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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.
LED Taillights Are Too Bright - They Hurt Our Eyes, and Nobody’s Talking About It
LED Taillights Are Too Bright - They Hurt Our Eyes, and Nobody’s Talking About It

25 Sep 2021, 13:30 UTC · By: Sergiu Tudose / How come I must sift through ten-year-old blog posts and forum threads in order to find people complaining about LED taillights being annoyingly bright? Surely there must be a more recent thread, seeing how this technology has become increasingly p...

 
Doug DeMuro Reviews 2022 Cadillac CT5-V Blackwing, Says It’s Basically Insane
Doug DeMuro Reviews 2022 Cadillac CT5-V Blackwing, Says It’s Basically Insane

24 Sep 2021, 11:55 UTC · By: Sergiu Tudose / Cadillac unveiled the CT5-V Blackwing earlier this year as a higher performance variant of the CT5-V, as well as the flagship version of the CT5 range and the spiritual successor of the CTS-V. It’s fast, it looks aggressive, it’s got re...

 
This Matte Black Porsche Taycan Turbo S Cross Turismo Is the Dadmobile Batman Never Had
This Matte Black Porsche Taycan Turbo S Cross Turismo Is the Dadmobile Batman Never Had

24 Sep 2021, 10:59 UTC · By: Sergiu Tudose / Do you know how many Robins the Dark Knight had to fight alongside him? If you’re a comic book fan, the correct answer is five. However, most people are simply familiar with the first Robin, Dick Grayson, not realizing that Jason Todd, Tim Dr...

 
Haas F1 Team Retains Driver Lineup of Mick Schumacher and Nikita Mazepin for 2022
Haas F1 Team Retains Driver Lineup of Mick Schumacher and Nikita Mazepin for 2022

24 Sep 2021, 09:03 UTC · By: Sergiu Tudose / You know how some things make sense and don’t make sense at the same time? Such is the case with Haas F1’s 2022 driver lineup announcement. The American outfit has been a regular punching bag for the past two seasons, and now stands as ...

 
Jeep Trackhawk Races Ferrari 812 GTS and It’s Like Watching Rocky Fight Apollo Creed
Jeep Trackhawk Races Ferrari 812 GTS and It’s Like Watching Rocky Fight Apollo Creed

24 Sep 2021, 08:22 UTC · By: Sergiu Tudose / Seeing the Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk strike fear into the hearts of exotic car owners across the globe never gets old. We’re talking about a big, heavy people hauler capable of accelerating just as fast as some of the world’s most p...

 
MG MAZE Concept Proves That Futuristic Pod-Like Vehicles Don’t Have To Look Boring
MG MAZE Concept Proves That Futuristic Pod-Like Vehicles Don’t Have To Look Boring

23 Sep 2021, 14:17 UTC · By: Sergiu Tudose / SAIC Design has unveiled the MG MAZE concept, a compact two-seater concept study aimed at the next generation of car users, specifically people who want to do interactive and multimedia-related things inside their vehicles, other than simply drivin...

 
Future Volvo EVs Will Be Completely Leather-Free as Carmaker Stands up for Animal Welfare
Future Volvo EVs Will Be Completely Leather-Free as Carmaker Stands up for Animal Welfare

23 Sep 2021, 13:04 UTC · By: Sergiu Tudose / All of Volvo’s future electric cars will be 100% leather-free, as the Swedish carmaker takes an ethical stand for animal welfare. By 2025, Volvo wants 25% of the material in new cars to consist of recycled and bio-based content. This goal is ...

 
BMW’s 2021 Tech Updates Include Amazon Alexa for iDrive 7 and Uneven Road Surface Warning
BMW’s 2021 Tech Updates Include Amazon Alexa for iDrive 7 and Uneven Road Surface Warning

23 Sep 2021, 08:45 UTC · By: Sergiu Tudose / This past summer, new on-board technology upgrades were rolled out to BMW customers that own vehicles with iDrive 7-powered infotainment systems. These updates include the iDrive 7-compatible Amazon Alexa function, the Uneven Road Surface Warning s...

 
GM Teams up With Amazon To Bring You OnStar Guardian at Home Through Alexa
GM Teams up With Amazon To Bring You OnStar Guardian at Home Through Alexa

23 Sep 2021, 08:10 UTC · By: Sergiu Tudose / General Motors and Amazon have announced plans to launch OnStar Guardian for Amazon Alexa, which in turn will provide users with a voice-enabled connection to Emergency-Certified OnStar Advisors at home through Alexa-compatible devices. In case ...

 
All-New 2022 Toyota Tundra Looks Sharp in the Flesh, Has Chevy, Ford and Ram in Its Sights
All-New 2022 Toyota Tundra Looks Sharp in the Flesh, Has Chevy, Ford and Ram in Its Sights

22 Sep 2021, 13:43 UTC · By: Sergiu Tudose / Several important new cars were on display during media day at Motor Bella 2021, an outdoor event brought to you by former NAIAS organizers, together with the M1 Concourse. Among them, the 2022 Ford Expedition, 2022 Subaru Forester, 2022 Ford Maver...

 
General Motors Unveils All-New Electric Motors for Future Ultium Platform-Based EVs
General Motors Unveils All-New Electric Motors for Future Ultium Platform-Based EVs

22 Sep 2021, 10:26 UTC · By: Sergiu Tudose / General Motors president Mark Reuss has unveiled the carmaker’s three all-new electric motors that are set to power future Ultium platform based EVs. The first is a 180-kilowatt front-drive motor, followed by a 255-kW rear and front-drive mot...

 
Skoda Enyaq Founders Edition Is a Bespoke EV Crossover Available to Just 1,895 Buyers
Skoda Enyaq Founders Edition Is a Bespoke EV Crossover Available to Just 1,895 Buyers

22 Sep 2021, 08:41 UTC · By: Sergiu Tudose / It was in 1895 that Vaclav Laurin and Vaclav Klement founded Czech carmaker Skoda, who just launched the new Enyaq Founders Edition. The bespoke EV crossover will enjoy a production run of just 1,895 units (fitting), 50 of which will land in the UK...

 
Meet Equipmake’s Fully Electric Double Decker Bus, Features up to 250 Miles of Range
Meet Equipmake’s Fully Electric Double Decker Bus, Features up to 250 Miles of Range

22 Sep 2021, 08:02 UTC · By: Sergiu Tudose / Commercial vehicle electrification firm Equipmake, together with Spanish coachbuilder Beulas, has just unveiled the Jewel E, a state-of-the-art fully electric double decker bus featuring battery options of up to 543 kWh and a maximum range of 250 m...

 
Toyota Land Cruiser 300 Flexes Triceps Thanks to Rugged Liberty Walk Wide Body Kit
Toyota Land Cruiser 300 Flexes Triceps Thanks to Rugged Liberty Walk Wide Body Kit

21 Sep 2021, 14:15 UTC · By: Sergiu Tudose / The new 300 series Toyota Land Cruiser is clearly a superior product compared to its predecessor, which is saying a lot considering how the Land Cruiser generally represents the pinnacle of passenger car off-roading in many places across the globe....

 
All-New Skoda Fabia Rally2 Prototype Begins Extensive Test Program on Tarmac and Gravel
All-New Skoda Fabia Rally2 Prototype Begins Extensive Test Program on Tarmac and Gravel

21 Sep 2021, 11:17 UTC · By: Sergiu Tudose / You might not think it whenever you hear the brand name Skoda, but the Czech carmaker has been involved in motorsport for a solid 120 years. That’s right, they’ve been racing cars since 1901, which makes for a very strong pedigree. F...

 
BMW and Daimler Sued by German Environmental NGO for Not Giving up on Fossil Fuels by 2030
BMW and Daimler Sued by German Environmental NGO for Not Giving up on Fossil Fuels by 2030

21 Sep 2021, 09:28 UTC · By: Sergiu Tudose / German environmental NGO, Deutsche Umwelthilfe (DUH), is suing BMW and Daimler for refusing to tighten their carbon emissions targets and ditch internal combustion engine cars by 2030. The lawsuit was filed earlier this week. In letters sent to ...

 
Audi RS Q e-tron Conquers Morocco During Testing Ahead of Next Year’s Dakar Rally
Audi RS Q e-tron Conquers Morocco During Testing Ahead of Next Year’s Dakar Rally

21 Sep 2021, 08:18 UTC · By: Sergiu Tudose / Audi is on a roll with its electrified e-tron models and is now looking to establish itself as a powerhouse with regards to both passenger vehicles as well as in the world of low-to-zero emissions motorsports. Aside from the current e-tron FE07 For...

 
Ben Simmons Played Like Crap in 2021 NBA Playoffs, Licks Wounds With Porsche 918 Spyder
Ben Simmons Played Like Crap in 2021 NBA Playoffs, Licks Wounds With Porsche 918 Spyder

20 Sep 2021, 14:17 UTC · By: Sergiu Tudose / As far as upside goes, it’s hard not to like what Philadelphia 76ers guard Ben Simmons brings to the table. The dude is basically LeBron James minus a jump shot and until this summer, he was considered one of the league’s biggest rising...

 
All-New Lotus Emira Pricing and Specs Confirmed, First Edition Model a £75,995 Affair
All-New Lotus Emira Pricing and Specs Confirmed, First Edition Model a £75,995 Affair

20 Sep 2021, 12:00 UTC · By: Sergiu Tudose / Pricing for the all-new Lotus Emira First Edition has been announced, together with full specifications. Unfortunately, this info is aimed exclusively at buyers that reside in various European countries, with pricing for other international markets...

 
Twin Turbo Lamborghini Huracan With 1,050 HP Destroys the Field at Recent 1/4 Mile Event
Twin Turbo Lamborghini Huracan With 1,050 HP Destroys the Field at Recent 1/4 Mile Event

20 Sep 2021, 10:09 UTC · By: Sergiu Tudose / This past weekend, a high number of supercars attended the Petrolhead Spring Event at Airport Twente, where people got the chance to witness a bunch of good old fashioned quarter mile battles, featuring all sorts of vehicles, from exotics to fast s...

 

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