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.
Lightweight ATS Sport 1000 Now Available
21 Jun 2013, 11:47 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Italian car manufacturer Automobili Turismo Sport, better known as ATS, announced that their brand-new Sport 1000 lightweight vehicle is now available to order. Introduced late last year, the ATS Sport 1000 comes in both race and street versions...
Dominant Audi Grabs Le Mans Pole
21 Jun 2013, 09:58 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Audi will start the 2013 24 Hours of Le Mans race from the pole position, with the company’s diesel-powered hybrid prototypes securing top three spots in qualifying yesterday. Driven by Loic Duval, the No.2 Audi R18 e-tron quattro took pol...
Nissan Unveils 2014 Le Mans Electric Race Car
21 Jun 2013, 09:28 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Japanese automaker Nissan unveiled its brand-new ZEOD RC race car that will debut at the next year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans. Developed to achieve speed in excess of 300 km/h (186 mph), the ZEOD RC will use the same lithium battery technology fou...
2014 McLaren MP4-12C to Gain More Power
21 Jun 2013, 08:58 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Word has it the McLaren MP4-12C will receive a number of upgrades for the 2014 model year, including more horsepower under the bonnet. According to Jalopnik, the new amount of power is “undetermined at this time”, but it should revol...
40 Years of Caterham Limited Edition Pack Already Sold Out
21 Jun 2013, 08:37 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / About a month ago, Caterham announced that the first 40 customers that purchase a lightweight Seven sportscar starting May 9 will receive a free “40 Years of Caterham” limited edition pack which includes several optional features. To...
Aston Martin Opens Heritage Center for Classic Cars
21 Jun 2013, 08:18 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / British sportscar manufacturer Aston Martin has officially opened their Heritage Showroom at Aston Martin Works in Newport Pagnell. The new facility will allow customers to benefit from the "vast knowledge of the Works team and its experience ...
2014 Maserati Ghibli US Order Guide Leaked
21 Jun 2013, 07:44 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Unveiled at the 2013 Shanghai Auto Show earlier this year, the 2014 Maserati Ghibli will hit dealerships later this year as Maranello’s most affordable car. Basically just a smaller Quattroporte, the new Ghibli was developed as a BMW 5 Series...
Watch Tim McGraw Hit the Track in Detroit's Greatest Musclecars
20 Jun 2013, 16:17 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Besides being America's most successful country music artist alive, Tim McGraw is also a huge musclecar enthusiast, a hobby we found out about when we saw his unique Dodge Challenger SRT8. Although he offered the multi-colored Mopar as a pr...
Lamborghini Sinistro Concept Rendered
20 Jun 2013, 15:51 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / What are the most radical Lamborghini vehicles you can think of right now? Our choices would be the Veneno and the Urus. While the ultra expensive and limited Veneno needs to further explanation, the Urus is the company's first SUV... and if t...
Revo Volkswagen T5 Smashes Nurburgring Van Lap Record
20 Jun 2013, 15:08 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Volkswagen Group tuning specialist Revo has set a new lap record for commercial vehicles at the Nurburgring track smashing the world famous lap set by Sabine Schmitz in a Ford Transit back in 2010. Powered by a twin-turbo 2.0-liter diesel engine...
Volvo Introduces Revolutionary Self-Parking Car
20 Jun 2013, 14:31 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / When it comes to technology and safety, Volvo never seizes to amaze the automotive industry. After launching a revolutionary diesel injection system and developing a new flywheel technology that improves fuel efficiency by up to 25 percent, the Swe...
Honda Reveals US Market 2014 Accord Hybrid
20 Jun 2013, 14:11 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Japanese automaker Honda has just published the first official photos of all-new 2014 Accord Hybrid. Scheduled to arrive in US dealerships this October, the hybrid promises to offer class-leading fuel efficiency of 49/45/47 mpg (city/highway/combin...
2014 Corvette Stingray Does 0-60 MPH in 3.8 Seconds
20 Jun 2013, 13:54 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / When most of the 2014 Corvette Stingray's specs were announced back in April, General Motors promised that its new sportscar will reach 60 mph (96 km/h) from a standing start in less than four seconds if fitted with the Z51 Performance Package...
Ring Brothers 1966 Ford Mustang Fastback Shows Up on e-Bay
20 Jun 2013, 13:08 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / The Ring Brothers are widely known for building some of the greatest bespoke Ford Mustangs around. Based on classic version but fitted with several updated parts, these vehicles command high prices at auctions all around the US. And this unique ...
Lotus Le Mans Race Cars Seized by Court Over Financial Dispute
20 Jun 2013, 12:45 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Lotus might not be racing in this year's 24 Hours of Le Mans after their LMP2 class vehicles have been stripped of suspension components, gearboxes and steering wheels on court order over a financial dispute. According to SpeedTV, a court d...
Chrysler Readying New Luxury CUV
20 Jun 2013, 12:06 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Word has it Chrysler is developing a new large luxury crossover utility vehicle that will be lauched for the 2017 model year. This piece of information comes via The Windsor Star, who also claims the new CUV will be built at the Windsor Assembly...
Gold Chrome-wrapped Bugatti Veyron Owned by Flo Rida Looks Grotesque
20 Jun 2013, 11:40 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / If we had one penny for every abominable vehicle owned by people involved in the music industry, we would have enough money to buy a Bugatti Veyron and get it wrapped in gold chrome. Just kidding of course. We'd rather have a shiny restomod...
Carbon Motors Files for Bankruptcy
20 Jun 2013, 11:12 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / High-tech Police car manufacturer Carbon Motors is officially belly-up after filing for Chapter 7 liquidation in the US Bankruptcy Court in Indianapolis. With assets of just $18,976 and liabilities of $21.7 million, Carbon Motors had to file for...
Next-Gen Chrysler Town & Country Coming in 2015
20 Jun 2013, 09:54 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Word has it the next-generation minivan from Chrysler will be launched as a 2016 model and will wear a Town & Country badge. According to The Windsor Star, production of the new Chrysler Town & Country will commence in 2015 at the Windsor A...
2014 BMW 4 Series Coupe Configurator Goes Online
20 Jun 2013, 09:12 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / German automaker BMW has launched the online configurator for its brand-new 2014 4 Series Coupe model, which is scheduled to go on sale later this summer. Available with a wide range of colors and 17, 18 and 19-inch wheel models, the regular 201...