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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.
Beautifully Restored 1936 Ford Custom Pickup Flexes Its Muscles, Has Three Pedals
Beautifully Restored 1936 Ford Custom Pickup Flexes Its Muscles, Has Three Pedals

3 Nov 2021, 00:19 UTC · By: Tudor Serban / This kind of car shows a distinct personality and provides more than just a strong image of a legendary vehicle; it is that kind of build that can express its feelings. After the Great Depression, car companies started to get back on their feet,...

 
Tuning Session 101: Let’s Take a Brake, and Improve It
Tuning Session 101: Let’s Take a Brake, and Improve It

2 Nov 2021, 13:58 UTC · By: Tudor Serban / For my first skiing lesson, the trainer told me that you can't gain confidence in sliding before knowing how to stop, and I still owe him a few drinks for that. It's the same situation with a tuned car: you can't get confidence in it...

 
This Viper Could Embarrass Any Ferrari From Its Era, It Still Pulls Hard on the Drag Strip
This Viper Could Embarrass Any Ferrari From Its Era, It Still Pulls Hard on the Drag Strip

2 Nov 2021, 12:10 UTC · By: Tudor Serban / Lingenfelter was a long-time specialist for prepping Corvettes, and it was a complete surprise when it showed up with this monster Viper that could eat the track-oriented Ferrari 360 Challenge for breakfast. Back in the early 2000s, any car that...

 
Tuning Session 101: Let’s Talk About Some Wheels and Suspension
Tuning Session 101: Let’s Talk About Some Wheels and Suspension

1 Nov 2021, 12:10 UTC · By: Tudor Serban / Tuning the car in an old-fashioned way in your garage might be done even today. That would work up to a certain level, where a skilled professional mechanic will have to step in. But up to that level, it is a job that two pairs of hands and a compl...

 
Building a Porsche 550-Spyder Replica Is Always a Good Idea When It’s Done Right
Building a Porsche 550-Spyder Replica Is Always a Good Idea When It’s Done Right

31 Oct 2021, 23:27 UTC · By: Tudor Serban / This early roadster from Porsche history was famed for two things: performance on the track and the death of James Dean. But it was the 90-units limited production that made it such a desired vehicle and with so many replicas. With the Porsche 5...

 
This Is One of the Most Famous American Fighters Ever, It Grounded Luftwaffe in WWII
This Is One of the Most Famous American Fighters Ever, It Grounded Luftwaffe in WWII

31 Oct 2021, 09:57 UTC · By: Tudor Serban / With a kill ratio of 19 to 1, the NA P51 Mustang was one of the most-effective warbirds in WWII, cleared Europe's sky, and paved the path for the V-Day in 1945. This is the story of one of the most famous American aircraft ever made. Despit...

 
This Killing Machine Defied the Odds and Became the Backbone of the German Air Force
This Killing Machine Defied the Odds and Became the Backbone of the German Air Force

30 Oct 2021, 08:46 UTC · By: Tudor Serban / After Hitler dismissed the 1919 Treaty of Versailles' prohibition on aircraft production, he quickly announced a call for a warbird and, despite all odds, Messerschmitt won against Arado, Heinkel, and Focke-Wulf. This is the story of the most ...

 
This Plane Traded a BMW Radial for a Daimler-Benz V12, Won the Hearts But Not the War
This Plane Traded a BMW Radial for a Daimler-Benz V12, Won the Hearts But Not the War

29 Oct 2021, 14:43 UTC · By: Tudor Serban / When Nazi overlords favored the Messerschmitt factory over the Focke-Wulf, it was another mistake that made them lose air superiority, and especially the Battle of Britain. Feared by Allied pilots, the Focke-Wulf FW-190 was also a respected airc...

 
This Supercar Was Born to Beat Ferrari at Its Own Game, Won a Battle But Lost the War
This Supercar Was Born to Beat Ferrari at Its Own Game, Won a Battle But Lost the War

28 Oct 2021, 13:31 UTC · By: Tudor Serban / It was unusual, and it still is, for a mass-market car producer to create a vehicle designed for enthusiasts. Still, Honda took the challenge, created the first Japanese supercar, and admitted that it was an experiment, hiding that in plain sight: ...

 
A Mobile Charging Station Might Be the Solution To Add Some Range to Your EV
A Mobile Charging Station Might Be the Solution To Add Some Range to Your EV

27 Oct 2021, 11:16 UTC · By: Tudor Serban / An electric car was considered a curiosity on the streets a while ago, and nowadays, you can't leave the house without seeing one. But these vehicles have their major downside: charging time. Cars with bigger batteries are a relief for thei...

 
From Racing to Overlanding and Street Use, Honda Has It All for the 2021 SEMA Show
From Racing to Overlanding and Street Use, Honda Has It All for the 2021 SEMA Show

27 Oct 2021, 09:53 UTC · By: Tudor Serban / Honda Performance Development (HPD) prepared a booth with seven vehicles for the 2021 SEMA Show in Las Vegas, and it will spark the imagination of various tuners around the world with the improvements brought to its hottest Civic Si. Also, the carm...

 
DeLorean Built a Supercar That Americans Didn't Want, and Now It Is Lost but Not Forgotten
DeLorean Built a Supercar That Americans Didn't Want, and Now It Is Lost but Not Forgotten

26 Oct 2021, 16:36 UTC · By: Tudor Serban / Back in the early '80s, Americans didn't have a proper, mid-ship engine, supercar. Sure, we had the 'Vettes, the 'Stangs, the Firebirds, and so on. But there was no proper supercar built by an American brand with the engine moun...

 
Let Your Kids Imagine the Car of Their Dreams, Toyota Will Give Them Prizes
Let Your Kids Imagine the Car of Their Dreams, Toyota Will Give Them Prizes

26 Oct 2021, 09:07 UTC · By: Tudor Serban / Ask your children what car they would like to drive tomorrow, make them draw it today, and in a few years, that dream might become a reality thanks to the Toyota design contest reserved for kids. In 2004, Toyota started this project not knowing ...

 
When a Rekoned Classic Car Manufacturer Does a Restomod, the Result Can Be Awesome
When a Rekoned Classic Car Manufacturer Does a Restomod, the Result Can Be Awesome

25 Oct 2021, 20:00 UTC · By: Tudor Serban / As of today, October 25, many areas in the UK have become a no-zone for older cars. A Land Rover specialist found a way to make the old SUVs less polluting and helped their owners drive them in areas where they wouldn't be allowed otherwise. ...

 
Outrageous or Not, This Honda S2000 Indeed Has Plenty of Torque After a Heart Transplant
Outrageous or Not, This Honda S2000 Indeed Has Plenty of Torque After a Heart Transplant

23 Oct 2021, 22:25 UTC · By: Tudor Serban / We already saw a few engine conversions and swaps of all kinds, but this Japanese warrior grabbed our attention when we saw that it doubled its number of cylinders and tripled its displacement. It's not a common sight by any means. When Hon...

 
The Fastest Plane of WWII Came Too Late to Make a Difference, But Changed Aviation
The Fastest Plane of WWII Came Too Late to Make a Difference, But Changed Aviation

23 Oct 2021, 08:25 UTC · By: Tudor Serban / While it wasn't the first jet-engined aircraft that flew, the ME-262 was the first operational jet-fighter. So many technical and political troubles struck its development that it began its career as a fighter plane way too late to make a diff...

 
Wisconsin and Wyoming Landowners May Keep Abandoned Cars With Help From the Law
Wisconsin and Wyoming Landowners May Keep Abandoned Cars With Help From the Law

22 Oct 2021, 13:31 UTC · By: Tudor Serban / While it looks pretty profitable to own a towing company, including because you can claim ownership of many abandoned cars, the truth is that most of those relics are just junk worth less than the value of their topped-up tanks. Towing companies...

 
Tips to Get a Title for an Abandoned Car in Washington and West Virginia
Tips to Get a Title for an Abandoned Car in Washington and West Virginia

21 Oct 2021, 14:14 UTC · By: Tudor Serban / Most of the time, cars abandoned on private properties are no longer in running order, and are so cheap the owner doesn't even care to fix them anymore, as these wrecks might not deserve a second chance. But there are also other things to cons...

 
Vermont and Virginia Found Easy Ways Out of the Abandoned Car Mess
Vermont and Virginia Found Easy Ways Out of the Abandoned Car Mess

20 Oct 2021, 13:36 UTC · By: Tudor Serban / Ever since we started this series of articles about how to title an abandoned vehicle, we told you that Vermont is a very good place to live in, and now we'll tell you why. Also, in Virginia, local authorities understood that by helping people...

 
Spitfire, the Hailed Hero From the Battle of Britain That Ruled European Skies
Spitfire, the Hailed Hero From the Battle of Britain That Ruled European Skies

19 Oct 2021, 15:55 UTC · By: Tudor Serban / Even nowadays, it is impossible for anyone who knows a bit of military aviation history to not recognize the famous Supermarine Spitfire from WWII, the aircraft that fought in the Battle of Britain, pushed back the mighty Luftwaffe (German Air Forc...

 

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