Madalina Iancu
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Besides cars and writing, she also likes reading, dancing, traveling, skating, tennis, volley-ball and skiing.
Favorite Quote: "You see things and ask 'Why?' but I dream of things that never were and say 'Why not?'" (George Bernard Shaw)
Jason Castriota is to Build Excellence at Stile Bertone
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Madalina Iancu / After leaving his position at Pininfarina in this early autumn, there surely were lots of future opportunities for the talented automobile designer, Jason Castriota. The possibility of setting his own design consultancy was not at all insignificant...
Pininfarina to Build Electric Cars After Current Contracts Expire
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Madalina Iancu / The last of the mohicans could carry forward the fame of the breed but what is he going to do when its life is threatened?! If once the answer was fight until death but don't give up your dignity, now there are other ways to cope with the p...
Hublot Launches Big Bang Senna Foudroyante
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Madalina Iancu / Whereas Hublot's first Big Bang with the motor-racing champion Ayrton Senna's signature was launched last year during the F1 Grand Prix in Sao Paulo, act two of the same piece took place in Tokyo, December 2, at an exhibition of previousl...
Toyota Fights CO2 Emissions through Ecological Plastics
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Madalina Iancu / Looks like the green trend has become extremely popular in the car industry. Toyota Motor Corporation has recently made public its intention to provide more vehicle models with ecological plastics. This type of material is plant-derived and is carb...
The Queen's Bentleys Will Run on Biofuel
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Madalina Iancu / As long as global warming still represents a heating debate, cars converted to run on biofuels will be highly welcomed. Great Britain's Royal Family seems to encourage this trend as the Queen's two state Bentleys are going to become more ...
Developing a Long-Term Relationship with Your Car
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Madalina Iancu / Do you feel nostalgic after things that used to be fashionable twenty years ago? Or are you the kind of person that gets bored extremely easily and craves for getting the newest stuff? If you're the kind of conservative woman, you might have l...
New Jersey Motosrports Park Takes American Car Club to Court
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Madalina Iancu / During a time when money is badly needed, in case you don't pay the bills, the logical consequence is that you're taken to court. This time, we speak about the Shelby American Automobile Club which happens to have been the one and only...
Global Race Car Auction to Be Held in Manchester in February
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Madalina Iancu / Affluent race lovers will soon have the chance to purchase the most wanted Formula racing vehicles and motor-homes from the world of rallying at the first race and rally car auction of 2009, which will take place in Manchester on 18-19 February. Fo...
Demolition Derby of Top Gear Filming Terrifies Car Companies
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Madalina Iancu / If there's a chapter where the Australian series of Top Gear makes no compromise, that's damage. Filming of the well-known show has definitely changed into a real demolition derby, totaling almost $200,000 repair costs. The high numbers h...
Almost Half of All UK Speed Cameras Are Turned Off
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Madalina Iancu / Good news for road-hogs in Great Britain! You can easily exceed the speed limit and receive no speeding ticket on the condition you guess which cameras are not in use. As the British police admits, only about 60 percent of the speed cameras are swi...
Hodge Unveils the Hawk, the Car-Bike-Jet
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Madalina Iancu / This is definitely not a plane, a car or a motorcycle but rather a combination of the three. In an era when everything seems to have been invented, New Zealand-based designer Alex Hodge comes up with something that might make any hawk jealous. ...
Snow and Ice, Please Think Twice!
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Madalina Iancu / Winter is surely a magical season that reminds of the childhood's fairy-tales. But unless you don't happen to possess a sledge pulled by some courageous reindeers like Santa Claus has, then you need to be twice cautious when driving durin...
Speed Record in Ethanol-fueled Ford Mustang
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Madalina Iancu / When you're a corn farmer in Oklahoma and also a race car museum owner, there is a high possibility that you enjoy car races in vehicles using what appears to be the next generation of fuels running on American grown corn. And your main concer...
Tips for Happier Family Trips
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Madalina Iancu / As if the stress from the office wasn't enough, most of the times, kids manage to ruin your vacation as well, making family road trips real nightmares. Family journeys should be happy events as they are the perfect occasion to spend some good ...
Unusual Service for Detroit Auto Makers at Greater Grace Temple on Sunday
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Madalina Iancu / Only prayers could make US Congress bail out the unfortunate Detroit auto makers... or at least this is what Greater Grace Temple, one of Detroit's largest and most influential black churches, thought. Congregants of the church have witnessed ...
PSA Renegotiates Contracts with Suppliers to Cut Down Costs
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Madalina Iancu / If last years' prices for aluminum, copper, oil, palladium, steel and other raw materials have gone crazy and represented an obstruction in PSA's plan to cut down costs, the new year shows a completely different side of the story. Acco...
BMW Mourns after Death of CFO Dr. Michael Ganal
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Madalina Iancu / Due to the severe illness he was suffering from, BMW's former Chief Financial Officer, Dr. Michael Ganal, has died last Thursday night, at 54. Although he has been an employee of the famous auto maker since 1986, being responsible for its Sale...
Infant Incubator from Car Parts to Serve the Poor
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Madalina Iancu / Humankind is surely inventive when it comes to survival matters. Hardly could we have imagined a baby incubator built from vehicle parts coming from junkyards. But Dr. Jonathan Rosen, now at the Boston University School of Management thought of...
Will.I.Am of the Black Eyed Peas Gets Car of the Future
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Madalina Iancu / Since flying cars from science fiction books in the early eighties have not been invented (yet), Will I. Am of the Black Eyed Peas should be satisfied with his latest car acquisition, the electric Tesla Roadster. And we're pretty sure he is si...
The French Holocaust of Torched Cars On New Year's Eve
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Madalina Iancu / Some people break glasses on New Year's Eve, others light fireworks but the French seem to enjoy... torching cars in the night between years. According to Reuters, they have established this year a new record as they burnt no less than 1,14...