Alexandru Monenciu
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Meth Lab Found in the Back of a Car in Florida
21 Dec 2015, 13:13 UTC · By: Alexandru Monenciu / What are the chances to go to your local Walmart store and see a man manufacturing illegal drugs in the back of a car? Well, if you live in Florida, the chances are pretty high, as you are about to find out. Police officers from St. Augustine, F...
Honda Dealerships to Offer Free Breathalyzers for Christmas
21 Dec 2015, 10:52 UTC · By: Alexandru Monenciu / A recent study conducted by Honda and AlcoSense Personal Breathalysers showed that one in three Britons admits to driving in the morning after heavy drinking. The Japanese carmaker decided to do something in this regard and came up with the idea to...
Apple Might Become a Major Auto Market Player
21 Dec 2015, 09:58 UTC · By: Alexandru Monenciu / In a recent interview for 60 Minutes, Apple’s CEO Tim Cook has left some room for speculation when asked if Apple is considering developing a car. Everybody knows Apple for its hardware products, but according to this recent interview, the...
The 2017 Acura NSX Is a Little Overpriced, but Not as Much as You Think
18 Dec 2015, 20:03 UTC · By: Alexandru Monenciu / Almost every car enthusiast out there has waited for the legendary NSX’s successor to be launched. The car may or may not live up to its name, but until we find out for ourselves, let's think about a new minor detail that has just been r...
Britain’s Biggest Car Insurance Fraud Sees 81 People Convicted and 5 Jailed
18 Dec 2015, 16:50 UTC · By: Alexandru Monenciu / The operation has been led by members of the Yandell family, who deliberately staged 28 fake crashes involving 57 cars to collect fraudulently no less than $1.1 million (750,000 pounds). Five of the 81 people convicted will spend the next 22 yea...
Studies Show Flaws in Driverless Cars’ Technologies
18 Dec 2015, 15:55 UTC · By: Alexandru Monenciu / Studies reveal that autonomous cars achieve a crash-rate double than that of vehicles with human drivers. The technology that is supposed to lead to a world without accidents is flawed, apparently. Are those who say that a driverless car will no...
California Could Forgive Volkswagen After the Dieselgate Scandal
18 Dec 2015, 14:46 UTC · By: Alexandru Monenciu / In an open letter addressed to California Air Resources Board (CARB), Tesla’s CEO Elon Musk, along with 44 others, encouraged the California state to forgive Volkswagen for the Dieselgate scandal and proposed a set of solutions such as forcin...
The Chevrolet Silverado Special Ops Is Heading into Production
18 Dec 2015, 13:35 UTC · By: Alexandru Monenciu / Named Silverado Special Operations, the concept truck has been presented at SEMA, and according to GM, it will go on sale as a limited edition model as early as next spring. The Special Ops is based on a 2016 Silverado 1500 Z71 but with some spe...
Bugatti’s Christmas Card Teases Us with the Chiron
18 Dec 2015, 12:49 UTC · By: Alexandru Monenciu / In its newest Christmas Card, Bugatti pictures the Veyron’s successor, Chiron, underneath a blue cover with the description “to be unwrapped in Geneva 2016,” referring to the public revealing of the much-awaited hypercar. Curre...
Vauxhall Maloo Is on Steroids in 2016
18 Dec 2015, 12:20 UTC · By: Alexandru Monenciu / In 2016, the Vauxhall Maloo will storm the UK with a new facelift version and 100bhp more power than the previous model. The exterior remains mostly the same, with the unique sailplane falling directly behind the cockpit. For around $81,500 (&po...
Low-Mileage 1988 Porsche 959 “Komfort” to Be Auctioned in January
18 Dec 2015, 09:59 UTC · By: Alexandru Monenciu / Porsche’s first supercar, the 959, is on the wish list of every car enthusiast. Now, a 1988 example of this piece of automotive engineering will be auctioned by RM Sotheby’s in January 2016. The Stuttgart-based company originally int...
Chris Evans Made Good Money Selling Second-Hand Cars This Year
17 Dec 2015, 16:57 UTC · By: Alexandru Monenciu / It seems 2015 has been, without any doubt, Chris Evans’ year. The already known British journalist has become more popular this year after he was chosen to host the Top Gear show, and now, his second-hand retail company reported a turnover of...
Ferrari Has Encouraged Many Carmakers to Join Formula 1
17 Dec 2015, 16:32 UTC · By: Alexandru Monenciu / Ferrari’s president Sergio Marchionne has recently said that he has always encouraged Volkswagen to join Formula 1 and it’s still a curiosity for him why such a large company has never competed in this series. There was speculation o...
The Flying Car Just Got Approved for Testing
17 Dec 2015, 15:18 UTC · By: Alexandru Monenciu / If you are against self-driving cars or green cars because they are too far away from your idea of a car, what are your thoughts on a flying car? If until now everything has been just an innovative idea, now it started moving further towards a ...
A Man Has Been Hit by a Car While Playing Video Games in His Home
17 Dec 2015, 14:38 UTC · By: Alexandru Monenciu / Imagine you are playing your favorite video game on a Sunday afternoon and suddenly you discover the first ever 7D game, when a car crashes into your house and hits you. This happened to Ben Rose from Irving, USA, while he was playing Fallout 4. ...
A Fenyr Supersport Is Waiting for You to Buy It
17 Dec 2015, 14:16 UTC · By: Alexandru Monenciu / If you’re a fan of the Lycan Hypersport, the car that starred in Furious 7, then you’ll love its younger and meaner brother too. The Fenyr Supersport is the newest model from W Motors, and one is now for sale at a specialized dealership...
Opel Is Rumored to Bring Back the GT at the Geneva Motor Show
17 Dec 2015, 13:14 UTC · By: Alexandru Monenciu / Opel could make yet another attempt at bringing back one of its most beloved sports car names. The information has been revealed by Opel’s CEO in a year-in-review video, where he states that the carmaker will bring a “concept vehicle th...
One-of-a-kind Land Rover Defender Sold for $600,000
17 Dec 2015, 10:35 UTC · By: Alexandru Monenciu / The unique Land Rover Defender in question here is the two-millionth unit produced at the UK factory and has been sold at a charity auction by Bonhams for $600,000 (£400,000), making it the most expensive production Land Rover ever sold at an...
California to Impose More Stringent Rules for Driverless Cars
17 Dec 2015, 09:40 UTC · By: Alexandru Monenciu / The California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) is proposing a new set of rules for autonomous cars, since a lot more of them are making their appearance on public roads, in order to be tested in real driving conditions. BMW, Volkswagen, Ford,...
India’s Supreme Court Has Banned New Diesel Car Sales in Delhi
16 Dec 2015, 17:51 UTC · By: Alexandru Monenciu / India’s Supreme Court has recently announced that some pretty radical measures were taken against pollution by banning new diesel car sales in Delhi, and also doubling a “green-tax” imposed on trucks coming into the city. All t...