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.
This Is How the Bugatti Veyron's Engine Was Manually Assembled
14 Mar 2015, 08:23 UTC · By: Tudor Rus / Alright, the Bugatti Veyron just went from supercar to legend as the last one - La Finale - was sold and displayed at the 2015 Geneva Motor Show. However, there's a great legacy left behind by the Veyron that never ceases to amaze. When the...
A Simple Guide to Lexus’ First 2.0-Liter Turbo Petrol Engine
13 Mar 2015, 15:00 UTC · By: Tudor Rus / Lexus launched their first turbocharged petrol engine bound to equip the European NX 200t. Since this is a premiere for Toyota’s luxury arm, we thought that a complete guide to this new 2.0-liter turbo engine would be a good and useful read. ...
2016 Mitsubishi Outlander Revealed In First, Sort Of, Teaser Photo
13 Mar 2015, 13:15 UTC · By: Tudor Rus / Mitsubishi is a company with big plans for the future and most of them are tied around the upcoming 2016 Outlander. The SUV will make a debut during the 2015 New York Auto Show next month, but until then, we’ve had a few encounters with it. ...
Porsche Sold 45,000 Macan SUVs Last Year, Reports 17.2 Billion Euro Revenue
13 Mar 2015, 12:18 UTC · By: Tudor Rus / With only six months or so from its official debut, Porsche’s Macan SUV managed to become the brand’s MVP in terms of sales and once again, save the company due to a good market performance in 2014. Porsche’s recipe worked like...
Toyota Aygo Receives Quad Exhaust, Looks Ready to Kick Some Ass
13 Mar 2015, 10:30 UTC · By: Tudor Rus / Toyota created the Aygo for a purpose: urban roaming and fun factor delivery to the person behind the wheel. But as far as tuners are concerned, the Aygo has a greater future ahead of it involving a much more aggressive attitude. German tuner Mu...
2016 Chevrolet Spark Reveals Its Interior Before April Debut
13 Mar 2015, 09:29 UTC · By: Tudor Rus / It was only a few days ago when Chevrolet dropped the first teaser photo semi-revealing the 2016 Chevrolet Spark’s exterior design. Now, we get a glimpse at the car’s interior, thanks to a photo that surfaced on a South-Korean website. ...
Toyota Aygo X-Wave Punishes Weather Reporters for Bad Predictions
13 Mar 2015, 08:47 UTC · By: Tudor Rus / We really can’t think of Toyota as a mean brand, going around in leather clothes and punishing people for making small errors. The new Aygo X-Wave however, had other things in mind in Toyota’s latest ad. They made songs and even movi...
Mikko Hirvonen Drifts the Mercedes-AMG GT S On a Frozen Lake
12 Mar 2015, 16:34 UTC · By: Tudor Rus / The Mercedes-AMG GT S is good at many things, even drifting, provided the one behind the wheels know what he’s doing. But drifting on a frozen lake requires a special type of talent, which means a special kind of driver must be summoned. I...
Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Shows Bad to the Bone Attitude
12 Mar 2015, 15:59 UTC · By: Tudor Rus / Only 100 units will be built, but that is nothing new for a brand with Aston Martin’s image and self-esteem. However, such a track beast is indeed a bit eerie for the company that provided stylish cars for Agent 007, the world’s most fa...
2015 Mercedes-Benz C-Class Coupe Likely to Debut in Frankfurt
12 Mar 2015, 15:03 UTC · By: Tudor Rus / 2014 was a busy year for Mercedes-Benz, but this year is looking to equal if not overpass that. We saw some of Mercedes-Benz’s weapons of choice in Geneva, but the Stuttgart-based carmakers has big plans ahead. And they include the new C-Clas...
Tesla Model S P85D Delivery Time Is Down to 20 Days
12 Mar 2015, 13:38 UTC · By: Tudor Rus / Tesla Motors sure knows how to keep its wealthiest clients happy by adopting an interesting strategy regarding deliveries. In that respect, the Californian carmaker is handing over its top-of-the-line versions faster, in comparison to its less pric...
Is This the Upcoming 2016 Toyota Corolla Facelift?
12 Mar 2015, 12:32 UTC · By: Tudor Rus / The ongoing Toyota Corolla has been around for more than a year, which means that normally, it would take another year or so until we get to see the facelifted version. However, Toyota released a video that might prove us wrong. Nope, we’r...
Toyota Is Recalling Another 112,500 Vehicles In the United States
12 Mar 2015, 09:33 UTC · By: Tudor Rus / Toyota Motor Sales USA announced that it will conduct a new recall campaign on around 112,500 US vehicles due to possible safety issues. Here comes another flat tire for Toyota as its United States arm will be recalling 2,500 RAV4 EV cars built ...
Two Bugatti Veyrons Racing at Over 200 MPH Are Too Scary to Watch
12 Mar 2015, 08:08 UTC · By: Tudor Rus / There are few roads left that don’t bother with speed limits and most of them are in Germany. This means that during a trip on the autobahn, one is likely to see a decent number of supercars flying by. But not two Bugatti Veyrons racing each ...
Tesla’s Supercharger Network Reaches Almost 400 Charging Stations
11 Mar 2015, 10:26 UTC · By: Tudor Rus / Tesla Motors has a cure for range anxiety in case the Model S is not successful in putting owners’ minds at ease. They call it Supercharger and the network is about to hit the 400 charging units mark. Tesla’s strategy regarding Super...
Is This Porsche 356 E Concept the All-Electric Car Porsche Needs?
11 Mar 2015, 09:25 UTC · By: Tudor Rus / Just like many carmakers at the moment, Porsche has only been scratching the surface in terms of alternative powertrains. But for Porsche, the apex of such experiments turned out to be a state-of-the-art sports hybrid - the 918 Spyder. They also...
Audi Drops First Teaser Picture of the New Q6 Electric Vehicle
10 Mar 2015, 17:08 UTC · By: Tudor Rus / Audi just released the first official rendering showing their upcoming Q6 electric SUV, which means competition for Tesla Motors is about to heat up, but not in the near future. For now, this is all Audi gives away but we’re sure there&rsq...
Porsche Exclusive Has Fresh Goodies for the Macan, Cayenne and Panamera Models
10 Mar 2015, 16:02 UTC · By: Tudor Rus / Porsche Exclusive is once again doing what they do best. That is adding expensive things to an already expensive car, all for satisfying the customer’s needs. This time, it’s a new rear seat entertainment system. It looks like Porsch...
Spyshots: Future Citroen Compact Sedan Spotted During Winter Testing
10 Mar 2015, 14:46 UTC · By: Tudor Rus / There’s a ‘mysterious’ Citroen sedan lurking around wearing camouflage and our carparazzi spotted the test prototype during cold weather testing in Sweden, a month after the same car was photographed in Spain. Pictures show the...
Tesla Motors Is Looking to Recruit Students For Its Gigafactory
10 Mar 2015, 13:45 UTC · By: Tudor Rus / Elon Musk is not only making the world a greener place but he is also looking to recruit students and invest in them by giving them the chance of joining Tesla Motors. Tesla Motors is hunting for top talent and the best place to do that is right...