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)
Winner of 2009 FIFA Interactive World Cup Gets a Kia Soul
4 May 2009, 16:57 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Bruce Grannec, winner of the FIFA Interactive World Cup final in Barcelona, Spain, was awarded $20,000, an invitation to the FIFA World Player Gala 2010 and a brand new Kia Soul. The 22-year-old gamer beat more than 530,000 online gamers and fo...
Transformers 2 Presents 3rd Trailer
4 May 2009, 14:41 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The third trailer of ‘Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen’ was recently released, giving a short preview of the Audi R8-based Decepticon, by the name of Sideways. The new Decepticon is seen smashing through the wall of a Chinese apartme...
See You Later, Alligator! At Sun Toyota’s...
4 May 2009, 14:08 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Going for a test drive? Go with a trapper! That is how Denise Anderson will probably think from now on, since she had an encounter with an alligator in a car lot. It all happened on Tuesday morning, April 28, when Anderson went to Sun Toyota to ...
German Car Scrap Scheme - a Waste
4 May 2009, 12:48 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / A study based on likely orders for cars, conducted by the Halle economic research institute IWH, could have made the German government have second thoughts about the car scrappage scheme, after reports claimed it was a waste, but the officials held...
Teen Crashes Audi and Posts the Video on Youtube
4 May 2009, 12:47 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / One Middleton teenager thought he managed to get away after crashing his Audi S4 B5, but he was obviously wrong. He tried to make a big deal out of it and posted the video of his deed on youtube, which gave the Dane County Sheriff’s Office mo...
Executive Changes at Harley-Davidson
4 May 2009, 12:09 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / After Harley-Davidson's CFO and HDFS interim President Tom Bergmann left for other career opportunities, the company had to make some urgent changes in the executive board level. Starting with May 1, 2009, John Olin, the Motor Company'...
Santa's Ride... from Wyked Illuzionz
4 May 2009, 09:29 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / With a “Be Safe ... Be Seen” motto, Maryland-based Wyked Illuzionz is trying to reach up to the motorcycle community each year in May - the month of the ‘Motorcycle Safety Awareness’ - through their LED (light emitting diode...
BMW’s MINI Fresh Up Collection
4 May 2009, 08:23 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / As soon as the first signs of summer showed up, BMW announced its new MINI Fresh Up collection, designed specially for the warm season. Besides featuring a wide range of materials and accessories, the new collection comes with new graphics, sporty ...
Usain Bolt Survives Car Crash with Light Injuries
4 May 2009, 08:13 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Olympic champion sprinter Usain Bolt was involved in a serious car crash on Wednesday, but he was soon released from the hospital, with minor scratches. The 22-year-old world record sprinter was apparently speeding on the outskirts of Kingston, the...
Beta Testers Wanted for iOpener Real Time Racing
3 May 2009, 17:31 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / iOpener, a German company active in the games and motorsports industries, is looking for 5,000 of the best race gamers in order to test their new live play technology “iOpener Enabled”. This new technology is based on the integration o...
Katy Perry: I Kissed a MINI, And I Liked It
30 Apr 2009, 14:57 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / This year’s Life Ball (Europe’s biggest AIDS charity event) to take place on May 16, will be the first to offer a prize draw. The Life Ball MINI 2009 designed by The Blonds for Katy Perry is going to one lucky participant. A ticket ...
Top Gear: Girls and Gays Needed
30 Apr 2009, 14:48 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / It sounds like a dating ad, but is far away from being one. Following the Government's future plans on UK population revealed by UK Labour’s deputy leader Harriet Harman, the Top Gear team is about to suffer some changes. The Equ...
Car Crashes into Crowd at Dutch Royal Parade and Kills 2
30 Apr 2009, 13:58 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / A speeding car crashed into the crowd today during the Dutch royal family parade in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, and killed at least two people, BBC reported. After hitting the crowd, the black Suzuki Swift raced toward the open bus that was carrying...
Alaskian Drivers, Vent Your Frustrations on Twitter!
30 Apr 2009, 12:30 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / AKBadDrivers (Bad Alaskan Drivers) was born one month ago of Annette Mullen's commuter frustration, who started describing bad drivers on her personal Twitter feed. Mullen's daughter, Molly Hutchins, first suggested she started an in...
For Sale: Real Estates With Sports Cars Included
30 Apr 2009, 12:09 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / If you have $13,9 million just lying around somewhere and can’t decide what to do with it, we come to ease your choice by telling you about a deal that Shawn Elliott Luxury Homes & Estates is offering: a Nissequogue, New York, estate that...
Ben Stiller Chose Audi Q7
30 Apr 2009, 10:20 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / He acts, he writes, he directs, he produces... Ben Stiller, the star actor from comedy movies like ‘A Night at the Museum’, ‘Meet the Fockers’ and ‘Tropic Thunder’, has one thing in common with Nikki Reed and Nic...
Chrysler Offers Two Jeeps to Help Earthquake Victims
30 Apr 2009, 08:56 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Chrysler and its supplier VM Motori S.p.A. (a diesel engine manufacturing company located in Cento, Italy) have donated two Jeep vehicles to the Italian Civil Protection Department, in order to support their efforts made to relief the victims of th...
2009 Scuderia Ferrari-Puma Collection Now Available
29 Apr 2009, 15:30 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The new Puma-Ferrari collection is now available in the Ferrari online store, bringing to its fans fresh articles in the footwear, clothing and accessories categories. In the Accessories category we find four products: a big a small shoulder bag...
Honda Gives Away 2010 Insight at Music Festivals
29 Apr 2009, 14:35 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / American Honda Motor Co., Inc. announced yesterday its eco-partnership with C3 for both the Lollapalooza and Austin City Limits music festivals. Honda’s support in Chicago, Illinois and Austin,Texas will include integrated ‘green&rs...
2009 Mitsubishi Lancer TV Commercial by ‘Fast and Furious’ Director
29 Apr 2009, 13:58 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The new “Blend” TV commercial for Mitsubishi Lancer began airing Monday, April 27, 2009, on national cable networks such as A&E, Bravo, Comedy Central, Discovery, ESPN, ESPN2, FX, Fox News, History, Spike, USA and VH1. The...