Alina Dumitrache
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Favorite quote: "Any girl can be glamorous. All you have to do is stand still and look stupid" (Heddy Lamarr)
Toyota’s Venezuelan Union Leader Shot
7 May 2009, 07:41 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Argenis Valasquez, 33, a union leader who represented workers at Toyota Motor Corp's Venezuelan division, was shot dead by gunmen on Tuesday. The incident happened only a few weeks after the company said it might leave the country due to chron...
Man Charged With Murder After Throwing Baby Out of Car
6 May 2009, 21:20 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / A man has been charged with first-degree murder after authorities say he threw a 3-month-old baby boy out of a moving car on a Tampa, Florida, interstate. According to sheriff's officials, Richard Anthony McTear Jr., 21, got in a fight with...
Texas Police Accused of Robbery
6 May 2009, 21:16 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Texas Police is currently part of a lawsuit intended by several motorists who are claiming the authorities abused of their position and robbed them. The plaintiff’s lawyer, David Guillory characterized the policemen’s deed as a syste...
First UK Ferrari Store Officially Opened
6 May 2009, 15:10 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Ferrari Formula One driver Kimi Räikkönen today officially opened the UK’s first Ferrari Store at 193-197 Regent Street in London. The Regent Street Store joins the other Ferrari Store locations worldwide, including those in Rome...
Online Campaign for Porsche Panamera
6 May 2009, 15:01 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / For the launch of the Panamera, Porsche has worked with the Bassier, Bergmann & Kindler (BB&K) agency, Ludwigsburg, to develop a six-part online campaign: "The 4th dimension. The new Panamera". At present, the global web speci...
Aston Martin Works Service to Host 2009 Bonhams Auction
6 May 2009, 14:27 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The tenth anniversary of Bonhams Auction of Aston Martin motor cars and related automobilia is to be hosted this year on May 9, by Aston Martin Works Service. The Aston Martin Works Service facility is located at Newport Pagnell and has special...
It's Confirmed: Texting While Driving Can Be Lethal
6 May 2009, 09:50 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / A new study presented to the Pediatric Academic Societies on Saturday, May 2, confirms what most people already know: sending text messages and driving are a potentially lethal combination. The study shows that distracted teens' behaviors w...
Oral Sex in Car Ends with Bitten Weenie
6 May 2009, 08:59 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / An affair between a man and his secretary ended up worse than the two of them could have imagined, when the woman accidentally bit of her employer’s love organ (and we don’t mean his heart) while giving him oral sex in his car. So much ...
WorldFirst Formula 3 Racing Car Unveiled
6 May 2009, 08:06 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / If you had any doubts it exists when we first presented the news and photos of the WorldFirst project (a chocolate powered racing car), find out the British researchers behind the project unveiled it on Tuesday. It’s real and it can reach...
Bahraini Coaching Techniques: Today We Use a Range Rover
5 May 2009, 20:23 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / It looks like the Bahraini soccer team found the perfect way to train its goalkeeper: they made him defend his coach’s Range Rover from his teammates kicks, as seen in the commercial recently released. The goalkeeper does his job pretty well...
The 2009 Nissan Cube Now On Sale in the US
5 May 2009, 20:06 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The 2009 Nissan Cube went on sale today at Nissan retailers across the US, with a Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price (MSRP) of $13,990 and a marketing campaign centered around a downloadable-content-rich: the "cube Mobile Hub." &...
Miss Tuning 2009 - Martina Ivezaj
5 May 2009, 16:01 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / No matter on who you had your eyes or ...mind on, Miss Tuning 2009 was finally crowned, as the final stage of the contest was completed on Sunday, May 3, at the Tuning World Bodensee, Germany. The competition started first with 350 ‘yummy...
IIHS Supports NHTSA in Fight Against Backover Crashes
5 May 2009, 15:28 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) sent an official comment in which it agrees with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) advance notice of proposed rule-making regarding the modification of Federal Motor...
Racing Legends to Celebrate Audi's 100th at Goodwood Festival
5 May 2009, 13:28 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / As part of the Audi centenary year celebrations German Walter Rohrl (former double world rally champion) and Belgian Jacky Ickx (six-time winner of Le Mans 24 Hour race) will attend the Goodwood Festival of Speed this summer, driving two Audi vehic...
AAA Discounts Through Free iPhone App
5 May 2009, 11:25 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Apple’s iPhone users are helped in finding discounts through the free GPS-based application, which displays retail locations of AAA Show Your Card & Save partners. It also displays key information including the name, address, phone, dista...
Ferrari F430 Crashed on Nicholas Cage’s Set
5 May 2009, 10:12 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / A stunt went wrong yesterday during the filming of a car chase for Nicholas Cage’s new movie, ‘The Sorcerer’s Apprentice’, when a Ferrari F430 jumped a curb and smashed into the entrance of a Sbarro restaurant in Times Squar...
Driver Survives Crash to Buy Fusion. Again
5 May 2009, 09:37 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Maureen Edgerton, from West Yellowstone, Montana, slammed her 2007 Ford Fusion into a herd of bison at 55mph, on April 11, 2009. The impact killed several bisons, but Edgerton managed to walk away with light injuries. Surviving this kind of impact ...
Who Needs ID, When You Have Vanity Plates?
5 May 2009, 08:58 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / ‘Tell me what your vanity plate says, and I’ll tell you who you are.’ Actor Vinnie Jones (former football player) was spotted yesterday driving his Range Rover on the streets of Hollywood, wearing his name on his license plates. ...
Motorists: A Cash Cow for Labour to Milk
5 May 2009, 07:59 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Labour was accused of ‘milking the motorists’, since figures showed the number of penalties given to speeding motorists has increased by 100% in ten years, most of them caught by the speed cameras. The results speak for themselves: s...
“Meet the Volkswagens” Campaign Launched Today
4 May 2009, 16:59 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Following Audi’s example of TV spots that ‘hit and run’ the competition, Volkswagen launched today the ‘Meet the Volkswagens’ campaign, featuring Max, the 1964 black Beetle, and introducing a new character named BUS. B...