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Tudor Serban

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Tudor has been connected to cars since he was 5, when he began working on them, and his first driving lesson left parallel tire marks on the street. In 1996, while still in Journalism school, he started to write about cars. One year later he discovered his true calling when he began writing for a small car-magazine, and since then most of his career has been car-related.

He has a passion for old cars and thinks that the real ones were made up until the year 2000. As a journalist he went to various events around the world, covering races, new-car launches, international testings, and interviewing CEOs from big car companies.

His passion for cars took him from the heights of Pikes Peaks to the Moroccan desert, from 2 mph off-road trials to the corkscrew of Laguna Seca. He still doesn't completely understand electric cars and considers them not to be the true future, but only a step toward the future. A future where, sadly, petrolheads like him will be outlaws.

He published thousands of articles in over 20 years and still enjoys it. He joined the autoevolution team in 2020 and he is tasked with digging up info about forgotten cars and stories about once famous vehicles.
When the Cat Escaped From the Blue-Oval Court and Roared Again
When the Cat Escaped From the Blue-Oval Court and Roared Again

16 Dec 2021, 12:59 UTC · By: Tudor Serban / The story of the F-Type started when the final E-Type left the assembly lines back in 1975, and it took a long, painful road to the final unveiling at the Paris Motor Show in 2012, a road that included a few attempts of revival. Some concept car...

 
Next Time You Want a Porsche Part, It Might Be 3D-Printed With OEM Specifications
Next Time You Want a Porsche Part, It Might Be 3D-Printed With OEM Specifications

14 Dec 2021, 14:07 UTC · By: Tudor Serban / Ever since I've heard about the first tool printed into space, a spanner, I wondered why there aren't any printers able to produce the small part that I needed for my car, which was available for delivery in at least one week. But if I...

 
This Audi Changed the Motorsport History Forever and It's a Rare Find on the Streets
This Audi Changed the Motorsport History Forever and It's a Rare Find on the Streets

14 Dec 2021, 01:02 UTC · By: Tudor Serban / Audi was not the first carmaker that made the all-wheel drive cars that were not SUVs, but it was the first who was able to push them on the market and revolutionize racing with the Quattro, demolishing the competition on the rally stages. Back ...

 
You May Try This if You Want to Plant the Cars' Seeds in Your Child's Brain
You May Try This if You Want to Plant the Cars' Seeds in Your Child's Brain

13 Dec 2021, 12:22 UTC · By: Tudor Serban / Ettore Bugatti built a half-scaled Type 35 roadster for his son Roland in 1926 with help from Jean Bugatti, and it was a masterpiece powered by an electric motor, and that's why this 2021 Bugatti Baby is named II While some people are still...

 
Honda Is Charging the Electric Car Market With a New Brand, Three Concept Cars, and an SUV
Honda Is Charging the Electric Car Market With a New Brand, Three Concept Cars, and an SUV

12 Dec 2021, 11:39 UTC · By: Tudor Serban / Honda made a decisive step towards electric mobility when it launched the Honda e city vehicle, which was considered too expensive for the market, yet it managed to surprise with its high-tech features. But that was only the beginning of the carmak...

 
Mercedes-Benz Drive Pilot Knows When Your Continent Is on the Move
Mercedes-Benz Drive Pilot Knows When Your Continent Is on the Move

11 Dec 2021, 16:46 UTC · By: Tudor Serban / Mercedes-Benz has always been at the forefront of technology, and safety was among its top priorities. It continues to be so with the introduction of the Drive Pilot system, which has already received international approval for conditionally-assist...

 
The Only Cizeta Moroder V16T Is for Sale Again, After Its Maker Passed Away This Year
The Only Cizeta Moroder V16T Is for Sale Again, After Its Maker Passed Away This Year

10 Dec 2021, 12:25 UTC · By: Tudor Serban / RM Sotheby's received the Cizeta Moroder V16 T prototype earlier this year, but the seller took it back before the auction. Now, the seller tries again, and the car is going under the hammer on the 2022 February 27 auction. But what is Ciz...

 
World's First Approval for Conditional Level 3 Automated Driving Goes to Mercedes-Benz
World's First Approval for Conditional Level 3 Automated Driving Goes to Mercedes-Benz

9 Dec 2021, 14:13 UTC · By: Tudor Serban / The German carmaker is one step closer to fully autonomous driving after it received the Level 3 certification for the Mercedes-Benz S-Class equipped with the DRIVE PILOT starting with the first half of 2022. Mercedes-Benz was always at the fore...

 
Next Year, This Minivan Will Buzz You Around and You'll Love It
Next Year, This Minivan Will Buzz You Around and You'll Love It

8 Dec 2021, 15:28 UTC · By: Tudor Serban / Launching a new product is difficult for any carmaker and, when the new model is considered a successor of an iconic vehicle, it's even worse, and makes the top brass fear for their seats in the high-tower. And the next Volkswagen Bulli is the...

 
This Special Buick Electra 225 Limo Might Be the Last of Its Kind, and It's for Sale
This Special Buick Electra 225 Limo Might Be the Last of Its Kind, and It's for Sale

8 Dec 2021, 00:45 UTC · By: Tudor Serban / Buick retracted the Electra nameplate in 1961 and left only the Electra 225 in its lineup, and it was the most luxurious car in its stable. GM thought it could offer the vehicle as a limousine for the rich and famous of those days, but it didn'...

 
ICE-T, the V8-Powered Tesla Driven on the Road Creates Confusion and Appreciation
ICE-T, the V8-Powered Tesla Driven on the Road Creates Confusion and Appreciation

6 Dec 2021, 09:27 UTC · By: Tudor Serban / Unless you've been asleep for the last couple of months, you would know that there's a bunch of crazy YouTubers who actually installed a V8 inside a Tesla and unveiled it at the SEMA Show, making EV fans explode in various words, which we...

 
The grandsphere Offers a Glimpse Into the Future of Audi's Flagship Sedan
The grandsphere Offers a Glimpse Into the Future of Audi's Flagship Sedan

5 Dec 2021, 08:47 UTC · By: Tudor Serban / This car is definitely a glimpse into the future of the automotive industry, and Audi made it to show what it is capable of and, of course, to brag about its ideas about how it considers a premium car should look. It's promising. Sure, some...

 
Finding a Fit-for-Rescue Impala Is Not an Easy Job, Here Are Some Tips
Finding a Fit-for-Rescue Impala Is Not an Easy Job, Here Are Some Tips

2 Dec 2021, 15:23 UTC · By: Tudor Serban / Even though the Impala was the first American car that was produced in more than one million units in a single year, it doesn't mean that you may easily find one in good condition and at a low price; yet, there might be one of them out there w...

 
BMW Garmisch, the Rebirth of an Iconic Concept Car
BMW Garmisch, the Rebirth of an Iconic Concept Car

1 Dec 2021, 13:56 UTC · By: Tudor Serban / Almost five decades after its official presentation, the Garmisch was unveiled again, but this time as a recreation made by the carmaker's design studio. It was an ambitious plan led by Adrian van Hooydonk, Senior Vice President of BMW Group D...

 
Doug DeMuro Can't Drive the 2022 Range Rover, yet He Finds It Unique
Doug DeMuro Can't Drive the 2022 Range Rover, yet He Finds It Unique

30 Nov 2021, 23:58 UTC · By: Tudor Serban / A new generation of a Range Rover is something special since the British brand doesn't change them too often or, as Doug DeMuro noticed, you have to wait for almost a decade to see a brand new model. Starting above the $100,000 mark, the 20...

 
These Lamborghini Leather Items Are Made in Time for Winter Holiday Season
These Lamborghini Leather Items Are Made in Time for Winter Holiday Season

30 Nov 2021, 16:32 UTC · By: Tudor Serban / When it comes to accessories, the carmakers are producing some very fine items to go with the cars they build, and Lamborghini has a true history in making them. Unlike other carmakers, which are ordering them in some remote countries and asking...

 
Chrysler Promised a Cloud Number Nine Experience but Crash-Landed Faster Than Expected
Chrysler Promised a Cloud Number Nine Experience but Crash-Landed Faster Than Expected

30 Nov 2021, 15:36 UTC · By: Tudor Serban / Chrysler had quite a few dreamers in its design office and managed to pull some astonishing concept cars at the beginning of the '90s, and the Cirrus was one of them, which pointed toward the cab-forward concept evolution. Yet, the result was ...

 
1,340 Horses and 16 Cylinders Heated Up a Cold Airstrip in This Huracan vs. GT 2 RS Race
1,340 Horses and 16 Cylinders Heated Up a Cold Airstrip in This Huracan vs. GT 2 RS Race

30 Nov 2021, 11:03 UTC · By: Tudor Serban / When you have a fresh set of tires on your Lamborghini Huracan STO, the best way to use them is by racing, not by roaming around town, and if you have to compete, do it against a serious contender, such as the Porsche GT 2 RS. A few days ago, th...

 
The Mustang That Saved the Pony Car
The Mustang That Saved the Pony Car

27 Nov 2021, 16:46 UTC · By: Tudor Serban / Ford introduced the Fox-body Mustang on the assembly lines in 1978, and when it tried to replace it in the mid-'80s with a front-wheel drive platform, the public's reaction was bad - that convinced the Blue Oval's management to postp...

 
The Rise and Fall of the Retro-Styled PT Cruiser
The Rise and Fall of the Retro-Styled PT Cruiser

25 Nov 2021, 16:44 UTC · By: Tudor Serban / At an official level, Chrysler said that the PT Cruiser has its roots in the 1997 CCV concept car. Yet, that's hard to believe since there were no plastic panels, no affordable price, and, thankfully, not that hideous design. But when it said ...

 

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