Razvan Calin
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Personal motto:
Don’t try. Be. Do. Live.
He’s been a field journalist, a TV producer, and a seafarer. Now he writes, finding this to be the closest to keeping wisely quiet.
Getting a degree in PR convinced him that trade job skills are more fun, but if all the schools Răzvan has been through taught him anything, it’s that he’ll never cease learning.
Small Cars Will Be Artificially Intelligent (in China) Under a New XPeng Brand Coming Soon
26 Mar 2024, 16:26 UTC · By: Razvan Calin / Smart vehicles are clever enough for China’s ever-growing and fast-paced market (according to domestic carmakers), and the time has arrived to upgrade cars. XPeng, one of the Asian nation’s largest automotive players, announced a new br...
1967 RS/SS Camaro Survivor Is Day-Two Perfection; the 350 V8 Punches Harder Than an SS396
26 Mar 2024, 10:57 UTC · By: Razvan Calin / Introduced in the fall of ’66 for the 1967 model year, the Chevrolet Camaro never quite managed to upset its archrival, the Ford Mustang, in sales numbers. But that doesn’t mean the pony Chevy was a dull machine. Quite the contrary &nda...
Saved 1966 Baja Beetle Gets Fixed Tree-Shade-Style, Runs, Drives Like Nothing Happened
25 Mar 2024, 13:27 UTC · By: Razvan Calin / Let’s test our memory and see why 1966 was a good year for motoring: the Dodge Charger, for once. The Street HEMI, for once more. The GTO (yes, it appeared in 1963 for the 1964 Tempests Le Mans, but two years later, it became a standalone mod...
Savage BMW Wagon Picks a Fight With 1,000-HP Porsche 911, Audi R8TT, Doesn't Back Down
24 Mar 2024, 19:16 UTC · By: Razvan Calin / Here’s how paper math can be deceiving: a German formation of three 1000-hp fighters brutally launched a full-scale invasion over an airfield in the UK with no good intentions. No, it’s not 1940, and the events can be best summed up in ...
Koenigsegg Jesko Attack Does 360 Speed-Turn On Snow Like It Was Born for It
24 Mar 2024, 19:16 UTC · By: Razvan Calin / There’s a reason Koenigsegg made the Jesko Attack, but it’s up to every owner of the megacar to find out what that reason is. The Swedish company is never far away from the fun side of building mind-blowing cars, and their most track-or...
Restored, Hellcat-Swapped General Lee Toy Model Will Make You Feel Like a 4YO Again
23 Mar 2024, 21:59 UTC · By: Razvan Calin / Between the 1968 R/T 440 and the 1969 R/T 440, which Dodge Charger is the superstar of the Fratzog emblem fraternity? That’s a hard choice for any Mopar enthusiast, as both cars have their place in the pantheon of all-time great muscle cars....
Lamborghini With $100K Inside Survives 10k Bullets, a 100-Foot Drop, and a Train Collision
22 Mar 2024, 20:43 UTC · By: Razvan Calin / The internet’s most followed socialite has done it again – putting a Lamborghini through the tortures of content creation, only to have a lucky subscriber trying to win a supercar (and the pile of cash in the passenger seat). A Lamborgh...
The Eight-Stroke Engine Is ICE Age's Real MVP, How Come No One Thought of It Until Now?
22 Mar 2024, 15:32 UTC · By: Razvan Calin / The realm of pistons and internal combustion has been on an evolutionary arms race since the very first power stroke of the Big Bang that started the reciprocating piston revolution. Stronger, faster, better, cheaper, smoother, higher, quicker &nda...
One-of-None Off-Road Dodge Viper RT-10 Goes for First Drive, Cops Immediately Pull It Over
22 Mar 2024, 12:35 UTC · By: Razvan Calin / Porsche made the Dakar version of the 911, Lamborghini countered with the Huracan Sterrato, and that’s pretty much where the mainstream list of off-road supercars ends. Notable names would make a respectable annex, but as far as regular, eve...
1972 Gran Torino Sport Boasts Super Rare Treats in Plain Sight, Hidden Gem on the Dash
21 Mar 2024, 22:11 UTC · By: Razvan Calin / By 1972, it was pretty clear that something humongous was reshaping the performance car universe that revolved around Detroit’s finest and brightest eight-cylinder supernovas. The muscle car age was fading to submission to the EPA, the insure...
1963 Corvette Sting Ray Fuelie Boasts Super-Expensive Feature Attached to the Original V8
19 Mar 2024, 06:28 UTC · By: Razvan Calin / 1963 saw big changes for America’s sportscar: a new generation debuted – the C2 Sting Ray (two words) – and demand was over the top. It was so high, in fact, that Chevrolet scored a record production run of 21,513 units for the mo...
The Last 'True' Shelby GT350 Ever Built: This 1966 Fastback Hasn't Run in 40 Years
17 Mar 2024, 22:53 UTC · By: Razvan Calin / The GT350 was the racehorse sired by a mule that Shelby American delivered in 1965 at the express request of Lee Iacocca. The sports car for secretaries had little to no chance of ever becoming a performance nameplate – at least, not in the e...
1971 Corvette LS6 454/425 Is Mostly Original; There's a Story About Its Big-Block
16 Mar 2024, 21:43 UTC · By: Razvan Calin / 1971 was not one for the graduation albums of anyone in Detroit. Big and small automakers were served the low-compression-only course from the federal government. Basically, lead and gasoline could no longer live together in the same combustion cha...
Stupid-Proof PPF: Russians Coat Car in Recycled Tires, Test It With Air Cannon, Knife, Axe
16 Mar 2024, 12:32 UTC · By: Razvan Calin / Rubber and automobiles have enjoyed a mutual-benefit relationship almost since the invention of the motor wagon. The elastic material has gained a firm foothold in the carmaking industry as the irreplaceable solution for keeping the wheels spinning...
1963 Impala SS 409 Matches Numbers, Shows Quirky Footwork Setup, Wants New Owner
15 Mar 2024, 22:26 UTC · By: Razvan Calin / 1963 was a feelings mixer for motorists and gearheads driving across the United States of Automobile. On the one hand, the Impala dropped the Z-11 gauntlet only to retract it almost immediately as soon as it hit the strip, less than two months into...
1969 Wildcat More-Door Is No Looker, the 430 V8 Burns Rubber All the Way to BigSmileVille
15 Mar 2024, 12:54 UTC · By: Razvan Calin / The Wildcat was one of Buick’s most ill-fortunate nameplates despite also being the inceptor of the Tri-Shield performance program of the sixties. The model debuted in 1962 as a high-grade Invicta with a hard punch but got lost on the way to ...
2024 Skoda Superb Orders Available in the UK; First Deliveries Expected This Summer
14 Mar 2024, 13:39 UTC · By: Razvan Calin / The 2024 Skoda Superb makes a landing in order catalogs across the UK, debuting the fourth generation of the nameplate and premiering the mild hybrid technology. However, the Czech brand asks a pretty penny for what it brings to the table. Prices s...
Cybertruck vs .50-Cal Barrett Is the Most 'Murican Way of Cracking Tesla's Armor Claims
13 Mar 2024, 22:55 UTC · By: Razvan Calin / The Cybertruck versus analog bullets – who will win? Surprisingly, it’s not the coffin-shaped stainless steel electric vehicle, contrary to what Elon Musk says. Yes, Tesla did make a video showcasing the doors of the Tesla pickup truck ...
Rate This Survivor 1976 Buick LeSabre 1 to 10, Don't Peek at the V8 Surprise Beforehand
13 Mar 2024, 20:01 UTC · By: Razvan Calin / Even before the dawn of muscle cars and the take-no-prisoners rules of engagement during the horsepower wars, Buick preferred to play the torque cards instead of the commonly cited power ratings. The GM division was so loyal to this creed that it c...
The Brabus 930 Is a Hybrid Luxury Missile With 930 HP That Eats Sports Cars for Breakfast
13 Mar 2024, 13:43 UTC · By: Razvan Calin / ‘Dear BRABUS Friends, we proudly present to you our new Brabus 930.’ If you received this newsletter, you know better than to stand in awe when the latest cruise battleship from the German tuner roars by. The luxury segment wasn’t...