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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.
750-Horsepower BMW X8 Plug-In Prototype Has Trouble at Nurburgring Test Debut
750-Horsepower BMW X8 Plug-In Prototype Has Trouble at Nurburgring Test Debut

21 May 2021, 10:08 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / Rumors about the gargantuan BMW X7 SUV getting a sportier-looking brother have been going on as early as 2017 when BMW first previewed the ginormous model with the Concept X7 iPerformance at the Frankfurt Motor Show. Back then, talks revolved a...

 
First V6-Powered Ferrari in Decades Begins Road Testing in Production-Spec
First V6-Powered Ferrari in Decades Begins Road Testing in Production-Spec

20 May 2021, 10:14 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / Myriads of rumors about Maranello working on a modern iteration of the Dino have been going on for so many years that they are no longer believable, especially since Ferrari has continuously denied them. That said, the Italian carmaker is indee...

 
Bugatti Centodieci Looks Like a ‘90s Video Game Supercar on the Nurburgring
Bugatti Centodieci Looks Like a ‘90s Video Game Supercar on the Nurburgring

19 May 2021, 08:47 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / With less than 10,000 road-going cars ever made by Bugatti in its 112-year history, the Italo-French (and more recently German) carmaker is by far one of the very few genuinely exclusive dream carmakers out there. In 2019, when Bugatti celebra...

 
2022 Audi RS3 Sportback and Sedan Are Anxious to go Official
2022 Audi RS3 Sportback and Sedan Are Anxious to go Official

17 May 2021, 20:50 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / We are just weeks away from the official unveiling of the latest generation of the Audi RS3, which will come in both hatchback and sedan guise, as before. A pair of pre-production prototypes from the third generation of the beloved quattro comp...

 
Eco-Friendly, Hybrid Mercedes-AMG GT 73 Doesn’t Sound so Eco on the Nurburgring
Eco-Friendly, Hybrid Mercedes-AMG GT 73 Doesn’t Sound so Eco on the Nurburgring

17 May 2021, 09:40 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / A little over three years have passed since the GT Four-door Coupe has entered the market as an unofficial replacement for the ill-fated CLS 63 and Mercedes-AMG's direct rival for the successful Porsche Panamera. It is Affalterbach’s...

 
2023 BMW 7 Series and i7 Electric Prototypes Show Self-Driving Tech
2023 BMW 7 Series and i7 Electric Prototypes Show Self-Driving Tech

6 May 2021, 20:55 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / Despite having been introduced five years ago, the current-generation BMW 7 Series is not exactly long in the tooth technology wise. It’s not exactly old-fashioned when it comes to design either, as the mid-cycle facelift made it the first Bi...

 
Ultra-Wide BMW M5 Mule Could be the First Ever Four-Door CSL
Ultra-Wide BMW M5 Mule Could be the First Ever Four-Door CSL

6 May 2021, 18:16 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / BMW’s Motorsport brand will celebrate a cool 50 years of existence in 2022, and fans of ‘the most powerful letter in the world’ are likely to be pleasantly surprised by a range of special edition models. Apart from the second-...

 
Facelifted BMW 8 Series Gets Larger Infotainment Screen, Smaller Headlights
Facelifted BMW 8 Series Gets Larger Infotainment Screen, Smaller Headlights

5 May 2021, 17:11 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / The executive GT market has gotten a bit thinner lately, with the Mercedes-Benz S-Class Coupe and Convertible out of the picture since last year, meaning that BMW no longer had to work as hard to revamp its 8 Series lineup. Unveiled back in 201...

 
Pro-Touring 1960 Plymouth Fury Is Finned Mopar Done Right
Pro-Touring 1960 Plymouth Fury Is Finned Mopar Done Right

4 May 2021, 23:35 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / Almost 37 years ago, John Carpenter’s now cult-classic Christine was giving nightmares to cinema-going teenagers mainly because of the main character in the movie, none other than a possessed 1958 Plymouth Fury. Built between 1955 until 19...

 
2022 Hyundai Elantra N Is a Last Hurrah for Compact Sporty Sedans
2022 Hyundai Elantra N Is a Last Hurrah for Compact Sporty Sedans

4 May 2021, 17:35 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / Announced last year, the 2022 Hyundai Elantra N is currently gathering its final testing miles before it will be officially unleashed on a market where direct rivals ae almost nowhere to be found, especially in an era of rising crossover demand. ...

 
2023 Cadillac Escalade V-Series Is a GM Blue Lie
2023 Cadillac Escalade V-Series Is a GM Blue Lie

4 May 2021, 16:47 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / Unveiled last year, the fifth generation of the Cadillac Escalade is a make it or break it model for the American luxury carmaker, despite a huge rise in demand for luxury SUVs across the world and in the U.S. in particular. Based on the GMT1XX...

 
Porsche 911 (992) Sport Classic Prototype Lifts a Wheel on the Nurburgring
Porsche 911 (992) Sport Classic Prototype Lifts a Wheel on the Nurburgring

3 May 2021, 12:25 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / Save for the ‘Safari,’ which will be a high-riding version of the current 911, the so-called ‘Ducktail’ is definitely one of the most mysterious Porsche prototypes in recent years. Spied for the first time in 2019, when ...

 
800+ Horsepower Mercedes-AMG GT 73 Plug-in Hybrid Getting Ready to Pounce
800+ Horsepower Mercedes-AMG GT 73 Plug-in Hybrid Getting Ready to Pounce

2 May 2021, 23:25 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / Almost four years ago, Mercedes-AMG was giving us a taste of not only the current GT Four-door coupe but a mind-bendingly powerful powertrain with a near-production concept car. The sleek-looking concept car was shown as part of the 50-year ann...

 
2022 BMW 2 Series Prototype Shows More Design Details
2022 BMW 2 Series Prototype Shows More Design Details

2 May 2021, 12:35 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / Despite a lot of false flags surrounding the 2 Series nameplate, mostly because of the apparition of models like the 2 Series Active Tourer, Gran Tourer and especially the 2 Series Gran Coupe, BMW is not going to make its entire compact lineup FWD-...

 
Relax, the 2023 BMW 8 Series LCI Keeps Its Slimmer Kidney Grille
Relax, the 2023 BMW 8 Series LCI Keeps Its Slimmer Kidney Grille

2 May 2021, 00:15 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / Unveiled with great pomp and circumstance in 2018, after its racing version went official at Le Mans, the current generation of the 8 Series is not that long in the tooth yet. On the other hand, it is not what it seems either. Available as a co...

 
Production-Ready Mercedes-AMG One Spotted Training Its F1 Drivetrain in Public
Production-Ready Mercedes-AMG One Spotted Training Its F1 Drivetrain in Public

1 May 2021, 13:15 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / Originally supposed to be unveiled in production spec as early as 2019, the Mercedes-AMG One hypercar is finally as close as it ever was to reaching its intended audience. Technically, its F1-derived powertrain will be ready to be unleashed by ...

 
All-Wheel-Drive Mercedes C 63 Wagon to Be a BMW M3 Touring and Audi RS4 Killer
All-Wheel-Drive Mercedes C 63 Wagon to Be a BMW M3 Touring and Audi RS4 Killer

30 Apr 2021, 23:40 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / Like it or not, the current generation of the Mercedes-AMG C 63 in both sedan and station wagon form represents the end of an era, the last of the Mohicans. During their life cycles, they were the only models in their segment powered by a twin-...

 
1971 Porsche 911 T With Gulf-Liveried Super Wide RSR Body Kit Is All Show
1971 Porsche 911 T With Gulf-Liveried Super Wide RSR Body Kit Is All Show

30 Apr 2021, 20:50 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / Porsche purists will probably agree that every 911 is an automotive legend, no matter the era it was built or how many modifications have been done to it. Hopefully, the following 911 T and its humongous wide body kit will have those Porsche af...

 
2023 BMW X5 M LCI to Get Giant Curved Interior Display from Electric iX
2023 BMW X5 M LCI to Get Giant Curved Interior Display from Electric iX

30 Apr 2021, 16:59 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / Unveiled back in 2018, the fourth-generation BMW X5 SUV, or Munchen’s original SAV (Sports Activity Vehicle), is one of the most popular models in its segment, but that hasn’t stopped BMW to start working on a mid-cycle facelift. Kn...

 
Plug-In Hybrids Up to Four Times Less Fuel Efficient in Real Life, Study Says
Plug-In Hybrids Up to Four Times Less Fuel Efficient in Real Life, Study Says

29 Apr 2021, 20:37 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / For years seen as the perfect solution for easing people into the upcoming electric car future, plug-in hybrid (PHEV) cars are not used as they should. That results in extraordinary differences in fuel economy and emissions between real-life drivin...

 

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