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Sergiu Tudose

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Sergiu’s passion for cars was instilled from an early age, when he used to ask his father about every single type of car they saw together while going out for walks. Staying with relatives just outside of Baltimore in the late 80s, he would marvel at the large wagons, trucks and semis people drove in the United States, and how different they were from what he would usually see back home.

Not long afterwards, they started showing Knight Rider on TV and suddenly there was nothing cooler to him than a man, his invulnerable talking car, and the open road. Later in life, he decided to invest all that passion in the car industry and make a career out of it.

He has now spent more than 15 years working for local publications and international outlets, driving and subsequently spilling the beans about pretty much every type of car there is. Fun fact, he realized he was getting old when overall comfort behind the wheel became more important to him than handling or acceleration.

That being said, the first real car he ever fell in love with was his dad’s Fiesta XR2 supermini, so his appreciation for cars that are also very fun to drive has never wavered.

Presently, if he’s not busy working or spending time with family, you’ll likely catch him watching some astronomy-related documentary, trying to figure out what it all means. Well, that or outside, kicking butt on the basketball court.
All-New 2022 Lexus NX Leaks Online Ahead of Debut, So Hide Your Cadillac XT4
All-New 2022 Lexus NX Leaks Online Ahead of Debut, So Hide Your Cadillac XT4

24 Feb 2021, 14:56 UTC · By: Sergiu Tudose / Let’s get a little bit acquainted with the all-new and very modern-looking 2022 Lexus NX crossover, ahead of its official debut, which is surely coming soon, seeing as how leaked images have already begun circulating on the web. We found t...

 
A BMW M3 Raptor Makes Sense if You Live in Stranger Things’ Upside Down Realm
A BMW M3 Raptor Makes Sense if You Live in Stranger Things’ Upside Down Realm

24 Feb 2021, 12:56 UTC · By: Sergiu Tudose / The 2021 BMW M3 and the 2021 Ford F-150 Raptor do have a few things in common, believe it or not. For starters, both are flagship derivatives, and both target buyers who value performance over anything else. That’s where the comparison end...

 
Ferrari F8 Tributo and 488 Pista Come To Blows With Spectacular Results
Ferrari F8 Tributo and 488 Pista Come To Blows With Spectacular Results

24 Feb 2021, 11:16 UTC · By: Sergiu Tudose / Some of the best straight-line battles out there are ones that feature evenly matched cars, and they don’t get a lot more even than racing a Ferrari F8 Tributo against the 488 Pista. According to the video, neither of these cars is stock, whi...

 
Corvette C7 Z06 Tries Its Luck With a BMW M5 F90 Stage 2, Just Painful To Watch
Corvette C7 Z06 Tries Its Luck With a BMW M5 F90 Stage 2, Just Painful To Watch

24 Feb 2021, 09:39 UTC · By: Sergiu Tudose / Does anyone remember how BMW chose to present the F90 M5 back in 2017? The car was teased along with the Need for Speed Payback video game ahead of its official unveiling at the Frankfurt Motor Show that very same year. Now, the only thing more NFS...

 
Meet the 2021 VW Jetta Blue Lagoon GLI Concept Built as a One-of-a-Kind Model
Meet the 2021 VW Jetta Blue Lagoon GLI Concept Built as a One-of-a-Kind Model

23 Feb 2021, 16:21 UTC · By: Sergiu Tudose / Volkswagen is planning several new enthusiast concept cars for 2021, and the first one pays homage to the rare Mk4 Blue Lagoon GLI. This 2021 concept started life as a manual 2021 Jetta GLI, with a Deep Black Pearl exterior. In came Andres Valbu...

 
All-New 2022 Mercedes C-Class Debuts With Hollywood Looks and a German Character
All-New 2022 Mercedes C-Class Debuts With Hollywood Looks and a German Character

23 Feb 2021, 15:15 UTC · By: Sergiu Tudose / The letters C and S are as far apart as they get in the alphabet. Within Mercedes’ range however, they’re as close as they’ve ever been thanks to this all-new C-Class, unveiled in both sedan and estate form. It is the most comfort...

 
Rolls-Royce Unveils Phantom Tempus Collection Inspired by Time and the Universe
Rolls-Royce Unveils Phantom Tempus Collection Inspired by Time and the Universe

23 Feb 2021, 12:52 UTC · By: Sergiu Tudose / Meet Rolls-Royce's latest bespoke Phantom spec, dubbed Tempus Collection, limited to just 20 examples. Buy slots have already been allocated to customers worldwide, so your chances of landing one are pretty much nonexistent. The Phantom Tem...

 
Corvette Z06 Thinks It Can Hang With Stock Porsche 911 Turbo S, Good Luck Pal
Corvette Z06 Thinks It Can Hang With Stock Porsche 911 Turbo S, Good Luck Pal

23 Feb 2021, 11:23 UTC · By: Sergiu Tudose / Meet another supercar owner who forgot about the golden rule of drag racing. Stay away from the Porsche 911 Turbo, or risk getting embarrassed. But can a simple cold air intake mod help this C7 Corvette Z06 top a stock 991.2 Turbo S? Well, let&rsqu...

 
Tuned Ford Mustang GT 5.0 Races Corvette C7 Z06, Both Put on a Show
Tuned Ford Mustang GT 5.0 Races Corvette C7 Z06, Both Put on a Show

23 Feb 2021, 10:00 UTC · By: Sergiu Tudose / This race could have easily been as lopsided as they come had both cars remained stock. Maybe there’s a long-lost world where an S197 Mustang GT 5.0 could keep up with a C7 Z06 Vette, and maybe NASA’s Perseverance Rover is going to find...

 
Rare Lead Foot Gray 2018 Shelby Mustang GT350R With Delivery Miles up for Grabs
Rare Lead Foot Gray 2018 Shelby Mustang GT350R With Delivery Miles up for Grabs

22 Feb 2021, 16:08 UTC · By: Sergiu Tudose / The epic Shelby Mustang GT350R is a true track weapon, born to be driven right on the limit. There are, however, those who also see it as a collectible, and if you’d like to grab one for the sole purpose of flipping it for a profit sometime i...

 
Hide Your Humvees, America, and Meet Kia’s Light Tactical Cargo Truck Concept
Hide Your Humvees, America, and Meet Kia’s Light Tactical Cargo Truck Concept

22 Feb 2021, 13:38 UTC · By: Sergiu Tudose / Kia has brought two light tactical defense vehicle concepts to the 2021 International Defense Exhibition & Conference (IDEX) in the UAE: the Light Tactical Cargo Truck and the Bare Chassis concept. The South Korean army has been getting its ...

 
NFL Star Takes His Rolls-Royce Cullinan to a Chevrolet Dealer for Brake Check-Up
NFL Star Takes His Rolls-Royce Cullinan to a Chevrolet Dealer for Brake Check-Up

22 Feb 2021, 10:58 UTC · By: Sergiu Tudose / How funny is it that after you’ve already spent $300,000+ on a Rolls-Royce Cullinan, fate would have you ending up in a Chevrolet dealership to get your brakes checked? Reasonably hilarious, we’d say. It’s exactly what happened to...

 
Tuned Dodge Charger Hellcat Races McLaren 720S, Someone Gets Taught a Lesson
Tuned Dodge Charger Hellcat Races McLaren 720S, Someone Gets Taught a Lesson

22 Feb 2021, 09:17 UTC · By: Sergiu Tudose / This is a classic case of brains vs. brawn, where in one corner you’ve got a state-of-the-art British supercar with hypercar-like performance straight out the box, and in the other a really powerful Dodge with full bolt-on mods. Of course, it...

 
2022 Ferrari Purosangue SUV Will Take the Urus’ Lunch Money and Here’s Why
2022 Ferrari Purosangue SUV Will Take the Urus’ Lunch Money and Here’s Why

19 Feb 2021, 16:18 UTC · By: Sergiu Tudose / It seems like people have been so busy discussing possible designs for the upcoming Ferrari Purosangue SUV that we forget about an essential aspect, which is performance. There’s little point in trying to speculate what it will look like, see...

 
All-New 2023 Mitsubishi Lancer Rendering Features a Completely Original Design
All-New 2023 Mitsubishi Lancer Rendering Features a Completely Original Design

19 Feb 2021, 13:35 UTC · By: Sergiu Tudose / The car industry is a lot like the comic book industry, where you can have a run of multiple issues in which a popular character is killed off, only to be brought back 12 months later through some convoluted way. The point is, comic book characters...

 
2020 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 Races Charger Hellcat, One Gets Demolished
2020 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 Races Charger Hellcat, One Gets Demolished

19 Feb 2021, 10:32 UTC · By: Sergiu Tudose / Say what you will about these two cars, but the fact that both are stock means this is, in essence, a fair fight. It’s what the carmakers intended from the start, and that should be just as important as whatever mods may follow. On paper, ...

 
Tuned Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk Takes on Built Camaro ZL1, It’s a Massacre
Tuned Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk Takes on Built Camaro ZL1, It’s a Massacre

19 Feb 2021, 09:26 UTC · By: Sergiu Tudose / It wasn’t that long ago that SUVs couldn’t even hope to hang with a decent sports car or muscle car in a straight line. Even going back to the original Porsche Cayenne Turbo, one of the world’s first quick SUVs, it could only mana...

 
Meet the All-New Maserati Grecale SUV in First-Ever Official Images
Meet the All-New Maserati Grecale SUV in First-Ever Official Images

18 Feb 2021, 17:29 UTC · By: Sergiu Tudose / We’ve seen our fair share of weird press releases from car manufacturers, and this one is definitely up there with the “best” of them. So, here’s what happened. Maserati recently began testing its new Grecale SUV in prototyp...

 
High-Spec Shock Yellow Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Convertible up for Grabs
High-Spec Shock Yellow Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Convertible up for Grabs

18 Feb 2021, 16:29 UTC · By: Sergiu Tudose / If you’re in the market for a used but not particularly old Chevrolet Camaro, getting your hands on something like this 2021 ZL1 Convertible with just 1,775 miles (2,856 km) on its supercharged V8 engine could be appealing. The car will ge...

 
Bespoke 2020 GMC Sierra Street Truck Is Dressed to Dazzle, Awaits Highest Bidder
Bespoke 2020 GMC Sierra Street Truck Is Dressed to Dazzle, Awaits Highest Bidder

18 Feb 2021, 14:32 UTC · By: Sergiu Tudose / Say what you will about the GMC Sierra and how it’s nothing more than a restyled Silverado. The fact is that once you start working on turning a once common truck into something worthy of its own SEMA stand, you’ll forget all about its ...

 

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