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
2011 Volvo S60 Photos Released
10 Nov 2009, 09:41 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / Volvo presented some pictures of S60, the most important car for the Swedish next year. The car looks almost identical to the sedan concept presented at the Detroit motor show last year. The production model is scheduled to debut at Geneva Motor Sh...
Hummer H3 Restarts Production
10 Nov 2009, 08:37 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / Most of the American dealerships are out of Hummers, so General Motors decided to restart production of the 2010 Hummer H3 SUV and H3T pickup at Shreveport, La. Inventory “is very low,” according to Hummer spokesman Nick Richards. &...
China Car Sales Explode in October
10 Nov 2009, 08:02 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / Chinese car sales in October have grown to a total of 1.23 million units, 72.5 percent more than the same period last year, according to the data provided by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM). China's car market went...
SLS AMG Gets Golden Steering Wheel Award
9 Nov 2009, 15:55 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / According to more than a quarter million readers that never drove any of the eleven sports car that were in the finals, Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG is the world’s best sports car. Almost a third of the votes were in favor of the German’s recr...
James Wins Mercedes-Benz Efficiency Weekend
9 Nov 2009, 15:19 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / James Broad just won the use of a Mercedes-Benz E-Class for a year after getting lucky on Efficiency Weekend national prize draw. James attended his local Mercedes-Benz Retailer’s Efficiency Weekend and was automatically entered into the comp...
Fiat Hits Record Production in Poland
9 Nov 2009, 14:06 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / Fiat gets happier as the Fiat Auto Poland has broken it’s production record at Tychy plant: 500,000 cars were built here by the end of October and it seems that pretty soon it will hit 600,000 units. Last year, the plant managed to produc...
Citroen C5 New Engines
9 Nov 2009, 13:41 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / Citroen tries to keep up with the times and announces a few changes meant to keep down the fuel consumption and the CO2 emissions throughout the C5 range. The first highlight is the introduction of the 1.6-liter 16v THP engine. This was co-deve...
Hofele Widebody for VW Touareg Royster GT 460
9 Nov 2009, 11:53 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / German tuner Hofele introduced a new wide-body kit for the tuned model of the VW Touareg, named Royster GT 460. This means that they added side skirts, wheel arch extensions for front and rear axel, and wheel spacers “Wide-Body Roysters&rdquo...
Rolls-Royce Showroom in Pearl Island, Qatar
9 Nov 2009, 11:14 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / Rolls-Royce Motor Cars took another step in ignoring the recession and opened a new showroom in Qatar, on the exclusive man-made Pearl Island in Doha. As you might imagine, the occasion was celebrated with great funfair. The business community at ...
Hybrids Get Higher Pedestrian Crush Rates
9 Nov 2009, 10:37 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / A study conducted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration shows what common sense already warned us about: hybrid vehicles are more likely to be involved in accidents with pedestrians and bicyclists while running quietly in the &ldqu...
Vietnam Sales Double in October
9 Nov 2009, 09:53 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / Vehicle sales in Vietnam doubled in October 2009, but don’t go out celebrating just yet. The figures are still strikingly small: 11,762 units this year, in comparison with the 5,679 units sold last year, according to Vietnam Automobile Manuf...
RAM Commercial Hits Prime Time
9 Nov 2009, 08:51 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / Chrysler has decided to separate Ram from the Dodge brand, so it’s time for all the truck-loving Americans to know this. A few approaches come to mind when trying to ease something like this into the people’s mind, and the team in charg...
Skelta Comes to Europe
6 Nov 2009, 15:54 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / If you’ve ever seen one of these babies in Europe, there’s a good chance it’s the only one, as these Australian made cars are not pretty, nor cheap. But they do have one important quality: The Skelta can really go around a track. ...
Audi Gets Another Golden Steering Wheel Award
6 Nov 2009, 14:18 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / Germany’s Bild am Sontag newspaper awarded the Golden Steering Wheel award to Audi’s A5 Sportback in the “Best Midsize Car” section. This is the 18th time Audi won such a prize in the 34-year history of the competition. When...
UK Votes BMW Range Most Reliable in the UK
6 Nov 2009, 13:43 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / Taking a reliability test has never been so easy. In the UK, a survey undertaken by Fleet News meant researching into 900,000 cars by asking the help of 50 leasing companies from the country that operated those cars. Most of the vehicles were c...
German Following His Satnav Hits a Toilet
6 Nov 2009, 13:25 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / We all know it will come a time when man will be no longer better than machine, a dark time for mankind when we will be hunted down by greasy A.I.s and become extinct thanks to our own technology. We all know it because we've all watched Termi...
Fiat 500 in Chrysler Showrooms from 2010
6 Nov 2009, 11:44 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / Americans have a new reason for joy, as Fiat decided to sell its funky little town car in Chrysler showrooms across the U.S. After the success of both competitors MINI and the New Beetle, the Italians are launching another revived classic on this m...
Rally Fighter with BMW Engine at SEMA
6 Nov 2009, 10:51 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / You can see a lot of interesting cars at SEMA, but some of them just make your jaw drop. Not necessarily because they’re beautiful or well crafted, but because they amaze through originality. This is just the case of the Rally Fighter&rsq...
Corvette C1-RS Gets Goodguys Award at SEMA
6 Nov 2009, 09:49 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / Winning a SEMA award is difficult, especially if you take into consideration all the competition one has. Americans love cars and they love modified cars. So winning something like the “Goodguys Street Machine of the Year” award is some...
Hyundai Gets Times Square Billboard
6 Nov 2009, 09:05 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / Hyundai decided it’s time to get the big guns out, so they created a competitor for all the Mustangs and the rear wheel drive Nissans out there. The first big step was, of course, building such a car, but they managed to do that in the end. L...