Alex Oagana
3,341 ARTICLES
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.
2022 Mercedes-Benz G-Class Gets Another Mild Facelift, Still no MBUX
6 Sep 2021, 15:18 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / The second generation of the legendary Gelandewagen started production back in 2018, not long after the German carmaker had introduced its latest infotainment system, the highly acclaimed MBUX. While the mighty G-Class got a pass for not featu...
Mercedes-Maybach Concept EQS Shows the Lack of Imagination in Mercedes Branding
5 Sep 2021, 18:22 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / Teased on social media for a few weeks, the somewhat surprising unveiling of the Mercedes-Maybach Concept EQS is previewing not one, not two, but three different notions for the German luxury carmaker. The first and most obvious thing it previe...
Mercedes-EQG Concept Has Four Electric Motors and Probably Not Enough Range
5 Sep 2021, 17:43 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / Yes, the rumors were true, and Mercedes-Benz has officially introduced a fully electric G-Class, but it’s not what everyone thought it was going to be. Just like its name so casually hints, the Mercedes-Benz Concept EQG is not a productio...
Mercedes-Benz Unwittingly Lends Two Former Engineers to Apple’s Car Project
3 Sep 2021, 17:08 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / One of the most mysterious projects in the automotive space, and even more bizarre then when Ferrari officially announced that it will make an SUV (or a FUV, as they call it), is the long-rumored Apple entry into the car-making business. Intern...
Bespoke BMW Z8 Coupe ‘Oletha’ by SVE Is Coachbuilding Art Redux
3 Sep 2021, 09:53 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / With a total production run of just under 6,000 units and using a unique architecture not shared with any other BMW, the Z8 Roadster is likely to have caused a huge hole in BMW’s pockets. That being said, we fail to think of another BMW t...
Breitling Goes From Bentley to Muscle Cars with Corvette, Mustang and Shelby Watches
1 Sep 2021, 18:40 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / Nobody can truly explain it, but cars and watches have always gone hand in hand with each other; they’re like milk and cookies or shoes and laces. Some say that it’s mainly the mechanical and engineering behind both products that at...
2022 BMW X1 Prototype Has the Weirdest Wheels
1 Sep 2021, 09:21 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / Exactly six years have passed since the first BMW X1 with transverse engines and a more SUV-like appearance made its debut at the now-defunct Frankfurt Motor Show. Compared to its predecessor, which was built on the same RWD-based architecture ...
You Can no Longer Reserve a Ford Bronco Online For the Foreseeable Future
31 Aug 2021, 17:16 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / For the first time in months, there is one vehicle demand issue that isn’t related to the international health crisis or the global chip shortage, but simply to the huge number of people eager to get one. We are talking about the extremel...
BMW M3 Competition Gets Trampled by Nissan Silvia S15 with a Twist
30 Aug 2021, 17:32 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / This one will definitely increase the heart rates for the ‘built, not bought’ crowd, and for good reason, especially since both the M3 Competition and the 600-horsepower Silvia S15 have similar costs when the curtain drops. Why woul...
An Ode to the Bora, the First High-Tech Maserati
30 Aug 2021, 15:52 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / A little over half a century ago, the 1971 edition of the Geneva Motor show was opening its doors to a brave new world, and the timing could not have been more perfect since the threat of the upcoming Oil Crisis was looming on the horizon. Firs...
Google’s Waymo Proves Autonomous Driving Isn’t Yet Profitable, or Here
28 Aug 2021, 13:16 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / Remember the final 2-3 years of the previous decade, when we were apparently on the verge of a huge breakthrough in the automotive industry that would soon make most drivers obsolete? Almost every major carmaker was introducing Level 2 and 3 au...
2023 BMW M4 CSL to Have World’s First M-Designed Headlights
27 Aug 2021, 09:49 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / As most BMW aficionados know, 2022 is a special year for the Bavarian carmaker, as its Motorsport GmbH division will turn 50 years old. Since this occasion is cause for a celebration of some sorts, obviously, BMW M will honor the 50th birthday ...
Did Porsche Just Lie About the 2022 Taycan’s Range Being Better?
25 Aug 2021, 17:05 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / I’m not exactly a Porsche purist, but the small(ish) sports carmaker is one of my favorite brands out there, whether we’re talking cars or any other products. That said, I must admit that I was a bit on the wrong side of the fence w...
GTO Engineering Squalo to Have World’s Lightest Gearbox
24 Aug 2021, 17:15 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / GTO Engineering is one of the best-known specialists in the Ferrari restoration business, and it looks like the business is going so well that they’ve decided to manufacture a car of their own. Unsurprisingly with such a pedigree, the com...
2022 Mercedes-AMG SL Coming with Either 4- or 8-cylinder Engines
23 Aug 2021, 16:10 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / For the first time in the model’s almost 70-year history, the Mercedes-Benz SL will not feature a six-cylinder powertrain in its lineup, as the seventh generation of the roadster is heading toward a total revamp of its raison d'&eci...
2023 BMW M2 to Give Its Electric Brother a Run for Its Money
6 Aug 2021, 17:56 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / Even though the latest BMW M4 and M3 were originally unveiled in their RWD-spec only, with the xDrive versions set to arrive soon in showrooms, you could say that there is a distinct lack of compact, rear-driven sports cars with a hardtop in BMW&rs...
2023 Mercedes-Benz GLC Prototype Puts on Production Headlights and Taillights
10 Jul 2021, 19:12 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / While the current Mercedes-Benz GLC is based on the recently replaced, previous generation of the C-Class, the SUV isn’t going anywhere soon, with its second generation set to be unveiled sometime in 2022. As the successor of the highly p...
Mercedes-AMG Project One Hypercar Concept Coming to Forza Horizon 5 in November
14 Jun 2021, 10:29 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / Racing game aficionados got their first taste of the next installment of the Forza Horizon franchise over the weekend, during the 2021 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3). Set to arrive on November 9 on Xbox consoles, PC on Windows and Steam, F...
2023 Mercedes-AMG C 63 Wagon Looks Lighter than it Really Is
26 May 2021, 18:44 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / V8 aficionados are about to receive a blow later this year, when the new C-Class W206 in AMG spec will say goodbye to half of the cylinders that were crammed under the hood of its predecessor. During its lifecycle, the C 63 W205 has been the fi...
Audi RS e-tron GT vs. Porsche Taycan Turbo vs. Tesla Model S Race Has No Winner
22 May 2021, 12:20 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / It’s time for that oddball weekend drag race that everyone has started to expect from CarWow in recent months, and on this occasion we have the three most talked about electric performance sedans going at each other in a series of straight-li...