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.
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...
Chevy Volt is No Match for Tesla Model S On Drag Strip
6 Feb 2013, 10:42 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Putting a Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid against the Tesla Model S on a drag strip is not a very good idea if you're looking to check you're own Chevy's performance. It works just for the fun of it, but the Volt is no match for the Te...
Red Bull Reveals Infiniti RB9 Formula 1 Car
6 Feb 2013, 09:38 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Infiniti Red Bull Racing team launched the RB9 2013 Formula 1 car in Milton Keynes, United Kingdom. With Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber pulling back the sheet to reveal the car, the new RB9 was described as a revolutionary racing car by engineer ...
Bentley SUV Receives Production Approval
6 Feb 2013, 08:41 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Bentley's new SUV has been approved for production by parent company Volkswagen, a German newspaper said citing board sources. While Bentley is yet to confirm the news, German business newspaper Handelsblatt is reporting that the still-unna...
Updated 2013 Subaru WRX Proves Impressive Before Nurburgring
5 Feb 2013, 17:39 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / The 2013 Subaru WRX STI Nurburgring 24-hour race car was put to test at the Fuji Speedway in Japan, and produced some impressive results ahead of its most important challenge: winning the third consecutive race in Germany. Enhanced by Subaru Tec...
Camaro Looking Down on Mustang After January 2013 Sales
5 Feb 2013, 17:37 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / The Chevrolet Camaro is America’s best selling muscle car in January 2013, the Oshawa-produced vehicle doing better than rivals Ford Mustang and Dodge Challenger, despite a decline in demand. While the Camaro topped the performance car sel...
Hardcore Toyota GT 86 Is Ready to Hit the Track
5 Feb 2013, 16:29 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Can you take a low-cost coupe and turn it into a brilliant race car? Well, it seems like Buckingam’s GPRM already did it with the Toyota GT86. We’re talking about a GT4 version of the otherwise nifty Toyota GT86 developed by motorspo...
Citroen Preparing BMW X3, Audi Q5 Rival for 2014
5 Feb 2013, 15:39 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / French automaker Citroen will be entering the compact crossover class from 2014, with a new DS derived model, called the DSX. In fact, the Citroen DS sub-brand will expand with three new models by the end of that year, the DSX SUV actually being...
Ford F-150 SVT Raptor Is Damaged Goods After 90 Feet Jump
5 Feb 2013, 13:50 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / The Ford F-150 SVT Raptor is one of the coolest and most capable American trucks on the market, but it wasn’t really designed to fly. Since Ford didn’t sell it with a sticker saying “not suitable for silly stunts” , one o...
Mercedes W04 Formula 1 Car Showcased at Jerez
5 Feb 2013, 13:07 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Mercedes-Benz has unveiled its 2013 F1 car, called W04, ahead of the pre-season testing at Jerez, Spain. The new Silver Arrow, which is supposed to make fans forget last season’s failed attempt at the World Championship title, was revealed in...