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Alex Tudorache

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Personal motto:

Only the wisest and stupidest of men don't change. Confucius

Alex drove his first car when he was 3 years old; it was a cart offered to him by his grandfather. When he was little he used to have a bubble gum wrapper collection (cars only), which he carefully developed to an impressive size. His dad would always take great pride in his son's skill in naming all sorts of cars.



Right after getting a drivers license, he decided to drive everything with wheels, provided it has 4 of them (spare tires don't count).
Audi Launches Q5 in the US
Audi Launches Q5 in the US

21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Alex Tudorache / Audi launched the Q5, a smaller and better looking version of the Q7, for the US market. The company brags by saying that their “small” CUV is the most fuel efficient on the market today. The Q5 looks a bit cleaner, apart from the gl...

 
The Z4 Is Officialy Back
The Z4 Is Officialy Back

21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Alex Tudorache / After some teasing courtesy of BMW, the new  Z4 is now offcially out and it has a new party piece - a hardtop. The new roadster has a 20 second retractible hardtop, a brand new generation iDrive system (that made its debut on the new Z4) a...

 
Fiat 500, Best Compact Car in Japan
Fiat 500, Best Compact Car in Japan

21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Alex Tudorache / The Fiat 500 has been voted the best “compact car”, beating the Toyota IQ in its home country, Japan, and the French Peugeot 308.Are you surprised? We aren't. The Toyota IQ and the Peugeot 308 are just cars, while the 500 is a fash...

 
Rinspeed Creates iChange, the First 1-2-3-Seater Car
Rinspeed Creates iChange, the First 1-2-3-Seater Car

21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Alex Tudorache / Rinspeed, one of the craziest tuners ever to be seen on the face of the Earth, has now come up up with a new contraption called the “iChange”. The constructor calls it a 1-2-3-seater with "trick-tail" and it will unveil the ne...

 
2 Million Mazda 3 Sold
2 Million Mazda 3 Sold

21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Alex Tudorache / Mazda reports a huge success with the best selling zoom-zoom model known as the Mazda 3 (Axela). The corporation announced that they have built 2 million units in five years and four months, which made the 3 the fastest producing model of all the z...

 
Dacia Tries To Conquer Europe with LCVs
Dacia Tries To Conquer Europe with LCVs

21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Alex Tudorache / Dacia plans to conquer Europe using the small step method, by introducing the Logan Pick-up and the Logan MCV (van) in the LCV segment.The two cars are based on the Logan, which is a small size saloon car that offers air con, electric windows and a...

 
Studiotorino Made an Italian Coupe Out of the Mercedes SL
Studiotorino Made an Italian Coupe Out of the Mercedes SL

21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Alex Tudorache / The Mercedes SL inspired two designers into creating a coupe version of what looks like the CLC you've always dreamed of. It was built by Alfredo Stola, a designer at Studiotorino, and Piotr Degler Jablonski, a student at IAAD art instit...

 
Ferrari California's Car Configurator
Ferrari California's Car Configurator

21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Alex Tudorache / If you won the lottery, what car would you buy? The answer to that question is definitely a Ferrari for 80% of all of you that were taken by surprise. The Ferrari California to be exact, a car created especially for these people. So, you'd ...

 
Nissan GT-R Still Fast Even Without Launch Control
Nissan GT-R Still Fast Even Without Launch Control

21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Alex Tudorache / As if you didn't know already the Nissan GT-R is mind boggling fast in a straight line even without “Launch Control”. The heavy car will do 3.9 seconds without the controversial system being engaged and that was verified by America...

 
Ford Launches a Video Footage of the Focus RS
Ford Launches a Video Footage of the Focus RS

21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Alex Tudorache / Ford has released a new video footage presenting a photo shoot of the new Ford Focus RS. The clip shows some photographers taking “interesting” pictures of the car, preparing it for the session. This hapends after the release of offici...

 
Indianapolis Police Use Hybrid Cars
Indianapolis Police Use Hybrid Cars

21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Alex Tudorache / The policemen in Indianapolis are going to be greener and greener as they go from case to case in their environmentally friendly vehicles as officials announced on Wednesday. According to Indistar.com, eighty-five Toyota Camry hybrids were bough...

 
Swiss Junkyard Comes Under Fire
Swiss Junkyard Comes Under Fire

21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Alex Tudorache / Although this is no hot news, it was so interesting that we couldn't leave it be. In Kaufdorf, Switzerland, there is a junkyard housing over 500 classic machines from the 1930s through the 1960s. The government wants to pave the junkyard,...

 
EuroNCAP Develops Whiplashing Test
EuroNCAP Develops Whiplashing Test

21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Alex Tudorache / The famous EuroNCAP committee have researched a new way to test car safety by introducing a seat whiplashing testing procedure, which will become standard starting from 2009.After the first session the results are not so good. Only 5 out of the 25 ...

 
No Allergies in Volvos
No Allergies in Volvos

21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Alex Tudorache / Volvo is one of leading manufacturer when it comes to car safety and they've recently announced that all their cars are certified according to Oeko-Tex standard. This means that none of the textile materials in a Volvo cause any allergies sust...

 
Jaguar and Land Rover Strapped For Cash
Jaguar and Land Rover Strapped For Cash

21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Alex Tudorache / Hard times are upon Jaguar Land Rover as the firms are in talk with the British government about receiving a loan to help the two.JLR (Jaguar Land Rover) expects a loan of about 1 billion pounds in order to maintain thousands of workers in Britain....

 
Bentley Driving School On Ice
Bentley Driving School On Ice

21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Alex Tudorache / Bentley will host a driving experience in February and March 2009 that is actually an ice driving tutorial for the ones applying.Some of you might think that 560 hp on a frozen lake is a bad combination, but Bentley has a different agenda. Helped b...

 
The Dutch Offer 150 hp Renault Twingo
The Dutch Offer 150 hp Renault Twingo

21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Alex Tudorache / There are good things going on in Holland, because if you happen to live there and want to buy a cool hot hatch, you can now get the Renault Twingo R150R thanks to “some over zealous” Renault dealers. As you can now realize, the R150...

 
Lamborghini Sets an All Time Record with the Trofeo
Lamborghini Sets an All Time Record with the Trofeo

21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Alex Tudorache / Lamborghini achieved something wonderful in Rome where Giorgio Sanna, test driver for the Italian manufacturer set the fastest lap times ever recorded with a single-brand trophy race car on the track.The car is supposed to make its debut on the 2nd...

 
Renault Megane Scores EuroNCAP 5 Star Rating
Renault Megane Scores EuroNCAP 5 Star Rating

21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Alex Tudorache / Renault is struggling to be one of the safest manufacturers in the world and its efforts are paying off as the new Megane scored a 5 star EuroNCAP rating, with 37 points out 37. This is the 11th Renault model to earn a five star rating. Other sa...

 
Honda Show Up at Detroit But Without the Drama
Honda Show Up at Detroit But Without the Drama

21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Alex Tudorache / Honda has announced that they will be present at the Detroit Motor show and that they will unveil their new creation, the Honda Insight. There is a catch to Honda's decision because they will not have flashy press conferences for the simple fa...

 

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