 1970s, when it was originally developed as a military vehicle, the mighty Mercedes-Benz G-Class is now at its second generation, with a massive 2018 upgrade bringing the model into the 21st century. The changes ...
Gordon Murray’s All-New ‘Entry-level’ GMA T.33 Looks Happy to be Here
27 Jan 2022, 18:29 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / Gordon Murray Automotive has unveiled its second production model in its somewhat newly created lineup, with a supercar called T.33 following in the footsteps of the T.50 but losing a passenger seat and a bit of horsepower while keeping the same le...
Leaked Data: Mercedes-AMG GT 63 S E Performance Is a New Breed of Grand Tourer
21 Jan 2022, 23:24 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / Over four months have passed since Mercedes-AMG pulled the wraps of the most powerful production model in the company’s entire 55-year-old history. With a name that takes longer to spell fully than it takes for the car to hit 100 kph (62 ...
2024 Mercedes-Benz E-Class W214 Is a Last Hurrah for Stuttgart Tradition
13 Jan 2022, 18:20 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / For decades now, the E-Class has been viewed as the workhorse of the Mercedes-Benz sedan range, with its celebrity status as an executive mid-size sedan only being equaled by its success as a preferred taxicab in most of Western Europe. Premium...
New Ferrari Hypercar Prototype Sighting Gives More Questions Than Answers
7 Jan 2022, 18:28 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / Among other things, Ferrari is in the habit of unveiling its most impressive car to date every ten year or so, and the latest hypercar from Maranello coincidentally was unveiled back in 2013, at the Geneva Motor Show. We are, of course, talking...
Porsche Facelifts the Panamera Again for 2023, Ahead of Full Switch to Electric
6 Jan 2022, 18:41 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / The automotive world is changing at a rapid pace, and a global switch to electric cars seems not only inevitable but fast approaching, especially when talking about mainstream carmakers. Somewhat surprisingly, Porsche is arguably the first nich...
Low-Mileage, Guards Red Porsche Carrera GT Becomes Most Expensive in History
6 Jan 2022, 16:58 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / Partly based on a shelved Le Mans racing car and using a naturally aspirated V10 that had been originally conceived for a stillborn Formula 1 project back in the early 1990s, the Porsche Carrera GT was a legendary car even before it was officially ...
Hear the 2023 Porsche 911 GT3 RS Scream Like a Valkyrie on the Nurburgring
5 Jan 2022, 19:06 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / What may very well be the quickest and likely the last Porsche homologation special powered by a naturally aspirated engine, the upcoming 2023 Porsche 911 GT3 RS has its sights further than ever. Since Zuffenhausen has always chosen to go for c...
One-of-One Gemballa Porsche 993 Is a Twin-turbocharged, 1990s Tuning Beast
4 Jan 2022, 19:02 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / Gemballa Porsches and Mercedes-Benzes used to be all the rage back in the 80s, when the widebody craze had reached its peak, with flamboyant body kits and high-tech interiors were almost as coveted as the extra horsepower these monsters brought to ...
2023 Rolls-Royce Phantom Facelift Will be the Last of Its Kind
4 Jan 2022, 17:11 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / Despite being launched back in 2017, the eighth generation of the Rolls-Royce Phantom is not exactly getting long in the tooth, especially since the nameplate has always been at the forefront of old luxury. In fact, everything about the Phantom...
2023 BMW X5 LCI Prototype Shows Its Much Slimmer Laser LED Lights
3 Jan 2022, 17:12 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / As one of the many current BMWs with longitudinal engines, the BMW X5 G05 is based on the carmaker’s CLAR (Cluster Architercture) platform, meaning that it shares a lot of fancy components with models like the fancy 7 Series. This transla...
2023 Mercedes-AMG G 63 Facelift Brings MBUX and Mild-Hybrid Tech to the G-Wagen
9 Dec 2021, 18:08 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / One of the few legends of the Mercedes-Benz lineup still in production, the G-Class has an indestructible aura that is even exemplified by its ‘stronger than time’ tag line. Launched in 2018 but looking almost identical to the origi...
2023 Ferrari Purosangue Prototype Debuts Production Body, Looks Sleek and Angry
29 Nov 2021, 11:52 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / For the past year or so, each pre-production prototype of the upcoming Ferrari Purosangue has looked like a smaller, lowered and chopped-up version of the Maserati Levante, it is now time to take a look at prototype sporting a production body. ...
Audi A3 Allroad Is Finally Happening, but Is It Too Late?
26 Nov 2021, 17:11 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / Back in the days, the Audi A6 Allroad (or just Allroad, as it was originally called) was an answer to a question not many people asked. Sure, Audi wasn’t the only carmaker dipping its toes in the ‘station wagon on stilts’ mark...
2022 Porsche 911 Safari Is in a Class of Its Own
21 Nov 2021, 16:25 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / In an era where almost every major carmaker is unveiling electric SUVs, sedans and sports cars, Porsche included, the Zuffenhausen brand is still fighting hard for the legacy of internal combustion engines (ICE) regarding the 911 lineup. With h...
Leaked 2022 Mercedes-AMG SL Patent Design Photos Don’t Do It Justice
26 Oct 2021, 15:09 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / As with most important automotive releases for the past few years, the 2022 Mercedes-AMG SL has been leaked before its official unveiling, albeit in a few low-resolution photos of its patented design. Just like other similar leaks, the images t...
This LaFerrari Prototype Sings a Peculiar Turbocharged Tune: Twin-Turbo V12 Mule?
18 Oct 2021, 15:53 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / Almost 9 years have passed since the LaFerrari, to this date the fastest road-going car in Maranello history, started its limited production. We are now at the end of a tumultuous 2021, and the LaFerrari is still the last ‘Cavallino Rampa...