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.
Danica Patrick Is the First Woman to Win NASCAR Pole Position
18 Feb 2013, 12:46 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Danica Patrick became the first woman to a win NASCAR pole position after the Stewart-Haas team driver set the fastest speed during Saturday's qualifying session for the Daytona 500. With a speed of 196.434 miles per hour, Danica Patrick ea...
2014 Cadillac CTS-V May Get Supercharged Corvette LT1 Engine
18 Feb 2013, 12:44 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / The 2014 Cadillac CTS-V may be powered by force-induction V8 engine based on the new Corvette Stingray LT1 powerplant. According to Motor Trend, Cadillac is currently testing a twin-turbo and a supercharged engine, and while no final decision ha...
BMW Recalls Over 500,000 Cars in US and Canada
18 Feb 2013, 11:43 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / German automaker BMW has issued a recall for more than half a million cars in the United States and Canada over battery cable connector concern. The recall was announced for the 1 Series coupes and convertibles manufactured between December 2007...
Chevrolet SS to Get Wagon Version, "El Camino" Out of Question
18 Feb 2013, 10:45 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / It's been only two days since the Chevy SS was officially unveiled, and speculations over the sedan's next body version are already creating a big stir in the automotive rumor mill. Everyone seems to be expecting the arrival of the lon...
Monstrous Mercedes G63 AMG Has 6 Wheels
18 Feb 2013, 10:21 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Is Mercedes-Benz getting ready for a mission to the Moon? We really don't know, but it sure looks like it, after two 6-wheeled G63 AMG pickups was spotted by the Germans. Already built as a multi-purpose vehicle for the Australian and Swedi...
Fisker Sold to China's Dongfeng for $350 Million?
18 Feb 2013, 09:23 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / While Henrik Fisker has denied any comment on accepting Chinese investors for his automotive company, the latest reports are hinting on a $350 million bid from Dongfeng Motor Corp. According to Bloomberg, citing an anonymous insider, Wuhan-based...
Introducing the 2014 Chevrolet SS - From Race Car to Production
18 Feb 2013, 09:11 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Chevrolet has revealed its all-new SS high-performance sedan in Daytona just two days ago, emphasizing on offering a comfortable and stylish sedan with racing specs. "We race what we build and we build what we race," was Chevy's s...
Nissan GT-R Crashed On South African Highway
18 Feb 2013, 08:36 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Insanely fast cars and unexperienced drivers don't mix, and what are you going to see here is further proof for that statement. Zero2turbo.com has brought to our attention a heavily damaged Nissan GT-R, after it flipped on the N12 highway i...
New Ferrari Enzo Successor Rendering
18 Feb 2013, 08:25 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / As we're getting close to Ferrari debuting the Enzo's successor at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show, new renderings of Maranello's latest supercar surfaced on the web. Unlike the goldRush Rally image we presented you over a week ago, th...
Toyota GT 86 Convertible Spotted in South Africa
16 Feb 2013, 11:19 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Set to debut at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show as the FT 86 Open Concept, the Toyota GT 86 convertible was recently spotted in South Africa. Thanks to Car Magazine, we are now able to take a look at Toyota's open-top rendition of the GT 86 afte...
Daytona 500 Practice Starts Off with Five-Car Crash
16 Feb 2013, 10:43 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / This year's Daytona 500 NASCAR practice debuted with a five-car wreck after Kurt Busch and Matt Kenseth collided just eight minutes into the first Sprint Unlimited sesssion. Trying to move down the track, Kenseth hit Busch and caused a mult...
2014 Chevrolet SS Officially Revealed
16 Feb 2013, 10:38 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / The 2014 Chevrolet SS has been officially revealed ahead of its Daytona International Speedway debut. As expected, Chevy's "rear-wheel-drive performance sedan" comes with a 6.2-liter V8 LS3 engine, which outputs 415 HP (420 PS) an...
Alfa Romeo IED Gloria Concept Coming to Geneva
16 Feb 2013, 10:38 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / With just a few weeks left until the 2013 Geneva Motor Show, Alfa Romeo has unveiled the IED-designed Gloria four-door concept. This sleek prototype is the result of twenty Master in Transportation Design students from the European Design Instit...
Build Your Own 2014 Chevrolet Silverado... Out of Paper
15 Feb 2013, 17:24 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Are you a pickup truck nutjob fanatic, always worried about the environment? Not too likely I guess, but you can now have you're own "zero-emissions" 2014 Chevrolet Silverado. Keep your shirts on, folks, we're not talking abo...
F30 Alpina B3 Previewed Before Geneva Debut
15 Feb 2013, 16:39 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Alpina has released new information about its new F30 BMW 3 Series-based B3 car ahead of the 2013 Geneva Motor Show. With a stunning 410 HP output coming from a 3.0-liter straight 6-cylinder N55 turbocharge engine, the third-generation B3 Alpina...
2013 Kia Pro_Cee'd UK Pricing Announced
15 Feb 2013, 16:05 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Korean automaker Kia has released UK pricing and specification details for the 2013 Kia Pro_Cee'd. Available to order starting today, the new 3-door hatchback comes with "S" and "SE" trim levels, a choice of two engines ...
US Gas Prices to Fall Later in 2013 and 2014
15 Feb 2013, 15:53 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / While US fuel prices have been on the rise recently, new reports from the Energy Information Administration (EIA) say they should start falling later this year. Based on a reportedly growing US crude oil production, the EIA predicts that the nat...
Chevrolet SS Teased Ahead of Daytona Debut
15 Feb 2013, 14:51 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / The 2014 Chevrolet SS is getting ready for its debut at the Daytona International Speedway, and GM decided to throw in a new teaser of the car. As you can see, there are no explicit details in the image announcing the car's unveiling on Sat...
Pirelli Buys HRT Formula 1 Car
15 Feb 2013, 14:26 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Pirelii, Formula One's official tyre supplier, has bought a 2011 Hispania Racing Team (HRT) car. The defunct Spanish F1 team sold its 2011 and 2012 car to well-known automotive component recycler Teo Martin, but according to a Reuters repor...
Toyota Auris Touring Sports Specs Revealed
15 Feb 2013, 13:39 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Toyota has revealed full specs for the Auris Touring Sports model ahead of the 2013 Geneva Auto Show. Set to debut as a production model in next month's Swiss event, the UK-built Toyota Auris Touring Sports will have the same wheelbase as t...