Ionut Ungureanu
3,426 ARTICLES
When it comes to his preferences, our newest team member will always want to get the oldest ride in the barn. He’ll be the first to try a steam-engined car and will probably start a random discussion about it. Modern designs are rarely going to his likes, but when we tease him with annoying questions, our “celebrities specialist” will eventually admit hypercars are what he dreams of.
Personal motto: It’s later than you think, so push the pedal.
smart Disturbed London to Promote Urban Lifestyle and It Worked
30 Oct 2015, 15:12 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / Can you promote something by disturbing the order? You can if you’re a carmaker that is out of ideas. smart UK partnered up with a lifestyle entertainment company called Disturbing London over the summer and made five short clips that all sho...
Jeremy Clarkson Proves a Stick Is What Made His BBC Firing OK in New Ad
30 Oct 2015, 14:21 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / Jezza is back, and he proves he truly was born to be wild. It’s not because the former Top Gear leader needs to lead the herd; we’re just hinting at the song playing in the background of this 30-second Amazon Prime advertorial. Clarkson...
Elon Musk’s SolarCity Used Panels Made by Inmates for a $12 Million Subsidized Project
30 Oct 2015, 14:09 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / Elon Musk is CEO-owing one of the most surprising automotive companies in the US: Tesla Motors. But as we all know, he has many other ventures ongoing, one of which is SolarCity - one of the largest American providers of sustainable energy services...
Paul Walker Earned $10.5 Million over the Past Year
30 Oct 2015, 12:08 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / Michael Jackson remains the 1st dead celebrity to top Forbes’ list, with Elvis Presley sitting next. Charles Schulz and Bob Marley follow in line, with Elizabeth Taylor and Marilyn Monroe taking seats five and six, respectively. No, this is n...
71-Year-Old Ferrari Mechanic Gets Two Years in Prison for Fraud
30 Oct 2015, 10:22 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / They didn’t nickname the IRS the Infernal Revenue Service for no reason, mind you. Like it or not, you need to give back to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and this Ferrari mechanic makes no exception. He tried to get away with it for almost a...
Jeremy Clarkson Could Face Three Years in Prison: Argentina
30 Oct 2015, 09:29 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / One moment you’re up in the skies, cashing in millions per year, then three appeal judges in Argentina side with prosecutors and decide that switching license plates is illegal. The old Top Gear may be dead and buried, but the foolish things ...
Chinese Villager Builds His Own Zeppelin, Proves It Can Fly
29 Oct 2015, 16:51 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / The Chinese communist government may be busy sending a huge solar-powered craft up in the skies, but that never stopped this young Henan farmer from following his dream. The aviation aficionado knew he would one day find a way to reach the skies, a...
Footage with Rush Hour in Copenhagen Makes You Want to Move There Now
29 Oct 2015, 16:09 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / Remember that video showing a 50-lane traffic jam right outside Beijing? It went viral a couple of weeks ago, as the world wide internet would once again debate what the fastest way to get around in the city was. Well, here comes the counterpart of...
Quinny LongboardStroller Is the Perfect City Commuter for Both You and Your Kid
29 Oct 2015, 15:09 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / They make thousands of stroller models these days, but most of them work on the same principle: you need to push it around. Quinny - an urban family mobility manufacturer - has come up with a better idea: a longboard stroller. It’s the soluti...
Bicycle on Skates Opens Your Path Through Freezing Winters
29 Oct 2015, 14:20 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / Winter is coming, no matter how much you dislike the idea, and it’s not some Game of Thrones line. Those who are affected most by cold weather are the two-wheel commuting fans who regularly find themselves forced to store their bike in the ga...
Here’s Your Chance to Own a One-of-a-Kind Rolls-Royce Hyperion, Designed by Pininfarina
29 Oct 2015, 13:01 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / Wait, Pininfarina designed a Rolls-Royce that’s based on the Drophead Coupe model? Now that must be a hell of a ride. Perhaps it is. We have no first-hand account on this, but we can tell you this much: the one-of-a-kind luxury ride is for sa...
Ferrari F12 Driver Gets His Car Towed Away for Anti-Social Driving
29 Oct 2015, 12:17 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / Remember that controversial decision through which London’s officials banned supercar owners from revving the engines of their cars in the city because of noise pollution? Well, that’s not the only place in the UK to apply this practice...
Ford Wants Kids to Stay in School
29 Oct 2015, 12:11 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / Whether FoMoCo cares about education in the U.S. or they know that future drivers need money to buy their cars, one thing is sure: the maker of the most popular pick-up truck in the country is investing quite a lot of money and energy into the matt...
Flamboyant 1931 Cadillac Fleetwood Owned by Liberace Will Steal the NEC Classic Motor Show
29 Oct 2015, 09:57 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / If you think rappers have invented the extravagant lifestyle, you’re just naive. Oh, no, spending vast amounts of cash to upgrade your vehicle to the point of outrageous is older than cars themselves. With the annual Lancaster Insurance Class...
Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Actress Noomi Rapace Could Play Enzo Ferrari’s Wife in Mann Biopic
29 Oct 2015, 09:03 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / Just to set one thing straight here, making a biopic about the founder of Ferrari has been an old dream of Hollywood director Michael Mann, who has stated on numerous occasions he will not rest until he sees this film on the screen. After it was pr...
1985 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa for Children Makes Adults Jealous · Photo Gallery
28 Oct 2015, 17:40 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / Remember when that 1957 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa sold for a record $39.8 million last year? Well, we never forgot, considering it’s the most expensive car ever sold in the UK, if not in the world. No regular person will ever get their foot on ...
Rapper Schoolboy Q Celebrates His Birthday with a McLaren 12C
28 Oct 2015, 17:01 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / He’s been teasing fans about an upcoming album for quite a while now, but nothing listenable has yet been released. Meanwhile, it appears his latest album Oxymoron keeps paying the bills. As a matter of fact, it does more than just funding hi...
Buick Says the Way to a Customer’s Heart Is Through Their Stomach
28 Oct 2015, 15:55 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / Have you ever wondered why Buick is using all these food-related themes when it comes to their interior designs or the color of their cars? We’ll give you a hint, it’s not by mistake. As a matter of fact, the oldest active American marq...
1956 Ferrari 290 MM Specially Created for Fangio Goes to Auction
28 Oct 2015, 15:24 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / Racing was so powerful in Fangio’s breath that he abandoned his studies to pursue auto mechanics. It was right then that he knew he would conquer the world, and that is precisely what he did. Juan Manuel Fangio dominated the first decade of F...
One of Only 11 Surviving Acme Traffic Regulators Goes Under the Hammer
28 Oct 2015, 14:24 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / It’s not every day that you get at a crossroad in life, but when you do, a pillar signaling the right direction would surely help. This could be what Frank J. Husbands of Los Angeles, California, thought when he patented the traffic regulator...