Aurel Niculescu
6,950 ARTICLES
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.
2022 Honda Civic Prototype Feels the Twitch, Prepares Our Game for Eleventh-Gen
18 Nov 2020, 08:17 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Honda has decided the best way to reveal its all-new 11th generation of the 2022 Civic was to present the prototype on Twitch, a well-known live video streaming service (and subsidiary of all-mighty Amazon) focused on gaming, esports competitions, ...
MINI Seeks to Lead an Unrestrained Digital Life, Implies the Vision Urbanaut
17 Nov 2020, 14:47 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / The BMW Group is on a premiere spree this month, having revealed the Definition CE 04 futuristic electric scooter, and its dry-named iX flagship electric vehicle. Now it’s time for MINI to join the party with a digital concept from the Vision...
Not Even Mansory Can Shake Up the Boringly Understated Looks of the Audi RS Q8
17 Nov 2020, 14:00 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / While the RS Q8 is Audi’s flagship luxury crossover SUV, there’s no denying that its inconspicuous looks sometimes leave a little something (or more) to be desired. That’s the way the Ingolstadt-based automaker rolls, and those wh...
Ford Kuga Hybrid Can Also Be Had With AWD, Promises Over 620 Miles of Range
17 Nov 2020, 13:06 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / The Blue Oval company is leaving no powertrain stone unturned for its compact SUV offering, with the Kuga (Escape in the United States) premiering its “self-charging, full hybrid” option for the Old Continent. It’s already in prod...
Very Rare and Very Turquoise Tri-Five 1957 Chevy Nomad Costs Almost $100k
17 Nov 2020, 12:19 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / A proud member of the Tri-Five club, the Chevrolet Nomad – alongside other legends like the Bel Air – shows without a doubt why the ‘55, ‘56, and ‘57 representatives of the family achieved the renowned cult status. Rev...
GM's HD Trucks Jump Over the Ford F-150 Hybrid With Third-Party PHEV Solution
17 Nov 2020, 11:01 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / The Blue Oval company is just about ready to start selling the F-150 Hybrid, while its best-selling pickup truck is not going to be available as a full battery electric model until the second part of 2022. But customers looking for a plug-in hybrid...
Clean Looking 1952 Chevrolet 3100 Custom Pickup Needs Just a Little Cockpit TLC
17 Nov 2020, 10:18 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Chevrolet’s Advance-Design series came to the market right after the dark years of the Second World War, so General Motors naturally wanted to make a bold statement with the successor models to the AK Series. An automotive way of stepping int...
Sasquatch 2021 Ford Bronco Looks Taller When Compared to Lifted Jeep Wrangler
17 Nov 2020, 09:16 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / The Blue Oval recently revealed it has reached almost 200k reservations for the 2021 Ford Bronco, a great achievement considering the reinvented rock-crawling SUV was first showcased just a few months ago. It’s also interesting to note that m...
UPDATE: Leaked 2021 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon 392 Shows V8 HEMI Glory With 470 HP
17 Nov 2020, 08:24 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / So, the Blue Oval introduced the reinvented Bronco back in July and just prior to the official reveal Jeep ingloriously attempted to divert attention towards its own series of rock crawlers. Of course, everyone saw through the teaser as a feeble at...
2021 Nissan Micra Rides "Genki" and Feels N-Design or N-Sport, According to Mood
16 Nov 2020, 15:03 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / While it can’t compete in terms of star power with its Groupe Renault Alliance sibling, the Renault Clio, Nissan’s Micra subcompact hatchback is actually the older representative in the segment. Its current generation has been out and a...
Subtly Refreshed, the 2021 Audi SQ2 Arrives With the Same 300 PS for €45,700
16 Nov 2020, 14:19 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / The Ingolstadt-based automaker presented the fashionable Q2 as its smallest addition to the crossover / SUV range around four years ago. Two years later, in 2018, they were spicing up the series with the SQ2. Earlier this year we saw the facelifted...
That Moment When Dwayne Johnson Sees He's Too Big of a Rock for Porsche Taycan
16 Nov 2020, 13:48 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / While Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is a mountain of a man, we have come accustomed to his great persona going for as much action as laughs in many of his gigs. He’s also a car guy, so we like him even more, which is why we’ve t...
This 1965 Mini Cooper Packing Honda K20 and Turbo Drops Jaws at the Drag Strip
16 Nov 2020, 12:20 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Because of the current worldwide health situation and the special conditions for events, some of them had to be postponed, others were canceled entirely, and a select few morphed into something... else. Case in point, the 25th annual Haltech World ...
Jeep Officially Teases Something Roaring for the Wrangler, HEMI V8 in Tow?!
16 Nov 2020, 12:19 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / While the U.S. automaker is trying to look all environmentally friendly and boasts about the 2021 Jeep Wrangler 4xe receiving the Green SUV of the Year title from the Green Car Journal, something V8 is lurking in the shadow. Or rather throwing up i...
Fiat's New 500 Sees More Than 80 Mopar Elements Work Out Its Trendy EV Body
16 Nov 2020, 10:36 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / The Italian automaker is aiming for increased naming confusion with their latest iteration of the legendary 500, calling Fiat Chrysler Automobiles’ “first car born full-electric” the New 500. That’s opposed to the original 5...
“Tall Cab” 1936 Chevy Pickup Searches for Driver Who Needs Vintage Ample Space
16 Nov 2020, 09:43 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / If there’s one segment across the automotive realm that’s not going to give up in the face of adversity, it’s clearly the one that has written trucks all over it – and automakers have been up to the challenge for decades. Su...
1958 Chevrolet Impala Will Have Many Green With Envy for Tasty Minty Details
16 Nov 2020, 09:08 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Being popular in the automotive world is never enough if you can’t back the heritage / looks / performance with actual sales, and unfortunately in 2020 the legendary Impala name fell victim (again) to General Motors’ corporate strategy....
1961 Chevrolet Corvette Almost Turned Into XP-700 Replica, Up for Grabs at $37k
16 Nov 2020, 08:11 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / William L. (Bill) Mitchell is the type of name that will forever remain inscribed in popular automotive glory, as his designer ideas have become known as the Bill Mitchell era. Of course, when you’re someone like him, playing around in the&nb...
Just Ten Major Innovations Are Never Enough for a Mercedes-Benz Flagship
14 Nov 2020, 10:50 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / W223, Sonderklasse, S-Klasse, S-Class. No matter what you call it, the flagship sedan of the Mercedes-Brand is instantly recognizable for any car aficionado. And it’s easy to spot it across time, even though its current designation has only&n...
Chevy Silverado Looks Just Like a Mafia Trail Boss on Satin Black Forged Wheels
14 Nov 2020, 09:25 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / In case our memory is not mistaken, when General Motors debuted its all-new, fourth generation Chevrolet Silverado 1500, it was the Trail Boss version that was brought in front of the audience gathered for the Chevy Truck Centennial Celebration Wee...