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Aurel Niculescu

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Once upon a time there was a little boy that didn't know his age but dreamed of reaching high in the sky alongside the absolute best aviators. He was passionate about reading books (action and Sci-Fi), grew up with many great authors and soon discovered the mirage of cinema.

There he understood anything is possible if you work hard and passionately strive to follow your imagination. This is how at the age of 16 he managed to fulfill the first dream – flying alone in a glider plane. He was no Tom Cruise, of course, so young adulthood brought him back to reality.

With every kick in the familiar *utt comes a chance to step forward, so a seemingly unimportant ad in one of his favorite automotive magazines brought a dilemma - follow through with the current job or dare to achieve greatness by deploying (previously) unknown literary skills.

Since 2006, he’s been perfecting them at Automondial, Supercar, Cox, Autoshow, Autopro, Auto Motor & Sport, and more magazines plus their online versions. After driving some of the best and worst cars in Europe and around the world, he’s part of the autoevolution team, where he aims to develop his best-ever form.
Coyote-Swapped, Bagged 1985 Ford F-150 Stepside Is a Bullnose With Attitude on 24s
Coyote-Swapped, Bagged 1985 Ford F-150 Stepside Is a Bullnose With Attitude on 24s

10 Jan 2022, 08:09 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Just recently, we positively observed that Solomon Lunger, the affable host of the Ford Era channel on YouTube, is ready to take his classic Blue Oval truck obsession to an extreme next level. But he does not forget about the regular features,...

 
Challenger Super Stock Drags C7 Corvette and Procharged Camaro, Gets Schooled
Challenger Super Stock Drags C7 Corvette and Procharged Camaro, Gets Schooled

10 Jan 2022, 07:27 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Since it’s been around for so long, it’s only logical that Dodge Challenger’s multitude of trims and model year changes might get confusing. Still, we can easily overlook any distraction when there is so much action. For the...

 
BMW iX M60 and Mercedes EQXX, Two Different Visions of Germany's EV Age
BMW iX M60 and Mercedes EQXX, Two Different Visions of Germany's EV Age

9 Jan 2022, 11:34 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Barring the unforeseen and unintended consequences of renewed health concerns, CES 2022 should have been one of the year’s first public occasions for automakers to reveal their latest heroes. And from the German EV perspective, we could have ...

 
Reinvented BMW “2022” Logically Pays Glorious, Digital Tribute to Sporty 2002
Reinvented BMW “2022” Logically Pays Glorious, Digital Tribute to Sporty 2002

9 Jan 2022, 09:34 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / When BMW was doing subtle vertically-designed kidney grilles, they also had a little thing called the 02 Series. Do not mistake this 1966 to 1977 family of compact executive cars with the modern 2 Series. The 02 Series has little in common wi...

 
This Digital “Matrix Car” Has Modernized 1965 Lincoln Continental Vibes All Over It
This Digital “Matrix Car” Has Modernized 1965 Lincoln Continental Vibes All Over It

9 Jan 2022, 08:34 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / With ten generations behind the nameplate, it’s easy to assume that Lincoln’s Continental occupies a special place in the automotive world. Both from a historical, as well as a cultural perspective. Sure, Lincoln’s Continent...

 
2022 Cadillac CT5-V Blackwing Shines Dark With Gray and Red Details for a Mere $3
2022 Cadillac CT5-V Blackwing Shines Dark With Gray and Red Details for a Mere $3

8 Jan 2022, 11:34 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / While it may not stand a chance during a one-on-one encounter with a representative of the new age of high-performance EVs like Tesla’s Plaid, the CT5-V Blackwing remains an important Caddy milestone. One that rhymes with the most powerful ev...

 
LS-Swapped '71 Chevy Chevelle SS on Billet 24s Is Like a Hi-Riser Dream of Spring
LS-Swapped '71 Chevy Chevelle SS on Billet 24s Is Like a Hi-Riser Dream of Spring

8 Jan 2022, 09:34 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / We are still months away from witnessing some real-world spring songs and yet all we could hear in our mind was the cheerful bird tweet. Was it because of the Dark Green 1971 Chevelle SS? Just three generations across the 1964 through 1978 mo...

 
11k-Mile 2019 Chevy Corvette ZR1 Looks Menacing, Has the Triple Black Attitude
11k-Mile 2019 Chevy Corvette ZR1 Looks Menacing, Has the Triple Black Attitude

8 Jan 2022, 08:34 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / About everyone loves the astonishing mid-engine C8 Chevy Corvette. But if the naturally aspirated tradition continues, we fear that one day its flagship ZR1 version will be deprived of its proud supercharged mill. Think about it for a second. T...

 
1965 Chevy Impala With Cool, Twirled Side Exhaust Feels Recently Rediscovered
1965 Chevy Impala With Cool, Twirled Side Exhaust Feels Recently Rediscovered

8 Jan 2022, 07:34 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / There are exceedingly rare, best-case scenarios when people get to do exactly what they love. Sometimes, the planets do align, or some other little miracle happens, and everything looks swell. Of course, we might be overjoyed by passing into ...

 
Buttery-Smooth 1968 Chevy Camaro Is a Bush 396CI SS/RS Road Trip Aficionado
Buttery-Smooth 1968 Chevy Camaro Is a Bush 396CI SS/RS Road Trip Aficionado

7 Jan 2022, 15:13 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / America's pony/muscle cars from their original production runs are notoriously highly sought-after. Thus, these proud first-generation representatives are also utterly expensive. Though, not always. Unlike the current iteration, which has...

 
BMW iX5 Electric SUV Envisioned With iX and Concept XM Cues Is Oddly Bearable
BMW iX5 Electric SUV Envisioned With iX and Concept XM Cues Is Oddly Bearable

7 Jan 2022, 13:56 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / The Bavarians presented back in 2018 at Beijing their first-ever battery electric BMW SUV – or Sports Activity Vehicle, as they prefer to call them. Their iX3 was a tame EV reinterpretation, fortunately. Officially revealed in its produ...

 
Satin Lambo Urus With Yellow Tricks Is Not Way Subtler Than Lil Baby's Forgiato SF90
Satin Lambo Urus With Yellow Tricks Is Not Way Subtler Than Lil Baby's Forgiato SF90

7 Jan 2022, 13:27 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Usually, the Los Angeles, California-based wheel experts from Forgiato have ultra-quick social media skills when their creations get involved. This time around, they are a little late to Lil Baby’s SF90 party. After all, we have already s...

 
BMW M4 Shooting Brake Has Dreamy Rear End, Unfortunately Keeps the Grille Incubus
BMW M4 Shooting Brake Has Dreamy Rear End, Unfortunately Keeps the Grille Incubus

7 Jan 2022, 11:52 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Although BMW is considered damned by many diehard fans for its recent styling decisions, not everyone has an issue with the M3/M4 front presentation. Apparently, some really have a problem with the rear end. We all know that Bavarian sporty m...

 
Widebody Beetle Vs Porsche 911 Turbo S Battle Has a Virtually Unexpected Winner
Widebody Beetle Vs Porsche 911 Turbo S Battle Has a Virtually Unexpected Winner

7 Jan 2022, 11:21 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / People have argued that we should stop comparing the iconic VW Beetle with the legendary Porsche 911 for decades. Yet, here it is, just another casually direct battle. Albeit, in CGI form. Many people (perhaps the ones that cannot afford one) li...

 
Silverado EV Goes Back to ICE, Shrinks to Help Chevy Montana RS Fight Maverick
Silverado EV Goes Back to ICE, Shrinks to Help Chevy Montana RS Fight Maverick

7 Jan 2022, 10:37 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / While Chevy naturally seeks to morph its 2024 Silverado EV into a veritable Trail Boss, others have different plans. A virtual artist, for example, wants it shrunk back to ICE duties. Obviously, GM’s introduction of the 2024 Silverado E...

 
2024 Chevy Blazer RS Is an All-Electric Equinox RS Lookalike, We're CGI Confused
2024 Chevy Blazer RS Is an All-Electric Equinox RS Lookalike, We're CGI Confused

7 Jan 2022, 10:14 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Presented mere hours ago during a virtual CES 2022 keynote by GM chief executive Mary Barra, the 2024 Chevrolet Equinox EV joined the main 2024 Silverado EV reveal. But it was not the sole battery-electric crossover SUV confirmed right then. ...

 
Mercedes-AMG G 63 Thinks It Can Become a Superior Six-Door Forward Control Van
Mercedes-AMG G 63 Thinks It Can Become a Superior Six-Door Forward Control Van

7 Jan 2022, 09:19 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / What happens when an automotive virtual artist does not even reveal his/her name alongside social media creations? That CGI expert becomes outrageously free to attempt anything. One pixel master that is clearly no stranger to scandalous CGI t...

 
Mexico 1979 Ford B-100 Poised to Become a 2020 Super Duty 4x4 Restomod Gem
Mexico 1979 Ford B-100 Poised to Become a 2020 Super Duty 4x4 Restomod Gem

7 Jan 2022, 08:42 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Although very few even know about the existence of the Mexico-built Ford B-100, those who do say this is the F-Series SUV everyone dreamed about. Now, in a world of Bronco restomods, going down the B-100 route makes for a pretty unique project. ...

 
Porsche 911 Drags Hellcat, BMW X3 and 340i, Teaches All of Them a Quick Lesson
Porsche 911 Drags Hellcat, BMW X3 and 340i, Teaches All of Them a Quick Lesson

7 Jan 2022, 07:26 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / If you are one of those folks (like for many of us, this is a major guilty pleasure), who cannot get enough of Porsche’s iconic 911 even though it has been around for so long, this video embedded below is for you. After all, it’s about ...

 
Naturally, Chevrolet's All-Electric 2024 Silverado Will Also Become a Trail Boss
Naturally, Chevrolet's All-Electric 2024 Silverado Will Also Become a Trail Boss

6 Jan 2022, 15:35 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / GM Chair and CEO Mary Barra still delivered a keynote at CES 2022. Albeit a virtual one, amid renewed physical presence health concerns. And they did not disappoint us, presenting a trio of major EV reveals. As per the rumor mill’s well...

 

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