Ionut Ungureanu
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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.
China Fights Back on Pollution: 5 Million Older Vehicles Off The Road
27 May 2014, 08:50 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / China’s government has recently announced big plans to reduce the massive pollution the country is struggling with. 5 million older vehicles will be taken off the road this year, after the world’s most populous country failed to meet of...
The Tesla of The Electric Skateboards is Controlled With an App
27 May 2014, 08:48 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / While Tesla Motors are working to keep producing the best of the e-car, electric seems to be the new cool in anything running on wheels, nowadays. The latest project on Kickstarter is Marbel, a skateboard looking like an ordinary one that is allege...
Luxury 200 MPH Sleeper Train With an Open-Air Deck Coming to Japan
26 May 2014, 16:55 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / JR West (West Japan Railway Company) has recently announced that a new luxury high-speed train, that will have an open-air deck for passengers to take in the sights, will be introduced in the spring of 2017. Amongst other exclusive amenities, one o...
Andy Warhol’s 1974 Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow Shows Up on eBay
26 May 2014, 15:17 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / Renowned and sometimes controversial, Andy Warhol wasn’t really a car lover. But, just like he did with his work, Warhol enjoyed to be driven around in luxury cars. The Rolls-Royce now up for auction on eBay Motors is a perfect example of thi...
Carey Hart Gets His Big Boy Ram 3500
26 May 2014, 14:28 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / Pink’s husband and retired freestyle motocross racer Carey Hart just can’t get enough of the Dodge, can he? He recently posted an image with his new big-boy Ram 3500 he is very happy with. It's his third 4x4 made by Chrysler. ...
Take Your Lady On a $2 Million Underwater Date
26 May 2014, 12:59 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / In case you are one of those lucky people that spend their holidays in exotic islands somewhere in the Pacific or you are just willing to spend a small fortune on something unusual, we have something for you. This is an exclusive way that would def...
Jay Leno Drives Steve McQueen’s 1956 Jaguar XKSS: Sounds like Pavarotti
26 May 2014, 12:01 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / American television celebrity Jay Leno runs the famous 1956 Jaguar XKSS, once owned by 1970 Hollywood celebrity Steve McQueen, in the latest episode of “Jay Leno’s Garage”. Considered to be one of the most plain-spoken shows about...
Extreme Arctic RV Probably Can't Get Stuck
26 May 2014, 09:31 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / How would you like to own a green vehicle able to exist as your ride and your home, at the same time? That is exactly what the Multiple-Use Polar Vehicle designed by Matthieu Tarrit, Charles Zamolo and Hugo Cerf is. When you drive around in the...
The Miniature Motorcycles And Cars that Defy Time
26 May 2014, 08:55 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / While some spend fortunes to buy watches plated with diamonds, other people enjoys spending tens of hours turning old broken ones in real works of art. It’s the case of Dmitry Khristenko, an American born in Ukraine that decided he would spe...
Essex's Police Car Blasts Out a 1993 Hip-Hop Hit While Patrolling
25 May 2014, 08:46 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / A short clip showing a police patrol driving through the centre of Essex's county town, Chelmsford, while playing the 1993 hit “Sound of Da Police”, is becoming viral on social media. Published less than a month ago, the clip showi...
The Paint Stones that Hide Ford's Untold Stories
24 May 2014, 18:04 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / Car lovers usually buy pendants or spend hundreds of dollars to collect the limited edition car models they get from the gift shops. But what would you do if we’d tell you that you can actually buy jewelry made out of layers of car paint? ...
HondaJet, the Sportscar of The Sky, Will Be Ready in 2015
24 May 2014, 17:07 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / A Japanese corporation, primarily known as a manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles, Honda has recently announced their groundbreaking new luxury aircraft will be released for public sale next year. Currently base priced at $4.5 million U.S. (...
It Will Cost You $85,000 to Ride Like Luke Skywalker in 2017
23 May 2014, 16:25 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / We all remember the Sci-Fi flying vehicles Star Wars characters were using to fly around the forest moon Endor. Now what would you say if we told you that it's only a matter of years until scientist actually finish their first hoverbike design...
Sick of The Traffic Jams? You Can Take the Water-Bus in Sweden
23 May 2014, 16:21 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / While some car manufacturers keep looking for ways to get more and more horsepower out of their engines, there are still places in the world where people believe public transportation will get them there faster. Researchers from KTH Royal Institute...
Graffiti Artist Alec Monopoly Paints The Hood of a Rolls-Royce Ghost
23 May 2014, 15:34 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / Artists are known to be different, but who would’ve thought spraying satirical twists using the Monopoly man on L.A.’s billboards will actually bring wealth and fortune? It seems that is the case for the American street artist Alec Mono...
Meet the HeliCat 22, The Catamaran That Will Make You Run Like James Bond · Video
23 May 2014, 15:28 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / Have you ever been in a situation where you went fishing when suddenly you thought you saw an helicopter sailing? Well, that is basically what the HeliCat 22 looks like. This catamaran is designed to run on rough water like it’s a bird in the...
Clint Eastwood Stays Faithful With Chrysler While Riding in His Fiat 500e
23 May 2014, 14:16 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / Clint Eastwood is one of those Hollywood celebrities that wants to keep things simple and clear. At least that is the message he is sending considering he can afford driving a Lamborghini but prefers a Fiat 500e instead. The veteran actor was s...
China Builds Its First Passenger Airliner Jets
23 May 2014, 12:03 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / Two ARJ21-700 planes, China’s first homegrown regional airliners, are ready to be delivered. The announcement was recently made by COMAC’s executive, Tian Min, and is to bring China in the competition of the world’s biggest aircra...
Dubai Police Supercar Patrols Might Use Google Glass to Identify Suspects
23 May 2014, 11:08 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / Like having an out of this world supercar fleet wasn’t good enough, Dubai police is hitting the spot again. While they’ll be cruising the streets in their white and green Lambos, officers will also wear Google Glasses to identify their ...
Visit Bonnie & Clyde’s Getaway Ford V8 on the Anniversary of Their Death
23 May 2014, 08:14 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / When you love cars and detective stories, you definitely know that today, 23rd of May, was the day the famous criminal couple, Bonnie Park and Clyde Barrow, were killed. But how many of you know that their classic Ford B getaway car, that was pierc...