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.
Silex Power Unveils Overly Ambitious Electric Luxury Sedan Concept
15 Feb 2013, 13:38 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / When it comes to electric car concepts, the ideas don't always come from established automakers, but from companies outside the automotive industry as well. While most of them don't get to evolve beyond the virtual concept status, Malt...
Qoros to Unveil 3 New Models at Geneva 2013
15 Feb 2013, 12:32 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / The new Chinese car brand Qoros will make its official world debut at the 2013 Geneva Auto Show unveiling three models. Thus, the Chery owned brand will approach next month's event with the Qoros 3 Sedan, the Qoros 3 Estate and the Cross Hy...
Ford, Chevy and Toyota: "Diesel Pickup Is a No-No"
15 Feb 2013, 11:10 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Yesterday we were telling you about Chrysler announcing a diesel engine for the Ram 1500 half-ton truck later this year, and thinking wether Ford and Chevy might pick up on that idea. Well, the two main players in the pickup truck market don...
Nissan Sold Over 50,000 Leaf EVs Worldwide
15 Feb 2013, 10:56 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Nissan Motor Company announced on Thursday that the electric Leaf model sales passed the 50,000 unit mark worldwide, making it the best-selling EV of all-time. In an era still overwhelmed by oil consuming vehicles, Nissan's figures are actu...
278,222 Chrysler Trucks and SUVs Recalled
15 Feb 2013, 10:04 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Chrysler Group LLC has issued a recall for 278,222 pickup trucks and SUVs in the United States over bad rear axles. According to a National Highway Traffic Satefy Administration press release, the recall was issued for a possibly loose rear axle...
2014 Corvette Stingray Wants You to Play With the "Colorizer"
15 Feb 2013, 09:36 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / While Chevrolet has yet to release the official 2014 Corvette Stingray car configurator, it decided to throw in a "colorizer" playground that lets you see the car in all of its available colors. So if you're still not decided how ...
Mercedes Announces 13 All-New Models Until 2020
15 Feb 2013, 09:09 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Mercedes-Benz is set to launch no less than 13 new models that have no predecessor in the German automaker's vehicle lineup until 2020, as part of the company's plan to reclaim top position in the luxury market. The announcement was ma...
2014 Corvette Stingray Engineering Explained
15 Feb 2013, 08:35 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Chevrolet released yet another video from the "2014 Stingray Revealed" series, this time explaining the car's engineering. In one of Corvette's best clips to date, the architects behind America's most awaited sportscar i...
Gray Design Showcases Out of This World Yacht
14 Feb 2013, 17:19 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / After introducing a few interesting renderings the past two years, Gray Design has returned with a futuristic yacht concept. As the "Xhibitionist" name suggests, this is no ordinary yacht. Designed with an inverted trimaran hull for st...
Tesla Proves New York Times Model S Road Test was a Fake
14 Feb 2013, 16:16 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Tesla Motors claims that the New York Times faked a Model S road test to slam the EV proved to be accurate, after the company released eloquent driving logs. Tesla's data release comes just two days after New York Times' John Broder sa...
Holden Reveals Striking VF Commodore SS V
14 Feb 2013, 15:40 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Australian automaker Holden has unveiled the VF Commodore SS V show car just two days ahead of the vehicle's international debut as the Chevrolet SS. Painted in a striking Fantale orange color, the SS V has a wider body kit than its luxury ...
Russian Automakers Pondering Luxury BMW, Mercedes Rival
14 Feb 2013, 14:56 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / BMW and Mercedes-Benz's booming sales in Russia last year have determined the Moscow Government to consider a domestic luxury rival for the German makes. According to Automotive News, Industry and Trade Minister Denis Manturov has asked Rus...
Fisker Taking Customer Service to Another Level
14 Feb 2013, 14:28 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / If you ever dreamed about an automaker CEO taking you out for dinner after buying one of the company's cars, then it's time you hurry to the nearest Fisker Karma dealer. Do that and you have a shot at having dinner and a glass of wine ...
Mercedes A45 AMG is Fast & Loud
14 Feb 2013, 13:50 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / The Mercedes-Benz A45 AMG is supposed to be an exciting high-performance compact class car, and the German automaker is trying to prove it in its latest clip. Powered by an extreme 360 HP 2-liter turbo engine, thus making some amazing 180 HP per...
2014 Maserati Ghibli to be Revealed in Shanghai
14 Feb 2013, 13:22 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Maserati's newest car for 2014, the Ghibli "baby" sedan, will be unveiled at the 2013 Shanghai Auto Show in April. Built to take on the BMW 5 Series and the Mercedes-Benz E Class, the Ghibli will share its underpinnings, including...
Jaguar-Faced Ford Pickup is One Ugly Piece of Work
14 Feb 2013, 12:48 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / We sincerely thought the Gulf Lotus X12 contraption we saw two days ago was the ugliest one-off on four wheels, but this latest discovery made us look at things a bit different. We don't know if this Jaguar-faced Ford F-150 pickup truck is ...
GWA Reveals SLS Roadster AMG-based Retro-Styled 300 SLC
14 Feb 2013, 11:10 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Have you ever thought about redesigning a modern supercar to give it a retro style look? I'm sure you did, but I bet none of your drawings made it into production, or at least a unique 1:1. Well, Gullwing America is one of those companies t...
Oops! 2014 CTS Accidentally Shown by Cadillac
14 Feb 2013, 10:23 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / After showing you a couple of spyshots with an uncamouflaged 2014 Cadillac CTS last week, the Michigan-based company confirmed that what we saw was indeed the actual car. Cadillac unveiled the next generation CTS by mistake on their Facebook pag...
Ram 1500 to Get Diesel Engine
14 Feb 2013, 09:46 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / The Ram 1500 will be the first modern half-ton pickup to offer a diesel engine, after Chrysler announced the availability of a 3.0-liter V6 EcoDiesel unit. As you might have guessed, we're talking about the same 240 horsepower (420 lb-ft of...
2013 Skoda Octavia RS Leaked in Blue
14 Feb 2013, 09:10 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Two months after Skoda accidentally unveiled the 2013 Octavia RS with low quality pictures, a new high-resolution image of the car surfaced the web. This time painted in blue, the reveals new exterior details, such as a new front bumper, tinted ...