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.
Ford Focus Electric Gets Five-Star Safety Rating From NHTSA
7 Feb 2013, 15:43 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / It's official, the Ford Focus Electric is one of the safest cars out there, after the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) awarded it with a five-star rating. Considering it's based on the regular Focus hatchback, it...
Classic BMW 3.0 CS Turned into 800 HP Electric Car
7 Feb 2013, 14:38 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / While BMW's efforts in the electric car niche are slowly advancing with the yet unsustainable ActiveE Coupe, one specific private project is gathering a lot more attention. We're talking about Mike Pethel's extremely powerful elec...
2014 SsangYong Unveils Spacious Rodius
7 Feb 2013, 14:05 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / SsangYong Motors revealed the next-generation Rodius model ahead of its world premiere at the Geneva Motor Show today. Ssangyong's latest bus… we mean minivan, obviously better looking than it's plain ugly predecessor, is quite ...
Ford F-250 Rides on American Force Wheels
7 Feb 2013, 14:04 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Can you make an already monstrous looking Ford F-250 Super Duty even more ferocious? Of course you can, don't be silly, because WheelsBoutique already did it. After fixing several F-150 Raptor trucks with heavy duty off-road "shoes&quo...
Rare James Bond Aston Martin DB5 Goes Up for Sale
7 Feb 2013, 12:22 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / One of the four remaining Aston Martin DB5's used in the James Bond series is being sold by UK Aston Martin expert RS Williams. This specific 1965 Aston Martin DB5 never made it on screen in the hands of Sean Connery, but is quite a sought ...
Nissan to Tackle Ford and Chevy Full Size Pickups
7 Feb 2013, 12:19 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Nissan is ready to give the Ford F-150 and the Chevrolet Silverado a good run for their money with a completely redesigned Titan pickup truck. At least this is what Nissan Americas vice president Pierre Loing claims, adding that the Japanese-bas...
Volkswagen to End 2013 GTI Production with Special Editions
7 Feb 2013, 10:56 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / German automaker Volkswagen will debut two special-editions of the 2013 GTI at the Chicago Auto Show, to commemorate the end of the brand's sixth generation of hot hatches. Both GTI's, the Wolfsburg Edition and the Driver's Editio...
2014 Chevrolet Cruze Turbo Diesel Does 42 MPG, Has 148 HP
7 Feb 2013, 10:08 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / General Motors is preparing the unveiling of the much anticipated 2014 Chevrolet Cruze Clean Turbo Diesel with big news in terms of low emissions and fuel efficiency. Detroit claims the 2.0-liter turbodiesel powered compact will top the segment ...
Volkswagen Introduces R-Line Trim on Beetle Convertible
7 Feb 2013, 09:32 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Volkswagen of America announced the introduction of the R-Line trim on another model for the US market, the Beetle Convertible. According to a Volkswagen press release, the Beetle Convertible will be the fifth vehicle to join the R-Line trim li...
Subaru Previews "Future-Generation Crossover Concept" in Geneva
7 Feb 2013, 09:19 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Japanese automaker Subaru will be giving a preview of its future crossover design language with a new concept car at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show. Teased with just one image so far, the Viziv Concept is set to showcase Subaru's "future-g...
Volkswagen Reveals Limited-Edition Beetle GSR
7 Feb 2013, 08:41 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Volkswagen has decided to expand its performance line-up for 2014 with a 1970s inspired Beetle. Called Beetle GSR, this limited edition vehicle will be unveiled at the 2013 Chicago Auto Show. Brought back in the spotlight from the 1970s, the GSR...
2014 Mercedes CLA US Order Guide Leaked
6 Feb 2013, 17:16 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / The US dealer order guide for the 2014 Mercedes-Benz CLA has surfaced on the web with a little less than three weeks after the car's debut at the 2013 Detroit Auto Show. Thanks to guys at the Mercedes-Benz CLA Community, we are now able to ...
Former Volvo Boss Makes Gloomy Forecast on Electric Cars
6 Feb 2013, 16:50 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Electric vehicles will not become mainstream sellers within the next 15 years, according to former Volvo boss Stefan Jacoby, who points out that hybrid powertrains are the only sustainable solutions. It's not the first time when Jacoby make...
Opel Adam ROCKS Concept - When Tough Meets Cool
6 Feb 2013, 15:41 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / With only one month left until the Geneva Motor Show, Opel previewed the Adan ROCKS Concept, a car they describe as being an "industry first urban mini-crossover". Compared to the regular Adam city car, the ROCKS Concept "walks&qu...
2015 Ford Mustang, Different Enough to Get New Platform Designation
6 Feb 2013, 15:15 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / The next generation Ford Mustang will receive a new platform designation as part of the Blue Oval's plans to significantly change the future global muscle car. According to MustangsDaily.com, who's citing an anonymous inside source, th...
McLaren Teases P1's Interior
6 Feb 2013, 14:32 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / McLaren's P1 supercar, widely known as the F1's successor, is getting ready for its Geneva Motor Show debut as a production version with a couple of interior teasers. The images published by the British automaker reveal two very import...
Caterham Shows 2013 Formula 1 Car
6 Feb 2013, 13:19 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Caterham F1 completed the line up of teams that revealed their new single seaters for 2013 during the first pre-season testing at Circuito de Jerez in Spain. The British team will not be using a re-designed car for the new season, choosing an ev...
2014 Toyota Corolla Pictures Leaked
6 Feb 2013, 13:18 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / The first pictures of the production version of Toyota's 2014 Corolla have surfaced on the web, revealing a design based on the Furia Concept car seen at last month's Detroit Auto Show. From the two leaked photos we can see that while ...
Chevy SS to Debut a Week Before Daytona 500
6 Feb 2013, 12:15 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / General Motors took an unexpected decision regarding the new Chevrolet SS performance sedan, announcing that the unveiling of the production version will take place at the Daytona International Speedway, with just a week before the NASCAR 500 mile-...
Pininfarina Announces "Innovative and Exclusive" Concept Car for Geneva
6 Feb 2013, 10:44 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Italian car designer and coach builder Pininfarina has announced that it will debut a concept car as a tribute to its former Honorary Chairman, Sergio Pininfarina, at the upcoming Geneva Motor Show. To honour the man who headed the company for 4...