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.
SEAT Leon Verde Plug-in Hybrid Prototype Revealed
12 Jun 2013, 08:02 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Spanish automaker SEAT has developed a new plug-in hybrid prototype. Based on a the new Leon hatchback, the Leon Verde hybrid was unveiled at a special event in Spain. Described as the “culmination of a four-year research project designed ...
Euro-spec 2014 Toyota Corolla Makes Video Debut
12 Jun 2013, 07:29 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Japanese automaker Toyota has published the first video with its recently unveiled Euro-spec 2014 Toyota Corolla. Unwrapped last week in Istanbul, just a few hours after the US version debuted in California, the European Corolla will hit the market...
2,000+ HP Chevrolet Camaro on the Dyno
11 Jun 2013, 16:09 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / For a while now, we’ve seen a lot of insane musclecars putting more than 1,000 HP on the dyno, ranging from Foxbody Mustangs to bare metal hot-rods. And we really start to thing that horsepower is never enough when it comes to dragsters, espe...
2014 Jaguar XF Diesel Details Revealed
11 Jun 2013, 15:46 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / British automaker Jaguar released further info on its new diesel version of the XF executive four-door saloon and estate, which is rated as the most efficient vehicle ever created by the Coventry-headquartered company. Powered by a 2.2-liter ECO...
Weird Things You Can Buy: Dodge Colt Street-Legal Bumper Car
11 Jun 2013, 15:17 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Probably a lot of you folks that are reading our stories have an e-Bay account. And we bet you’ve seen some weird stuff being auctioned off over there, including wrecked, plain ugly or just out of the ordinary vehicles. Well, we’ve a...
NASCAR Racer Roars at the Nurburgring
11 Jun 2013, 14:52 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Very popular in the United States, NASCAR is a strange sport to Europeans, basically being viewed as a competition where tens of driver take left turns all day on a boring oval track. However, some motorsport enthusiasts from the Old Continent find...
Canada to Adopt US Emission Standards
11 Jun 2013, 14:07 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Canada’s Environment Minister, Peter Kent, has announced his country will adopt the United States Tier 3 emissions standards for passenger cars in order to reduce air pollution from new vehicles by around 80 percent. "This new initiat...
2013 Chevrolet Volt Gets $4,000 Discount
11 Jun 2013, 13:47 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Just about ready to introduce the 2014 Chevrolet Volt plug-in, General Motors has decide to offer a $4,000 discount on the 2013 model in order to sell the remaining 9,000 units from its inventory as fast as possible. According to Inside EVs, who...
2014 Audi Q5 TDI Starts at $46,500, Does 31 MPG
11 Jun 2013, 12:56 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / German automaker Audi has revealed US pricing information and EPA fuel economy estimates for its brand-new 2014 Q5 TDI. Offered for the very first time with a diesel engine in the United States, the North-American Q5 TDI boasts 240 HP and 428 lb-ft...
550,000 Pontiac G6 Models Under NHTSA Probation
11 Jun 2013, 12:32 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / More than 550,000 Pontiac G6 vehicles from the 2005 and 2006 model years are the subject of a National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) investigation over brake lights issues, the agency revealed earlier this week. According to The ...
2014 Audi A7 TDI US Pricing, Mileage Revealed
11 Jun 2013, 11:53 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / German automaker Audi has announced US pricing information and EPA estimated mileage for the 2014 model year A7 TDI. Powered by a 3.0-liter six-cylinder TDI engine that delivers 240 HP and 428 lb-ft of torque, the diesel version of the 2014 A7 w...
2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Caught During High Altitude Testing
11 Jun 2013, 11:37 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / With just a couple of months ahead of its scheduled delivery, the 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray is still subjected to several tests, as GM wants to be sure their new flagship sportscar is ready to hit the streets. As part of the complete cali...
Chrysler Recalls 2013 Dodge Dart Over Engine Stalling Problem
11 Jun 2013, 09:58 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Chrysler is recalling almost 15,000 units of the 2013 Dodge Dart to fix an engine stalling issue that may occur in cold weather. The recall affects cars fitted with the 1.4-liter four-cylinder engine and the dual-clutch automatic transmissions. ...
Next-Gen Ford Mustang SVT to Drop Supercharger?
11 Jun 2013, 09:37 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Rumor has it the next-generation Ford Mustang SVT will hit the market with a naturally aspired engine instead of a supercharged one. According to Road and Track, the next-generation SVT Mustang will go “all-motor”, just like the Chev...
Unique Ford Mustang to Play Hero Car Role in Upcoming “Need for Speed” Movie
11 Jun 2013, 09:00 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Ford Motor Company, Dreamworks Studios and Electronic Arts have announced that the Ford Mustang will play the lead car hero role in the upcoming “Need for Speed” movie, which is scheduled to arrive in theaters in February 2014. As on...
VUHL 05 Supercar Teased Ahead of Goodwood Debut
11 Jun 2013, 08:39 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Announced about three months ago, the VUHL 05 supercar has returned into our news section after the Mexican company has released another teaser of their soon to be revealed high-performance vehicle. Little is know about the VUHL 05, a car that w...
2014 Mercedes S-Class Features Showcased in New Video
11 Jun 2013, 08:23 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Unveiled about a month ago, The 2014 Mercedes-Benz S-Class will arrive in showrooms with a new exterior design and several brand-new features, including either as standard or on the options list. And that’s what makes the German company think...
Spyshots: 2015 Ford Mustang Prototype Spotted
11 Jun 2013, 07:50 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / The 2015 Ford Mustang is still a mystery, with the Blue Oval refusing to confirm any of the rumored details, which include a new European-like design, a turbocharged four-cylinder engine and an independent rear suspension. The new styling is pro...
Watch Tanner Foust drift a Mustang at the Recaro Factory
10 Jun 2013, 15:50 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Now a famous Formula Drift and World RallyCross contender, Tanner Foust is more than a regular guy looking for motorsport excitement. Also an X Games medalist in his race-prepped Ford Fiesta, the Denver-born driver is widely known as an unofficial ...
Peugeot RCZ R to Make Public Debut at Goodwood
10 Jun 2013, 15:00 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / The Peugeot RCZ R, the French automaker’s most powerful road-going car, will make its international debut at the 2013 Goodwood Festival of Speed. Set to open its door on July 12, the Goodwood Festival of Speed will host two red RCZ R model...