Ciprian Florea
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Personal motto:
"If you can make black marks on a straight from the time you turn out of a corner until the braking point of the next turn, then you have enough horsepower." - Mark Donohue
You'll never catch him drooling over the latest supercar but he could spend hours talking about why he loves 1940s windshield visors, Mopars, and Studebakers. Naturally, most of his stories are about barn finds and rare classics.
He can give you several reasons why speed and power are more about motorsport than silly street wandering, and Can-Am machinery tops his ridiculously fast all-time favorite car list. He claims he could die happy after a Rattlesnake Raceway ride in a Chaparral and a cup of coffee with Jim Hall on the other side of the table.
Before landing on these pages, Ciprian's work has been published on outlets like TopSpeed, AmericanMuscle, and ThisWeekInMotors.
2,000+ HP Freightliner Truck Goes Drifting
26 Jun 2013, 13:07 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Back in the 20th century drifting was still about Japanese cars and BMWs, mostly coupes and sedans. Suddenly, all sorts of vehicles started going sideways, at the hands of amateur and professionals alike. But how about a truck? How often do you ...
2014 Mercedes S-Class Goes on Sale in the UK
26 Jun 2013, 12:26 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / The all-new 2014 Mercedes-Benz S-Class has gone on sale in the United Kingdom with on-the-road prices starting from £62,650. Available with a choice of three engines, the 2014 S-Class features an array of new standard equipment, including ...
Infiniti Q50 Priced From £27,950 in the UK
26 Jun 2013, 11:57 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Luxury car manufacturer Infiniti has released preliminary UK pricing information for the brand-new 2014 Q50. Available for ordering as we speak, with deliveries set to commence in September, the new sedan can be had from £27,950 in Great Brit...
Ford Showcases Mustang 1 Concept
26 Jun 2013, 11:02 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / We know a lot of you folks out there love the Mustang and we're certain most people do agree that Ford's pony is one of the most important musclecars ever created. However, we have a feeling that not everyone knows that the familiar 19...
2014 Honda Odyssey Pricing Revealed
26 Jun 2013, 10:07 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Japanese automaker Honda has announced full pricing information for the 2014 Odyssey minivan. Redesigned ahead of the 2013 New York Auto Show, the new Odyssey will arrive in Honda dealerships on July 2, with prices from $28,825, excluding tax and $...
Drayson Racing Sets New World Land Speed Record for Electric Cars
26 Jun 2013, 09:42 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Drayson Racing has set a new World Electric Land Speed Record yesterday, after their B12 69/EV electric Le-Mans Prototype achieved a top speed of 204.185 mph (328.604 km/h) with former science minister, businessman and racing driver Lord Drayson be...
Mercedes S-Class Pullman to Cost More than €200,000
26 Jun 2013, 09:21 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / German automaker Mercedes-Benz is looking to extend its leadership at the top of the luxury car market once the upcoming S-Class Pullman model is released, Daimler chairman Dieter Zetsche revealed yesterday. Speaking to Autocar, the company repr...
Ford F-150 Named Most American Vehicle of 2013
26 Jun 2013, 08:36 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / After four years of Toyota Camry dominance, the “Most American” vehicle title was finally reclaimed by an US-based car after Ford’s F-150 pickup truck was put atop Cars.com’s American-Made Index for 2013. As usual, the li...
2014 Toyota Corolla Rendered as Minivan
26 Jun 2013, 08:04 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Launched earlier this month, the 2014 Toyota Corolla is still hot thanks to a batch of renderings released over the Internet. After seeing the vehicle imagined as a coupe and as a hatchback, time has come to have the 2014 iteration transformed into...
2014 Infiniti Q50 Final Pricing Announced
26 Jun 2013, 06:54 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Japanese luxury car manufacturer and Nissan subsidiary Infiniti has released full pricing information for its new 2014 Q50 lineup. While we already reported pricing on the vehicle back in March, it seems that those figures apply only to the special...
Blown Holden Torana Runs 7-Second Quarter Mile
25 Jun 2013, 16:18 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / As we previously noted, there’s something about Australia and big muscle. Drag races, burnouts and just about anything related, but with Holden-badged cars. One thing’s for sure, the Aussie drag scene is just about as interesting as the...
Beijing Automotive Investigating European Automaker Takeover
25 Jun 2013, 15:48 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / China’s Beijing Automotive Group is looking to boost international sales by taking over a “medium-size” European automaker, the company revealed last week. Although no further details have been revealed, word has it the Chinese ar...
Fiat 500L Trekking UK Pricing Announced
25 Jun 2013, 15:28 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Italian automaker Fiat has revealed pricing information for the new 500L Trekking model. Available to order as we speak, the all-road-looking 500 has a starting price of £17,095 when fitted with the 95 HP 1.4-liter engine and can cost as much...
Citroen Confirms WTCC Entry in 2014
25 Jun 2013, 14:59 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Citroen will be joining the FIA World Touring Car Championship (WTCC) starting 2014. The French company made it official today, adding that nine-time WRC champion Sebastien Loeb is the first driver to sign with the new race team. “Competin...
Mazda3 Celebrates Its 10th Anniversary
25 Jun 2013, 14:44 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / The Mazda3 compact is celebrating ten years since its introduction back in 2003, and the Japanese automaker decided to honor the milestone by showcasing the vehicle's achievements so far. According to Mazda, the compact offered as a sedan, ...
Entry-level Caterham to Cost £15,000
25 Jun 2013, 14:27 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Caterham’s new entry-level sportscar will reportedly hit the market in September with a price tag of £15,000. Developed as a replacement for the Classic Seven, the new lightweight vehicle will become the most affordable Caterham-badged ...
The “Pontiac” GTO Judge is Back for 2014
25 Jun 2013, 13:23 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Almost 50 years ago an American legend was born in Michigan: the Pontiac GTO. It was sold until 1974 and reintroduced for three years starting 2004, six years before GM axed the historic brand. Dead, buried and forgotten by the younger generatio...
Chrysler to Cut Options for 2014 Lineup
25 Jun 2013, 12:54 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Chrysler Group plans to reduce the number of options offered on its vehicles starting with the 2014 model year in order to allow better quality, improved manufacturing and ordering efficiency. According to Automotive News, quoting an unnamed dea...
2015 Honda Civic to Gain Direct Injection
25 Jun 2013, 12:33 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / As Toyota is getting ready to introduce its brand-new Corolla sedan, Japanese automaker and rival Honda is working on improving the Civic for the 2015 model year. According to company executive Tetsuo Iwamura, the Honda Civic will gain the new &...
Volvo Pondering More High-Performance Polestar Models
25 Jun 2013, 12:02 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / While launching the S60 Polestar high-performance sedan in Australia, Swedish automaker Volvo hinted at future beefed-up models that could rival similar vehicle wearing AMG (Mercedes-Benz), M (BMW) and Nismo (Nissan) badges. “At the moment...