Tudor Rus
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Personal motto:
If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.
At that time, he was too young to know how they worked and way too young to drive them. But he could see one thing. Each of them had a different ethos, its own unique personality and as time went by he started seeing that in other cars as well.
He was lucky enough to be in Wales just as Sebastien Loeb was securing his 8th World Rally Championship title during Wales Rally GB 2011 and wrote a guest blog for ITV News covering the rally atmosphere in Cardiff. It was love at first sight with rally racing and it still goes on to this moment.
Tudor likes his (dream) cars beautiful, with power coming second place. Word of advice: avoid conversations involving hunchbacks like X5, X6, Q5, and Q7 unless you like being given the cold shoulder.
Mercedes G63 AMG 6x6 Is Playing Terminator In Tuscany
18 Mar 2015, 08:51 UTC · By: Tudor Rus / The Mercedes G63 AMG 6x6 won’t let other off-roaders live even when it’s going out of production. In fact, Mercedes-Benz’s idea of a six-wheeled Terminator is back to haunt us in a new video showing the car’s Hulk-ish person...
BYD Wants to Equal Tesla’s Gigafactory Capacity by 2020
17 Mar 2015, 17:20 UTC · By: Tudor Rus / Tesla’s good start in the EV segment will no doubt be backed-up by some serious efforts in the future, as Elon Musk wants to take the company forward and dominate the electric car scene. However, China’s BYD might have something to say ...
Hyundai Could Go Down the Pickup Path In the Future
17 Mar 2015, 16:29 UTC · By: Tudor Rus / Hyundai Motor Company might be interested in building a production pickup truck for the American market, but this is a rumor circulating around for the last years or so. However, the company’s recent presence in Detroit and good feedback from...
Aston Martin Will Open a Secret Facility to Build the Vulcan Hypercar
17 Mar 2015, 15:43 UTC · By: Tudor Rus / Aston Martin’s Vulcan was the viewer’s delight a coupe of weeks ago in Geneva but there’s more about the track-exclusive hypercar than just a fancy appearance. In fact, Aston Martin are setting up a secret factory where they will ...
355 HP Honda Civic Type R Will Race For the 2015 BTCC
17 Mar 2015, 14:46 UTC · By: Tudor Rus / In case you remember the Honda Civic Type R interactive video...Wait, what? Of course you remember that, you destroyed the R key on your keyboard switching between good and evil. Anyway, get ready for this: the new Type R will race in the British T...
Aston Martin DBX Concept Imagined as a Shooting Brake
17 Mar 2015, 13:55 UTC · By: Tudor Rus / Aston Martin managed to take media by surprise at the 2015 Geneva Motor Show, and we’re not referring to the hardcore Vulcan track-demon. They also presented the DBX, an all-electric prototype hinting at a luxury crossover but some people wan...
Drifting a Nissan Silvia 240SX On Snow is A Petrolhead's Fairytale
17 Mar 2015, 12:55 UTC · By: Tudor Rus / There’s always more than meets the eye when it comes to Canada, especially when you pun aside names like Drake, Celine Dion or Justin Bieber. One of them includes those long-lasting winters and massive amounts of snow, while the other falls i...
Maserati Officials Deny Rumors on Porsche Macan Rival
17 Mar 2015, 10:54 UTC · By: Tudor Rus / Despite the fact that they’re applying the wonder-recipe that involves developing and selling an SUV in order to boost sales, Maserati won’t go further and invent a smaller model than the already-announced Levante. The upcoming Maser...
Tesla Motors Is Hiring Sales Executives In Three Key Regions
17 Mar 2015, 09:57 UTC · By: Tudor Rus / Elon Musk is determined not to let the recent drop in sales affect the master plan he designed for Tesla Motors as the Palo Alto-based company is on a hunt for sales executives for three major markets: North America, Europe and Asia. At this mom...
PlyFly Wooden Kart Is Good For 25 MPH, Assembles In a Few Hours
17 Mar 2015, 09:14 UTC · By: Tudor Rus / If Ikea built karts, we’re pretty sure their idea of a fast gas-powered wooden vehicle would look pretty much like a closet on wheels. But luckily, they’re stuck with furniture so others can come up with awesome ideas like the PlyFly go...
Toyota Pays $1 Billion to Promote Its Mirai Fuel-Cell Car at the 2020 Olympics
16 Mar 2015, 16:57 UTC · By: Tudor Rus / After parting ways with Elon Musk’s Tesla and taking a different road in providing alternative technologies for the future, Toyota made a big move in securing its marketing presence at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. Japan and especially Toy...
Porsche Cayman GT4 Hits the Road & the Circuit, Impresses the Audience
16 Mar 2015, 15:37 UTC · By: Tudor Rus / The Porsche Cayman GT4 is quickly turning into an automotive and YouTube - if not internet - sensation. Since its reveal during the 2015 Geneva Motor Show, Porsche’s newest track delight managed to get everyone exciting. In another video r...
100 Toyota Yaris Hybrids Make London’s Green Car Fleet Richer
16 Mar 2015, 14:26 UTC · By: Tudor Rus / If every big city in the world would adopt hybrids and EVs at half of London’s pace, the world would have a real chance of becoming a better, greener and cleaner place that it is right now. This time, it’s car rental business Avis se...
Nissan Skyline GT-R Meets Nissan R-35 GT-R in Old vs New Clash
16 Mar 2015, 13:39 UTC · By: Tudor Rus / What is Godzilla’s biggest enemy? Well, another Godzilla, especially after the latest movie featuring the mighty lizard showed us how the monster can beat the hell out of two MUTOs. But we’re talking about cars here, more exactly the Ni...
The 2015 Audi Q7 Can Now Be Ordered For €60,900
16 Mar 2015, 12:23 UTC · By: Tudor Rus / The new Q7 SUV can now be ordered across Europe starting March 16 and according to Audi officials, the flagship SUV’s second generation will be initially offered with a choice of two engines. Ingolstadt opened the order books for the new A...
Elon Musk Declares War On Range Anxiety On Twitter
16 Mar 2015, 10:34 UTC · By: Tudor Rus / Tesla Motors boss Elon Musk gave fanboys and potential customers a hint that the Model S electric sedan will be able to travel way more than before on a single charge. Musk’s tweet mentions that Tesla Motors will hold a press conference th...
2017 Mercedes E-Class Spotted Showing New Design Details
16 Mar 2015, 09:51 UTC · By: Tudor Rus / We could say that one facelift does not come alone for Mercedes-Benz since besides the upcoming refreshed SL, the company wearing the three-pointed star is also taking care of the executive flavor in its range by working on the new 2017 E-Class. ...
Mercedes-Benz SL Facelift Spied Up Close And Inside
16 Mar 2015, 08:59 UTC · By: Tudor Rus / Mercedes-Benz is making sure the upcoming SL facelift will get all it needs for a mid-life refreshment. We’re saying this because the roadster was spotted again wearing camouflage as it was leaving a Mercedes facility in Germany. Heavy cam...
Thunderbolt Is the Aston Martin Vanquish Dressed Like a Sir
15 Mar 2015, 11:15 UTC · By: Tudor Rus / The Aston Martin Vanquish caught Henrik Fisker's attention - after all, Fisker is a former Aston Martin designer - and the result is a new concept called Thunderbolt. Yesterday we saw how Galpin Auto Sports took the standard Mustang and tra...
The Rocket Is A Batmobile-Looking Ford Mustang From Galpin Auto Sports
14 Mar 2015, 08:25 UTC · By: Tudor Rus / O.M.G.! Galpin Auto Sports had something cooking up in the last few months but since no teasers surfaced, the surprise is even bigger because we're looking at a road-torpedo dressed like the Batmobile. GAS did unveil a concept at the ...