Andrei Nedelea
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Personal motto:
"If one does not fail at times, then one has not challenged himself" - Ferdinand Porsche
He is a strong believer in the recent developments in green car tech and especially its entertaining applications. However, for him, green is more than just a brash color sprayed onto a supercar, it's a different way of thinking and perceiving modern car culture.
Meet Mercedes' Electric Halo Car, the Production-Spec EQS Sedan
8 Nov 2019, 13:54 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Mercedes-Benz, along with the rest of the major players, has stood idly by as Tesla essentially created and predictably took over the luxury electric sedan segment. The Stuttgart-based manufacturer has been working on its own battery-powered sed...
Antarctic Snow Cruiser Is an Impressive Case of Failed Automotive Engineering
8 Nov 2019, 09:16 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The relatively unknown yet memorable Antarctic Snow Cruiser is a vehicle designed especially for the purpose of exploring Antarctica. Built between 1937 and 1939, it was commissioned specially for one of Admiral Richard Byrd’s expeditions...
How the Genesis G70 Stole the New BMW 3 Series’ Thunder
7 Nov 2019, 14:36 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Whenever BMW launches an all-new 3 Series, it is usually a big deal in the small luxury sedan segment. The 3 Series is a benchmark car, one other manufacturers have to play catch-up to. Yett this year something has changed. The launch of the all...
Why You Should Be Excited About the James Webb Space Telescope
6 Nov 2019, 20:05 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Peering into other worlds that are light-years away has fascinated us for centuries. Technology has granted us closer and better views of distant parts of the universe, and the picture will keep improving. The best way to observe distant galaxie...
Lister Makes Better Jaguars than Jaguar
6 Nov 2019, 15:48 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Jaguar makes cars that are certainly appealing and really good to drive, yet they often seem to be not quite up to the level of their German rivals - this is reflected in the massive difference in sales figures. But it’s not just down to t...
World's Fastest SUVs to Take on the Autobahn
6 Nov 2019, 12:50 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Top speed runs are not what you’d expect an SUV to be especially good at, given that a high top speed requires excellent aerodynamics, and most SUVs don't have that. However, instead of cutting through the air to go fast, you can also...
Can Putin’s Aurus Senat Trump Other Presidential Sedans?
5 Nov 2019, 15:16 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Any self respecting head of state deserves a proper big sedan to be ferried around in, and if said sedan is made in the home country for that specific purpose, well that’s even better. Vladimir Putin couldn’t contend with being trans...
BMW M Hybrids Are Coming Whether You Like It or Not
5 Nov 2019, 09:45 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / BMW has shown interest in making performance cars whose get up and go is enhanced through the use of electric motors, but it has so far not made an electrified M car. Well, that will soon change, as the manufacturer has confirmed plans to go hyb...
How the World's Oldest Auto Nameplate Aged in Eight Decades
4 Nov 2019, 15:39 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / There are no automotive nameplates as long-lived as that of the Chevrolet Suburban which this year is celebrating its 85th anniversary. No, really, it really is the industry’s longest continuous car name in production, and it all started ...
This RWD Peugeot Sedan Should Make It Stateside
4 Nov 2019, 12:07 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / When you said Peugeot in the 1970s and 1980s, it conjured up images of classy yet sporty French cars that were really good to drive. Probably the best were the rear-wheel drive 504, 604 and 505, models renowned for their German sedan-scaring pe...
What Happened to Airships and Do They Have a Future?
1 Nov 2019, 16:17 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Airships, sometimes called dirigibles, dirigible balloons or blimps, are lighter-than-air aircraft whose popularity peak was reached in the interwar period. Back then they were used for passenger and cargo carrying duties, but after the Second ...
Next BMW 2 Series Coupe Will Be RWD and This Is What It Might Look Like
31 Oct 2019, 17:30 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / BMW has been adding more and more front-wheel drive models into its lineup. At first it added the 2 Series Active Tourer and Gran Tourer, then the new X1 and X2, and it didn’t stop there. Now it even made its new 1 Series hatchback a front...
Halloween Special: Cars That Only Look Fast, But Aren’t
31 Oct 2019, 16:45 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / There are lots of cars out there that look like they’re really fast, yet when you actually get to drive them, they’re either slow or nowhere near as fast as you were expecting them to be. And this is a trend that seems to have accel...
FCA Will Merge With PSA - Which Cars Should They Keep Making?
31 Oct 2019, 13:45 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / We are on the verge of a merger, one that could spawn the world’s fourth-largest automaker by global sales. France’s PSA has agreed to join forces with Fiat-Chrysler, after the initial plan to merge with Renault fell through. The ne...
NASA’s Dragonfly Mission to Titan Might Find Life or its Building Blocks
30 Oct 2019, 15:59 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Humanity’s quest for other habitable worlds has led us to want to explore most of the planets in our solar system, but it seems that the most promising of them all is not a planet. It’s actually a moon, Saturn’s largest, Titan...
Driven: 2020 Mercedes-Benz X250d 4Matic
30 Oct 2019, 13:24 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / One does not usually associate the Three Pointed Star with pickup trucks, but the fact that you can now buy a Mercedes-Benz with an open bed in the back is certainly intriguing. The fact that it isn’t actually built by Mercedes does detract a...
Not All Pedestrian Crash Prevention Systems Are Created Equal
30 Oct 2019, 13:10 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / When buying a new car that’s equipped with pedestrian crash prevention nannies, don’t be fooled into thinking all these systems are as competent or they work just as well. According to a recent bout of testing carried out by the Ins...
Whittington Brothers Smuggled Drugs to Fund Motorsport Ambition and Le Mans Win
29 Oct 2019, 16:10 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Right before the start of the 1979 Le Mans 24 Hours race, two thrill-seeking brothers from Texas approached the Kremer Racing team with the request that they both take part in the event. All it took was $20,000 for each driver, which was a lot m...
Mercedes May Discontinue the X-Class - We Drove It to See If It's Really a Loss
29 Oct 2019, 12:46 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Mercedes-Benz is not an automaker known for its pickup trucks (at all). That’s why when it announced its first such model, it raised many eyebrows. People rightfully questioned whether or not it was wise for the Three Pointed Start to laun...
Future Space Stations - What Comes After the ISS?
28 Oct 2019, 19:25 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The International Space Station’s days are numbered. With running costs of nearly $4-billion per year (and rising) and a budget only until 2025, there is a big chance it will be brought back down to Earth in a fiery spectacle over the Pacific...