Alexandru Monenciu
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Diesel Cars on the Verge to Be Banned in Delhi
11 Dec 2015, 18:06 UTC · By: Alexandru Monenciu / Because the capital city of India, Delhi, is experiencing alarming levels of pollution caused by diesel emissions and the burning of crop residue in farms around the city, India’s National Green Tribunal - which is apparently a thing - insist...
Janis Joplin’s Porsche Sells for $1.8 Million
11 Dec 2015, 17:02 UTC · By: Alexandru Monenciu / Janis Joplin’s one-of-a-kind Porsche 356C 1600 Cabriolet has just been sold in a 5-minute bidding war for a record $1.8 million in RM Sotheby’s “Driven by Disruption” auction in New York. Before the auction took place, th...
Decrepit Barn Find 1969 Dodge Charger Daytona to Be Auctioned to the Highest Bidder
11 Dec 2015, 15:09 UTC · By: Alexandru Monenciu / You aren’t the only one looking at these photos and the listed price and asking yourself a lot of questions. The reasons why this barn find 1969 Dodge Charger Daytona is estimated to cost between $150,000 and $180,000 are simple. Undernea...
Two Recreated Concept Cars to Be Revealed at the London Classic Car Show
11 Dec 2015, 14:41 UTC · By: Alexandru Monenciu / The mid-engined Jaguar XJ13 and the XK180 are the two concept cars recreated by classic car experts. Both will be seen for the first time in public at the 2016 London Classic Car Show. What is worth mentioning is that these two cars are not repl...
2016 Wards Auto’s Top 10 Best Engines List Is Here
11 Dec 2015, 13:19 UTC · By: Alexandru Monenciu / Wards Auto has been making a Top 10 best engines list for 22 years now. This year is the first time when three electric powertrains made their way into this competition, while all of the cars that got on the list had to cost less than $61,000. T...
Indian Woman Delivers Baby in Uber Taxi
11 Dec 2015, 11:14 UTC · By: Alexandru Monenciu / December 9 is a day that Uber driver Shahnawaz Khan will never forget because he had the experience of his life on that date. His taxi became probably the world’s first Uber “ambulance,” as a Delhi woman delivered a baby in it whi...
Fangio’s 1956 Ferrari Gets Sold for $28 Million
11 Dec 2015, 09:52 UTC · By: Alexandru Monenciu / Among other very expensive vintage cars that were sold at RM Sotheby’s “Driven by Disruption” auction was a 1956 Ferrari 290MM, chassis number 0626. The car was sold for the staggering sum of $28 million. We understand if you thin...
Chinese Billionaire Confirms He’s Behind Faraday Future
10 Dec 2015, 18:11 UTC · By: Alexandru Monenciu / Jia Yueting, a Chinese billionaire, has recently confirmed that he is behind Faraday Future, the mysterious car company that came out of nowhere and now wants to build a billion dollar factory near Las Vegas, Nevada, creating 4,500 jobs. In a le...
Meet Zus, the Father of All Car Finders
10 Dec 2015, 17:25 UTC · By: Alexandru Monenciu / How many of you have ever forgotten where they’ve left their car and had a hard time finding it? Well, if you are one of those people who experienced this, we have a solution for you. The thingamajig's name is Zus and you can use it to c...
McLaren Brings the Curtain Down on the P1
10 Dec 2015, 16:11 UTC · By: Alexandru Monenciu / Right after the 375th example of McLaren’s P1 has been completed, the production of this incredible hypercar is now coming to an end. The P1 first appeared as a design study at the 2012 Paris Motor Show and production started in the summe...
Jaguar Land Rover to Launch a Team in the Formula E
10 Dec 2015, 15:14 UTC · By: Alexandru Monenciu / Jaguar Land Rover is planning to enter the electric car market and to launch a team in the Formula E electric car-racing series. Through this move, Britain’s biggest car manufacturer, owned by Indian group Tata Motors, will join other big...
Samsung to Develop Next-Generation Auto Parts for Autonomous Cars
10 Dec 2015, 14:28 UTC · By: Alexandru Monenciu / The announcement that Samsung will begin developing parts for self-driving and Internet-connected cars is the official acknowledgment by the South Korean company that it has decided to join the technology heavyweights in the automotive market. ...
DNA Test Confirms Juan Manuel Fangio Had at Least One Son
10 Dec 2015, 13:15 UTC · By: Alexandru Monenciu / A DNA test has recently confirmed that 77-year-old Oscar Espinoza is the son of five-time Formula 1 World Champion and one of the best drivers in history, Juan Manuel Fangio. Fangio’s body was exhumed by court order in August to test his ...
Unclear Future for Mercedes-Sued F1 Engineer
10 Dec 2015, 11:09 UTC · By: Alexandru Monenciu / New updates in the case of Benjamin Hoyle, the engineer that allegedly stole important and highly classified documents from the Mercedes-AMG F1 team. Ferrari is now saying that the engineer will not join the Italian legendary company in the "f...
Baidu’s BMW 3 Series Self-Driving Machine Takes a Tour Around Beijing
10 Dec 2015, 10:43 UTC · By: Alexandru Monenciu / Baidu, the well-known Chinese web services company, has developed a self-driving car in partnership with BMW, which has now successfully traveled 18.6 miles around China's capital city. According to the company, the BMW 3 Series GT has trav...
British Guy Buys a Car That Jeremy Clarkson Thrashed on Top Gear
10 Dec 2015, 09:53 UTC · By: Alexandru Monenciu / We are sure a lot of you can identify with this situation: you bought a car from a dealership and after driving it a couple of times, problems started to appear. The same thing happened to a guy from England, who bought a BMW M3 from a dealership b...
Hardcore Lotus Exige Sport 350 to Be Launched in 2016
9 Dec 2015, 17:03 UTC · By: Alexandru Monenciu / Lotus Cars has recently announced that its latest version of Exige, called the Sport 350, will hit European showroom floors in 2016. Along with the launch of this new model, the name “Sport” will also get back in Lotus' naming s...
Australia Aims for World Speed Record with Aussie Invader 5R
9 Dec 2015, 16:09 UTC · By: Alexandru Monenciu / The team Aussie Invader, based in Perth, Australia, plans to get into the 1000mph Club with a rocket-powered mean machine that can do 0-1,000 mph in 20 seconds. Headed by Australian speed record holder Rosco McGlashan, who will also be the driver, ...
Three Boeing 747 Lying Around a Malaysian Airport Are Searching for Their Owners
9 Dec 2015, 14:50 UTC · By: Alexandru Monenciu / Imagine you're reading your morning newspaper while drinking your hot, steaming coffee and the "Lost and Found" category is up next. Among wallets, credit cards or whatever people misplace these days, there is a probability to read a...
New Software Allows You to Scan License Plates Just like a Cop
9 Dec 2015, 14:10 UTC · By: Alexandru Monenciu / We are sure you’ve asked yourself many times how come the police knows all about your car without even looking at you. Well, it is possible thanks to a software installed on most police cars equipped with video cameras. Now, a similar softwar...