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.
2016 Audi R8 Officially Revealed with 610 HP V10 Engine and 205 MPH Top Speed
26 Feb 2015, 10:58 UTC · By: Tudor Rus / As it happens more and more often these days, one small official photo leak can throw off an entire pre-launch campaign, unless that particular leak isn’t a part of the campaign itself. Anyway, the big news is the all-new Audi R8 has been off...
Jaguar F-Type Coupe Will Wear a Startech Suit in Geneva
26 Feb 2015, 09:54 UTC · By: Tudor Rus / I shall begin by saying that Jaguar F-Type Coupe's design is more flawless than Beyonce but as it often happens with tuners, a stock look is not admissible. So here’s Startech, doing what it knows best with the British wild cat. ...
Pumped Up 1996 Toyota Supra, “Wild” Toyota Picnic Going For Auction
26 Feb 2015, 09:09 UTC · By: Tudor Rus / Ready your wallets and bid hearty, because Toyota is putting up for auction two models from its UK heritage collection and guess what: we’re not talking about the Corolla. We already told you about the Red Nose Day giggling Toyota Yaris, s...
Alfa Romeo Giulietta Collezione Revealed Before Geneva 2015
25 Feb 2015, 17:09 UTC · By: Tudor Rus / We don’t have a new car to show the world at the 2015 Geneva Motor Show? No biggie, we’ll just launch a special edition, said Alfa Romeo while creating the Giulietta Collezione, meant to refresh the compact five years after it made a de...
Workhorse Is the Tesla of Delivery Vans, Courtesy of Amp Electric
25 Feb 2015, 16:21 UTC · By: Tudor Rus / Delivery vans might find themselves face to face with a revolutionary movement after Amp Electric decided to try their luck and come up with a electrified commercial truck. But is this a viable option for the future of short-distance deliveries? ...
Chris Harris Drives the AMG C63 S, Calls It Torque Monster
25 Feb 2015, 14:45 UTC · By: Tudor Rus / Chris Harris had a new dilemma and managed to solve it by taking the Mercedes AMG C63 S for a spin in both road and track conditions, but his praises went straight to the new smaller-capacity turbo engine under the performance sedan’s saloon....
Audi TT Good for Only 4 Stars at Euro NCAP Safety Tests
25 Feb 2015, 13:43 UTC · By: Tudor Rus / A new year comes along with revised Euro NCAP safety tests and the Audi TT had the honor of being the first car tested under the tougher 2015 rating rules. But as the latest tests show, better safety ratings were not that popular on Audi’s Ne...
Mitsubishi XR-PHEV II Concept Is Headed to Geneva Motor Show 2015
25 Feb 2015, 12:45 UTC · By: Tudor Rus / Mitsubishi is going to display the Concept XR-PHEV II next week in Geneva, but before doing so, the carmaker from the Land of the Rising Sun is keeping speculation rolling with a photo-preview of the its hybrid crossover concept. After the two t...
This Guy Disses the Tesla Model S, Says It Is a Failure
25 Feb 2015, 11:05 UTC · By: Tudor Rus / Leaving aside the waves of (justified) praise from media and public alike, Elon Musk’s Tesla Motors also has to face the once-in-a-while strong criticism. Which means that there are still people out there thinking the company will eventually ...
How To Recharge a Tesla Model S On the Go, The Russian Way
25 Feb 2015, 09:38 UTC · By: Tudor Rus / And by “the Russian way” we mean connecting your state-of-the-art Tesla Model S to the back of a truck and simply letting it tow your fancy sedan along the road until your battery is charged and good to go. What would you do if your ...
Toyota i-Road EV Will Begin New Sharing Service in Tokyo
25 Feb 2015, 08:37 UTC · By: Tudor Rus / Along with London, Tokyo is trying hard to become one of the greenest capital cities in the world. But since this is Japan we’re talking about, you won’t see any Metrocab electric cars. Instead, the sharing service will use a fleet of t...
Apple Car Described to Perfection in Extremely Hilarious Parody Ad
24 Feb 2015, 17:04 UTC · By: Tudor Rus / Imagine a car where Apple’s Siri does all the driving for you or a car that can be personalized with silicone covers or maybe a car with sapphire crystal windshield. Yeah, it sure does sound like the Apple Car. Isn’t that cute? But i...
Fisker Karma Hybrid Could Be Resurrected as the 2016 Elux Karma
24 Feb 2015, 16:18 UTC · By: Tudor Rus / They are known to operate in the auto parts market but last year decided to buy Fisker Automotive’s assets in a bankruptcy auction. Now they want to drop the Fisker name and use Elux instead. We could speculate for hours about what Elux st...
EPA Releases Updated Guidelines On Passenger Vehicle MPG Testing
24 Feb 2015, 15:36 UTC · By: Tudor Rus / Automakers will have to adhere to new rules before conducting fuel-economy tests on new vehicles in an attempt to avoid misleading the public being misled by bogus miles-per-gallon ratings. Nobody likes it when automakers come forward with exagg...
2016 Mitsubishi i-MiEV Arrives at Dealers in March, Has New Touchscreen Navi System
24 Feb 2015, 14:33 UTC · By: Tudor Rus / What we reported last week about the rumors saying that Mitsubishi is looking to extend the i-MiEV affair with a launch scheduled in March turns out to be accurate, as the Japanese carmaker decided to spread the world about the 2016 i-MiEV. To b...
London’s Metrocab Electric Taxi is Offering Free Rides in Central London
24 Feb 2015, 13:24 UTC · By: Tudor Rus / London is one of the first capital cities in the world to realize that for green urban ares, local councils and governments must first find ways of turning public transportation into an emission-free affair. Therefore, they introduced the range-ext...
This Liberty Walk Nissan GT-R Shoot in Oahu is A Moving Volcano
24 Feb 2015, 12:31 UTC · By: Tudor Rus / “Godzilla was spotted in the Hawaiian Islands”. Here’s a headline that would have stirred either panic or excitement around the masses but for us petrolheads, it has a total different meaning. If you’re having even a smal...
Nissan Sway Concept Teased, Previews 2016 Nissan Micra
24 Feb 2015, 11:15 UTC · By: Tudor Rus / Nissan is looking to take their A-game into the small hatchback segment with the Nissan Sway concept, ready to meet the public at Geneva 2015. Which makes us wonder, are we looking at the new Nissan Micra? The dice have rolled for the Nissan Mi...
Take a Trip Into Toyota Mirai's Production Plant
24 Feb 2015, 10:27 UTC · By: Tudor Rus / Old models, new models, tables are turning and they all come and go as trends and carmakers see fit. Few know that when a new model is ready to play in the global automotive playground, preparation is everything if you want a job well done. And thi...
Mercedes-Benz is Recalling Over 147K E-Class and CLS-Class Models
24 Feb 2015, 09:15 UTC · By: Tudor Rus / MB USA announced the NHTSA (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) that it will be recalling certain E-Class and CLS-Class models in an attempt to resolve a recently discovered issue. You know the old saying "when it rains it pour...