Gabriel Nica
7,693 ARTICLES
Personal motto:
"You finally save up enough for your dream car and you get fired"
Fast forwarding to the 21st century, his passion became his life when he was adopted by the autoevolution team. Now he finally got to do what he liked, and bring joy to others as well while writing about the passion that's been radioactively infused into his DNA.
New Rendering: BMW Z2
20 Feb 2013, 12:45 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / A while ago, some reports on the internet said that BMW is looking to add a sleekly styled front wheel drive roadster to its line-up, starting with 2015. That really got our curiosity going. BMW already has this kind of a vehicle on the market t...
Rainbow Purple BMW 525Li Spotted in China
20 Feb 2013, 11:10 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / China is definitely becoming more and more prominent on the world's financial scene. Its rise in the recent years is, once again, a statement that cheap labor makes for huge profits. Of course, along with China's newly found economic s...
Going around the Nürburgring Sideways in an M3
20 Feb 2013, 10:39 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / The German motorsports complex has been around since 1927 starting of as the home of the ADAC Eifelrennen races. The first German Grand Prix took place on the Nurburgring in 1927. Since then, the track withstood a World War and the decay of time...
BMW M Models Will Retain Rear Wheel Drive
20 Feb 2013, 10:17 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / After Herbert Diess talked about the new BMW front-wheel drive cars last week, the BMW community started to question the way things are going at the German company. Probably the most discussed topic was what will happen to the M versions of BMW&...
BMW E30 3 Series: A Better Investment than Gold
20 Feb 2013, 09:50 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / The recent economic and financial world crysis gave us all in a bit of trouble. No matter the income level, we have all begun to think about what is best for our future investments, in case something like this ever happens again. After all, ever...
TAG Motorsports Presents: BMW E30 M3
19 Feb 2013, 17:26 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / 25 years: That's how long it's been since this special M3 was build. It doesn't look a day over a year old. This car used to be a real panty dropper back in the day. Before the hi-tech era began, this is what young people drivove. ...
Spyshots: The New 4 Series BMW Caught Off Guard
19 Feb 2013, 17:19 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / The replacement for the 3 Series Coupe models, the new F32 4 Series has stirred the imagination of every BMW fan, especially after the latest commercial was published by BMW Germany on Youtube. Just today our trusty photographers caught the 4 Se...
Watch This 400 HP BMW 1M Go Around the Miami Homestead Raceway
19 Feb 2013, 16:06 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / When BMW released the 1M Coupe, some people thought is was supposed to be called the M1. The 2 of them share some things like the BMW badge and the limited numbers in which they were produced, but that's about it. The E82 1M coupe was produ...
BMW M1 Spotted in Berlin
19 Feb 2013, 15:19 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / BMW didn't release any proper supercars apart from the M1 in all of its almost 100 years of existence. Rumors have been going around that the Bavarian company will release a new supercar in 2017, the year of its centenary. The M1 is a true ...
Oil Change DIY for BMW E82 135i (N55 Engine)
19 Feb 2013, 14:55 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / This should prove to be a simple task, in case you'd like to get your hands dirty. As always, autoevolution is here to show you how to do simple (sometimes complicated) tasks without having to pay for them. There still are a couple of us ou...
Want a 3-Liter 362 HP Diesel Engine for the BMW X3? Ask Hartge
19 Feb 2013, 14:38 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / Hartge, an dedicate BMW tuner since 1971, is now completing its tuning options with a brand new set of engine upgrades for the F25 X3. Just today, Hartge released new info about the options you have if you're looking to improve your X3 or i...
Doing Donuts in a BMW 550i GT
19 Feb 2013, 13:38 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / We're all accustomed with thousands of videos around the internet featuring BMWs doing donuts. What is not so customery is a 5 Series GT doing it. We have to admit it looks rather peculiar, with is family-man's-wagon shape at the back....
Rear-Wheel Drive: The Reason We Love BMWs
19 Feb 2013, 12:18 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / In this day and age it's hard to explain what could possibly be pleasurable about the fact that, instead of going forward, you actually like going sideways. Today, everything has to be efficient, calculated and balanced. That is true for cu...
Vossen Wheels Presents: VVS-CV3 on a BMW E92 M3
19 Feb 2013, 10:58 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / There is little that hasn't been already said about BMW's E92 M3. The only M3 that ever had a V8 already made the front page of many magazines and websites. We are now pretty sure that this will remain (for a while at least) the only V8 p...
Waiting for the New BMW M3 Is Easier with AC Schnitzer
19 Feb 2013, 10:27 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / The wait for the new F30 M3 is really taking a toll on all BMW 3 Series owners. Unfortunately we don't have an official statement about the new M3 so far and everything going around is just part of the rumor mill. So, what to do if you want...
The New MINI Cooper Has a Lot of New Features
19 Feb 2013, 10:09 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / As announced by our BMW Power Blog last week, MINI held a conference in Helsinki this weekend in order to show the most important MINI dealers from around the world how the new MINI Cooper will look like. The lucky members that were invited to t...
AC Schnitzer Offers Top Performance for BMW Entry Level Models
19 Feb 2013, 09:40 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / The BMW F30 3 Series has a wide range of engines available at the moment. The 3er starts off with 316i that uses a 1.6-liter 4 cylinder engine that produces 136 HP and 220 Nm which is respectable for an engine of this size. This entry level car ...
A Diamond in the Rough Found on Craigslist: BMW E36 With LS1 Engine
18 Feb 2013, 16:31 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / Searching the web for unique BMWs we stumbled upon this hidden jewel. Not only is this car impressive, but it is also for sale, on Craigslist. The ad says that this 1992 E36 has been heavily modified, hence the price of $12,900. For the BMW fans...
Visio.M : The Only Way BMW and Daimler Could Cooperate
18 Feb 2013, 16:09 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / When talking about BMW and Daimler-owned Mercedes-Benz, you are usually referring about some sort of rivalry. That's why, when we first heard that they might be undergoing a joint venture we were extremely surprised. After some research we ...
Up for Grabs at Race Retro and Classic Car Sale: 1973 BMW 3.0 CSL
18 Feb 2013, 16:05 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / Between £75,000 and £100,000, that's how much the guys over at Silverstone Auctions are hoping to get on the 1973 BMW 3.0 CSL 'Batmobile' FIA Race Car. And it would be worth every penny. The car's engine has 0 mil...