Alex Vasile
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Alex’s childhood dream was to fight Bruce Lee and win. Being unable to throw a punch, he decided to go to college. After finding out a little too late that economics was not really his thing, Alex decided to write about cars for a living. It might not be as exciting as being an accountant, but it’s quite a thrilling job. When he’s not writing for autoevolution.com, Alex enjoys long walks on the beach, dynamite fishing and playing his banjo.
Favorite quote: "Automobiles are free of egotism, passion, prejudice and stupid ideas about where to have dinner. They are, literally, selfless. A world designed for automobiles instead of people would have wider streets, larger dining rooms, fewer stairs to climb and no smelly, dangerous subway stations" - P. J. O'Rourke
Beijing Auto Interested in Saab Assets
25 Nov 2009, 11:29 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / It is already official that the deal for buying Saab went sower, leaving General Motors with no other alternative but to shut down the brand, especially when Sweden ruled out a state bailout and said on various occasions that Saab’s only chan...
US Panamera Buyers Get Free Porsche Luggage as Apology
25 Nov 2009, 11:04 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / Porsche Panamera buyers from the US need to be a little more patient, as almost 200 cars are held in ports throughout the USA due to a problem with the vehicle’s keys and software. The cars will be fixed, but delivery will take a while longer...
Ford to Produce Small Cars in India
25 Nov 2009, 09:26 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / Ford Motor Co is set to take a bigger piece of the Indian car market, as it announced it will launch a new model in India every 12-15 months over the next five years. Ford also hopes its new Figo small car will help triple its sales in 2010. Fo...
Dealers Affected by GM’s Decision to Close Saab
25 Nov 2009, 08:54 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / General Motors spokeswoman Ryndee Carney said two weeks ago that if the deal with Koenigsegg failed, GM would have to close down all brand operations and all the US dealerships. And just when everybody was confident that things were heading in the ...
Toyota Tundra Rust Recall Official
25 Nov 2009, 08:17 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / It’s official. Toyota Motor Corp will recall 110,000 Tundra trucks from the 2000-2003 model years due to excessive rust on the vehicle's frame. Things look even worst, as government officials asked Tundra owners to remove their spare tir...
Art Students Get Creative with the New Chevrolet Spark
25 Nov 2009, 07:32 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / The Young Creative Chevrolet Awards is a competition that has been running since 2007 and is addressed to young creative people. This year, 120 art schools entered the contest, a lot more compared to the first edition which only gathered 32. St...
Chevrolet Volt Markets to Be Announced at LA Auto Show
24 Nov 2009, 16:04 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / Chevrolet is going to announce its retail plans for the future Volt model during the LA Auto Show. Mass production of this model is expected to start in the fall of 2010 at the Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant. Its battery packs will be built at th...
Ford Focus RS Gets Nuts Car of the Year Award
24 Nov 2009, 14:27 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / After winning the “sporting” category in the Scottish Car of the Year Awards presented by Association of Scottish Motoring Writers (ASMW), Ford Focus RS gets some more attention from the Nuts magazine, which named the hot hatchback &ldq...
Buyers Return to Classic Car Sales in Australia
24 Nov 2009, 14:16 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / Though the Australian new car market is not doing that well, it seems that customer confidence and especially customer money have returned to classic auctions, judging by the results from Shannons November 23 Melbourne Summer. Over 90 percent of th...
Twin-Turbo Lamborghini Gallardo by Underground Racing
24 Nov 2009, 11:49 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / The tuning business astounds us again with Underground Racing’s twin-turbocharged Lamborghini Gallardo “Race Version”. And it’s not just a show car, as a mysterious client named Jonah actually did not settle for the stock 50...
Land Rover Defender 90 Returns to Australia
24 Nov 2009, 11:15 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / Land Rover announced that the Land Rover Defender 90 will return to the Australian market with a revised version. The car is already on sale in showrooms for $44,990 in order to take advantage of the Australian Government's Small Business 50% ...
BLOODHOUND SSC Design Finalised
24 Nov 2009, 10:33 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / The Bloodhound SSC attempt to break the land speed record has reached a new stage, as the team announced the final design of the car. The project has gone through ten design evolutions since it started. At first, they planned to position a small 20...
SpeedART Panamera PS9 Pictures Revealed
24 Nov 2009, 10:09 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / A few weeks ago, we told you about a SpeedART Porsche Panamera PS9 tuning package which will be unveiled at the Essen Motor Show. And now the German tuner presented the first live pictures of a Panamera fitted with the PS9 aerodynamic and interior ...
Volkswagen Tiguan Facelift at Guangzhou International Automobile Show?
24 Nov 2009, 09:11 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / China’s Guangzhou International Automobile Show brought a surprise from Volkswagen and its Chinese Partener Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp. At the show which started on Monday, the Germans presented a revised version of the Volkswagen Tigu...
GM Sues JTEKT Supplier for $30M
24 Nov 2009, 08:25 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / It seems that General Motors is set on getting some money back from JTEKT North America Inc, a supplier which caused GM to lose more than $30 million with fixing problems in the steering systems of the Chevrolet Cobalt, Pursuit, G5, HHR and other ...
New MG6 Pictures Revealed
24 Nov 2009, 07:46 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / China’s Guangzhou motor show revealed the new MG6, the first new MG since 2002. As you might remember, MG Rover filed for protection in April 2005, with a total debt of 1.3 billion pounds. The directors were accused, among other things, of re...
Honda Foundation Loans Hybrid Civic to Charity
23 Nov 2009, 16:52 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / Honda Foundation from Australia decided to do something special for the hearing-impaired children and their families assisted by community organization Taralye. Honda Heroes program together with a Honda dealer in Doncaster loaned a Honda Civic Hyb...
Ford Transit Van Wins UK Reliability Survey
23 Nov 2009, 13:16 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / Everybody knows that Ford Transit is Britain’s favorite van, and now it’s also Britain's most reliable van according to an authoritative survey of more than one million vehicles. The Transit got the award for the third year in a ro...
Ford Announced $2.3 billion Investment in Brazil
23 Nov 2009, 11:23 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / Ford Motor Co is planning to invest $2.26 billion in Brazil, in order to increase production, as the demand for new cars in this country is getting higher due to very low borrowing costs, said by Mark Fields, the company's president for the Am...
Lexus LFA Will Lease, not Sell
23 Nov 2009, 10:54 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / Lexus decided to stop all speculators who thought of making some extra money by trying to buy a limited edition LFA supercar and then reselling it at a higher price. The company decided to only offer two-year leases, as Lexus is keen on keeping the...