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Sebastian Toma

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Sebastian's love for cars began at a young age. He cannot put a finger on what started it all, but it was there, and it grew day by day. Little did he know that a career would emerge from this passion (and that it would not, sadly, involve being a professional racecar driver).

It all started with him pointing at cars on the street and asking what make and model they were. Sebastian couldn't wait to be tall enough to see over their steering wheel and be allowed to drive them.

When was ready to hit the road, Sebastian was left without a potential first car after his family's '72 Mercedes-Benz was rolled by his father. While the early '70s sedan proved unexpectedly safe, Sebastian was left without a ride, so he took various jobs and saved up for an E30 BMW 3 Series. Months later, he got his dream job – writing about cars for a local website while he was getting a bachelor's degree in Journalism.

Fourteen years had passed since Sebastian started writing about cars and motorcycles, and his job took him behind the wheel of several hundred vehicles, as well as through some of the most important local publications.

Just before returning to autoevolution, he was the editor-in-chief of the country's most-read car magazine and its website. Sebastian took on the challenge and started writing for us again, so sit back and enjoy the read!
Jeep Reveals Seven Concepts for This Year's Moab Event
Jeep Reveals Seven Concepts for This Year's Moab Event

11 Mar 2016, 13:07 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Jeep will bring seven concepts to the 50th Easter Jeep Safari, an annual event held in Moab, Utah. As you already know, the American brand will showcase a 707-HP version of the Wrangler, which is called the Trailcat, but this model is not the on...

 
Fresh Spyshots of Next-Generation Porsche 911 Mule
Fresh Spyshots of Next-Generation Porsche 911 Mule

11 Mar 2016, 10:47 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Porsche released a facelift of the 991 generation of the 911 last year, but the engineers of the company are already working on the next generation. Our friends at SB-Medien have provided us with a set of spyshots of the mule of the 2018 Porsche...

 
Mercedes-AMG E43 4Matic Revealed, It Has 401 HP and Nine-Speed Gearbox
Mercedes-AMG E43 4Matic Revealed, It Has 401 HP and Nine-Speed Gearbox

11 Mar 2016, 09:41 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Mercedes-AMG has published the photo gallery and specifications of the new E43 4Matic. This is the first performance version of the new E-Class, and is expected to be followed by an E63 variant. Mercedes-AMG’s E43 comes with the 4Matic fou...

 
Electric Car Charging Plugs, The Beta vs. VHS Battle of the 21st Century
Electric Car Charging Plugs, The Beta vs. VHS Battle of the 21st Century

10 Mar 2016, 19:08 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Industry standards once meant that everyone had to adhere to a particular set of parameters. The same should have happened with electric cars, but history has demonstrated that it is not as easy as one might think to set a standard and have everyon...

 
GM Recalls and Issues Stop-Sale on Some MY2016 Vehicles, Nobody Was Harmed
GM Recalls and Issues Stop-Sale on Some MY2016 Vehicles, Nobody Was Harmed

10 Mar 2016, 14:40 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / General Motors will recall and temporarily stop selling certain 2016 Chevrolet Colorado, Chevrolet Malibu, and GM Canyon vehicles. Apparently, GM will call back 1,750 vehicles in the United States of America and Canada, along with an unspecified...

 
Lexus LF-A Nurburgring Edition Signed by Toyota CEO Is for Sale, It's Pricy
Lexus LF-A Nurburgring Edition Signed by Toyota CEO Is for Sale, It's Pricy

10 Mar 2016, 12:40 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / In the market for a unique car and money is not a problem? Well, we might have something that fits the bill. The first Lexus LF-A Nurburgring Edition is for sale, and it has barely been used. The dealer in charge of the sale says it is part of ...

 
Volvo Calls for Standardized Electric Car Charging
Volvo Calls for Standardized Electric Car Charging

10 Mar 2016, 11:01 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Volvo is asking other carmakers to agree upon a standard for charging plugs designed for battery-powered vehicles. The Swedish manufacturer is a member of the Charging Interface Initiative and proposed the Combined Charging System as the norm fo...

 
Range Rover Sport SVR Facelift Spied Testing in the UK
Range Rover Sport SVR Facelift Spied Testing in the UK

10 Mar 2016, 09:33 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / The Brits at Land Rover are working on facelifts for the Range Rover Sport, and it was about time our spy photographers got some shots of the performance-oriented version of the SUV, the SVR. Like the Range Rover Sport prototype, this test vehic...

 
Four-Wheel Drive: How GKN Driveline's On-Demand 4WD System Works
Four-Wheel Drive: How GKN Driveline's On-Demand 4WD System Works

9 Mar 2016, 17:39 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / In recent years, four-wheel drive systems have become increasingly popular, especially in cars that usually wouldn’t have 4wd systems. Carmakers have introduced four-wheel drive to their customers even in cars with transverse-mounted engi...

 
Nissan's Qashqai Has Become the Brand's Highest Volume Car Ever in Europe
Nissan's Qashqai Has Become the Brand's Highest Volume Car Ever in Europe

9 Mar 2016, 14:01 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Nissan is celebrating a production milestone in Europe. The Qashqai crossover has become its highest-volume car on the Old Continent. As Nissan details, the Japanese brand has manufactured over 2,368,705 units of the Qashqai in the last decade, ...

 
Porsche Macan Gets 2.0-Liter Four-Cylinder Engine, It Has 252 HP and It's Fast
Porsche Macan Gets 2.0-Liter Four-Cylinder Engine, It Has 252 HP and It's Fast

9 Mar 2016, 12:24 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Porsche has decided to offer an entry-level version of its Macan SUV. It has a four-cylinder engine and will be the cheapest version in the range. However, a cheaper Porsche Macan doesn’t mean it will be a slouch, as the 2.0-liter engine ...

 
A Tesla Model S Got Fined $15,000 for Pollution in Singapore
A Tesla Model S Got Fined $15,000 for Pollution in Singapore

9 Mar 2016, 10:42 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / A Tesla Model S customer in Singapore got fined for an almost unimaginable reason: excessive pollution from his electric car. It all happened after two months of turmoil with the Land Transport Authority, from which Joe Nguyen was attempting to ...

 
2017 Porsche 911 GT2 Spied in Winter Testing with No Camo
2017 Porsche 911 GT2 Spied in Winter Testing with No Camo

9 Mar 2016, 09:41 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Porsche engineers have been spotted while testing the GT2 version of the current 911. Our friends at CarPix have provided us with the first spy shots of the prototype of the 991 generation of the Porsche 911 GT2. The car did not feature any camo...

 
Gasoline Engines Then and Now - How the Spark-Ignited Engine Evolve
Gasoline Engines Then and Now - How the Spark-Ignited Engine Evolve

8 Mar 2016, 17:46 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / The first gasoline engine was built 140 years ago, but the unit still shares its operating principle with the power plants of today. The central idea is that gas is still introduced into the combustion chamber with just the right amount of air,...

 
2017 BMW 5 Series Touring Spied Testing in Winter Conditions
2017 BMW 5 Series Touring Spied Testing in Winter Conditions

8 Mar 2016, 13:35 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / BMW engineers are hard at work testing all the body versions of the next-generation 5 Series. This time, we provide you with a set of spy photos of the 2017 BMW 5 Series Touring. The upcoming 5 Series will feature a new platform, called 35up. Th...

 
Elon Musk and Other Top CEOs Join Forces to Stop Donald Trump
Elon Musk and Other Top CEOs Join Forces to Stop Donald Trump

8 Mar 2016, 12:22 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / A secret meeting on a private island to oust a candidate from the race for US Presidency? It sounds like the script for a James Bond movie, but it happened, and big names that have influence in the automotive industry were present. Among those n...

 
Rolls-Royce, MINI, and BMW Motorrad to Show Their Centennial Concepts Soon
Rolls-Royce, MINI, and BMW Motorrad to Show Their Centennial Concepts Soon

8 Mar 2016, 10:08 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / BMW celebrated its Centennial yesterday with a concept called Vision Next 100. However, that is not the only concept planned to celebrate the German company’s first 100 years of existence. The next ones will come from MINI, BMW Motorrad, ...

 
Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR: 330 HP for the Racing Version of the GTI Clubsport
Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR: 330 HP for the Racing Version of the GTI Clubsport

8 Mar 2016, 09:24 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Want a Golf GTI for racing? Well, Volkswagen’s Motorsport division has one on sale for you. It is called the Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR and is the racing version of the sporty GTI Clubsport. The first 20 units developed by Volkswagen’s ...

 
Happy Centennial, BMW! Ten of the Most Important Cars in the Company's History
Happy Centennial, BMW! Ten of the Most Important Cars in the Company's History

7 Mar 2016, 19:59 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / March 7 is a big day for BMW, as the German company celebrates its Centennial. That is right, Munchen’s blue and white “roundel” is 100 years old today, and they even made a concept car to showcase their vision for the next ce...

 
Autonomous Trucks Will Be Tested on Public Roads in the United Kingdom
Autonomous Trucks Will Be Tested on Public Roads in the United Kingdom

7 Mar 2016, 13:46 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / UK’s Department of Transport has reportedly approved trials of self-driving trucks on public roads. The new autonomous trucks will be tested in the form of convoys, which will be led by a human driver. The vehicles that drive themselves w...

 

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