Dragos Serban
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Personal motto:
"Stay mad, but behave like normal people. Run the risk of being different, but learn to do so without attracting attention." - Paulo Coelho
I began searching for technical specs of the car, in order to do some adjustments, but all I managed was to “kill” the car in a matter of minutes. What happened after my masterpiece was unveiled remains a secret! When I think of that it brings to my mind something that an English writer once said “… the last time someone was as wrong as you, was when a politician stepped off an aeroplane in 1939 waving a piece of paper in the air saying there will be no war with Germany.”
Saab Close to Facing Debt Collection Process
16 Aug 2011, 15:34 UTC · By: Dragos Serban / Saab is walking on the edge, as Sweden’s Debt Enforcement Agency will start a collection process against Saab Automobile on Wednesday. The bad news is that the Agency could freeze the carmaker's assets. One of the few options the manufac...
Aptera Returns Deposits for EV
16 Aug 2011, 15:03 UTC · By: Dragos Serban / Not all green cars are heading for a bright future judging by how things are evolving for the Aptera EV or should we say how thing are not evolving. For those clients who were waiting for the Aptera since 2008 there are more bad news to come. The ...
Rapper Swizz Beatz, the New High-Profile Consultant for Lotus
16 Aug 2011, 14:17 UTC · By: Dragos Serban / Lotus has made plans for a change in matter of looks just like other manufacturers had been revived with the magic touch of an artist. This stunt had been made not so long ago be Land Rover, who teamed up with Victoria Beckham. Lotus has also annou...
Tension Builds Up With UAW Over Unequal Pay
16 Aug 2011, 13:51 UTC · By: Dragos Serban / Talks between UAW and manufacturers are not heading towards a favorable direction, given the fact that angry workers voted against any contract that doesn’t end the two-tier wage structure this fall. Workers hope to make themselves heard by ...
Mercedes F1 Team Fulfills Teenage Boy's Wish
16 Aug 2011, 12:51 UTC · By: Dragos Serban / Sometimes motorsport joins hands with people in the most unexpected ways. We say unexpected because of the way Matthew James, a 14-year-old teenager who was born without a left hand, managed to make himself heard all the way to the boss of Mercedes...
Goodyear Develops Air Maintenance Technology for Self Inflating Tires
16 Aug 2011, 12:16 UTC · By: Dragos Serban / The manufacturers in the automotive industry continuously stryde to gain space for passengers, determined them to design a spare wheel to a size where it would help the driver reach the closest maintenance point. But Goodyear might have a solution...
Ashton Kutcher Uses "Mobile Estate" When Shooting on Two And A Half Men
16 Aug 2011, 11:44 UTC · By: Dragos Serban / Things in Hollywood have always been a bit sci-fi when talking about starts - as a matter of fact that is what Hollywood is all about. Being a star in Hollywood has its benefits, among them being able to have all the luxury at your disposal anywher...
Birdman Has Yet to Pay the $8 Million for His Maybach Exelero
16 Aug 2011, 10:41 UTC · By: Dragos Serban / When it comes to rappers we all know they have the most expensive and opulent cars, ‘cribs’ and the list can go on. But when it comes to four wheels, rappers have their own way of spending - as a matter of fact they have no limits...wel...
Flake Concept Takes Active Systems to the Extreme
16 Aug 2011, 09:38 UTC · By: Dragos Serban / The need of achieving a high degree of aerodynamics when designing a supercar is revealed at its peek with by new Da Feng’s Flake Concept. When seeing the concept in action makes us think about the Transformers series. Flake concept was en...
Ford Reports Rising Sales of F-150 V6 EcoBoost
16 Aug 2011, 09:09 UTC · By: Dragos Serban / It looks like the decision of switching from V8 to a V6 powerplant Ford took five years ago has finally payed off. Some questions existed that time regarding the V6’s power, and whether the engine would be durable enough to compete with the V...
Volkswagen T1 Camper Van Recreated by LEGO
16 Aug 2011, 08:13 UTC · By: Dragos Serban / The legendary Volkswagen Camper van has a new exclusive fan club which decided to bring it back to life in a very special way. The van, which was extremely popular among hippies, was recreated by LEGO for enthusiasts in amazing detail. The VW T...
Vanity License Plates Banned by California’s Department of Motor Vehicles
16 Aug 2011, 07:23 UTC · By: Dragos Serban / Califronia’s DMV (Department of Motor Vehicles) has decided to release a restriction list for a large number of vanity plates. There DMV department has seen a lot of weird choices in matter of car plates in its existence. Most of them state s...
Chrysler Plans to Add 1,100 Jobs at Toledo Plant
12 Aug 2011, 16:43 UTC · By: Dragos Serban / Chrysler moves forward with its plans of adding more than 1,100 jobs at Toledo assembly plant by 2013, despite the shaky economy that scared a bit the investors lat week. The car manufacturer plans to invest about $365 million at its Jeep Liberty a...
Fiat 500 Expected Miss 50,000 US Sales Target
12 Aug 2011, 15:11 UTC · By: Dragos Serban / As other car manufacturers Chrysler’s sales forecast might not come true this year, meaning that the 50,000 mark for the Fiat 500 in North America this year won’t happen due to the fact that it took longer to open new stores than ...
Steer Safe Allows Drivers to Integrate Phone into Steering Wheel
12 Aug 2011, 14:37 UTC · By: Dragos Serban / How many people use their phone when driving? Theoretically nobody, because it is dangerous and in most cases illegal. But we all know that most of drivers use their mobile phones on a daily basis when at the wheel. It is safe to say that most o...
IHS Automotive Lowers Auto Sales Estimates for 2011 and 2012
12 Aug 2011, 14:14 UTC · By: Dragos Serban / It looks like car sales in the US are taking a downward direction as IHS Automotive explains. The forecasts which were made preciously by the same company were reduced by 200,000 units in 2011 to 12.5 million light vehicles. As IHS analyst Rebecca ...
SSC Tuatara Official Unveiling in Shanghai
12 Aug 2011, 13:20 UTC · By: Dragos Serban / The Chinese auto market seems to attract more car manufacturers which are drawn in by its growing sales potential. But some car manufacturers like the American SSC (Shelby Super Cars) decode to tease the audience with the unveiling of supercars wh...
Chrysler's Rams to Enter "Thousands of Wal-Mart Stores"
12 Aug 2011, 12:32 UTC · By: Dragos Serban / Chrysler Group’s Ram truck brand plans to start a more aggressive publicity campaign by expanding its experimental advertising into Wal-Mart stores across the country this fall. The advertising campaign will be in “thousands of Wal-Mart...
Niki Lauda Thinks Michael Schumacher Should Retire from F1
12 Aug 2011, 12:05 UTC · By: Dragos Serban / The race is tight among F1 drivers even outside the circuit. But if we consider that they are competitive by nature this might come off as being very natural. When referring to tight competitions we are accustomed to see them between drivers from t...
Hyundai No Longer Offers iPad for Equus Onwers
12 Aug 2011, 11:13 UTC · By: Dragos Serban / This might come as bad news for Equus lovers who planed to interact with the car’s features trough the free iPad offered by the manufacturer when buying a new Hyundai model. The manufacturer decided to pull the plug on one of the most importa...