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
2010 Polo Gets Small Car of the Year Award in Scotland
16 Nov 2009, 14:49 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / Volkswagen has some celebrating to do because the new Volkswagen Polo won the Small Car of the Year at the Scottish Car of the Year awards. The award was presented during a ceremony held in St Andrews. In presenting the award, the new Polo was ...
Mazda 3 Gets Scottish Best Family Car Awards
16 Nov 2009, 14:16 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / Mazda is getting more popular in Scotland, as it won Best Family Car category at The Association of Scottish Motoring Writers (ASMW) Scottish Car of the Year Awards 2009 for the fifth consecutive year. “Among the weird and wonderful new a...
Toyota Keeps Denying Accelerator Fault
16 Nov 2009, 13:42 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / Toyota Motors Corp is about to make the biggest recall in its history, as it will have to repair the accelerator pedals of about 4 million vehicles in the United States, according to Kyodo News. It is believed that Toyota reached an agreement with ...
Chrysler Wants Brand Separation in Showrooms
16 Nov 2009, 11:58 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / Chrysler Group is really taking change seriously, as it decided to talk to dealers about a proposal to divide showrooms into "salons" featuring each of the company's four vehicle brands: Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep and Ram truck. Things a...
Jaguar Land Rover to Get GE Capital Working Loan
16 Nov 2009, 10:57 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / According the the Financial Times newspaper, Jaguar Land Rover is about to announce that it has secured 170 million pounds ($285,5 million) in working capital from GE Capital. The loan is for a five year period and it’s meant to get the compa...
Ferrari California Crash in Sofia
16 Nov 2009, 10:03 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / It just seems that people can’t get enough accidents in which supercars get wasted due to a driver’s silly mistake, so here’s another one for you. Two Ferrari California drivers were drifting around on public streets in Sofia, Bul...
Bugatti Veyron Lagoon Accident · Live Video
16 Nov 2009, 08:57 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / As you might remember, last week a man crashed a supercar worth more that $1 million into a salt water lagoon down in Texas. We showed you a video of the car being towed out the the water and talked a little about the story behind the accident. It ...
Volvo DRIVe Fuel Economy Competition: 3.1 liters/100 km
16 Nov 2009, 07:52 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / It seems that Volvo’s DRIVe models created a new trend: the challenge is to drive the car as economically as you can, and the winner is the team with the lowest fuel consumption. One of these challenges took place from Zurich to Göte...
McLaren MP4-12C Behind the Scenes
13 Nov 2009, 15:29 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / Public image is one of the most important aspects of running a car manufacturing company. Of course, making good cars helps a lot, but building an image through tradition takes a lot of time. And McLaren just can’t afford waiting. Therefo...
Golf BlueMotion Goes to Australia as 77TDI
13 Nov 2009, 13:31 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / Australia finally got the most fuel efficient Golf from the Volkswagen range. The car is powered by a 1.6 liter diesel engine which is mated to a five speed manual gearbox, so the Golf 77TDI can cover 100km with 4.9-liter in a combined cycle and ju...
Nissan Fuga Ceremony at Tochigi Plant
13 Nov 2009, 13:21 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / Nissan held a ceremony for its new Fuga model at Tochigi Plant, the place where the Japanese manufacturer builds all its high-end vehicles. The Fuga is a full-size a luxury car from Nissan, introduced in October 2004. It was first shown as th...
Renaultsport Presents New Formula 2.0 Car
13 Nov 2009, 09:47 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / It seems that Renault really likes motorsports as it has its own Formula 1 team, it’s involved in both the GP2 Series and the future GP3 Series, and still has time and resources to organize Formula Renault 1.6 and Formula Renault 2.0 champion...
Koenigsegg to Close 81 Saab US Dealerships
13 Nov 2009, 08:58 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / Saab’s future owner, Swedish super car producer Koenigsegg, will reject 81 Saab dealerships from the US, out of a total of 218, as cost cutting measure. Koenigsegg is thus facing now the same problems as other carmakers (just the other d...
Volkswagen Golf Mk1 Gets Off the Production Line
13 Nov 2009, 08:28 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / About 31 years ago Volkswagen presented its hatchback, the Golf Mk1 designed by Giorgetto Giugiaro, and despite the five more generations which followed, the Germans continued building the first one to this day in their South African plant in Uiten...
Mercedes Considers Building the C-Klasse in US
13 Nov 2009, 07:50 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / Mercedes-Benz did not have a good year in the US, as sales went down 20 percent. But better times seem to be ahead, as they posted a 21.3 percent rise in US sales in October, making it the best month of the year so far. Mercedes-Benz US' C...
Bugatti Veyron Lands in Salt Water Lagoon
12 Nov 2009, 17:02 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / Do you ever get that weird feeling that it just isn’t your day? Well, for an American Bugatti Veyron owner who wished to remain anonymous things got pretty bad, as he found out that his beloved supercar does not float. According to piston...
Toyota to Cut Dealer Network in Japan
12 Nov 2009, 15:31 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / The recession made cutting costs a necessity, so we’re so used to cutbacks that nothing moves us any more. Most people have friends or family that are currently unemployed, so we’ve stopped feeling sorry for strangers that get fired eve...
Volvo Studies EV and Hybrid Battery Safety
12 Nov 2009, 12:01 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / Everybody knows that Volvo has a “safety-first” policy when it comes to its vehicles. Next year, the Swedish will introduce the world’s first urban pedestrian collision avoidance system in its new S60 sedan. After that, the next s...
BMW Plans to Bring Four-Cylinder Diesels to the US
12 Nov 2009, 10:56 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / It seems that recession brought a lot of new things in America, and now it is about to bring one more. Inside Line says BMW plans to bring out the four-cylinder diesels to the US market in order to improve their vehicles’ fuel economy. Yo...
BMW Builds Second Factory in China
12 Nov 2009, 09:47 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / It looks like China attracts more and more attention from the automakers, as sales keep on growing despite the recession. On Thursday, BMW Group and Brilliance Automotive Holdings Limited signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to build a second...