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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.
It's a Pain Getting a Title for an Abandoned Car in Illinois, Hoosiers Can Get It Faster
It's a Pain Getting a Title for an Abandoned Car in Illinois, Hoosiers Can Get It Faster

3 Oct 2021, 07:00 UTC · By: Tudor Serban / Some states are so afraid of scams and thefts that they make it hard even for law-abiding citizens to get the right papers for an abandoned car (such as the case for Illinois), but in Indiana things are way simpler. The fear of trafficking stole...

 
The Island of Abandoned Cars and the Potato State With Givaway Vehicles
The Island of Abandoned Cars and the Potato State With Givaway Vehicles

1 Oct 2021, 21:40 UTC · By: Tudor Serban / Hawaii might not sink that soon due to tidal waves, but it might be clogged with unwanted vehicles, which authorities are trying to sell with little success, while in Idaho, a court order could make you the proud owner of the junk left to rot on yo...

 
You Can Get a Finder’s Title in Florida, But Georgia Will Make Your Life a Mess
You Can Get a Finder’s Title in Florida, But Georgia Will Make Your Life a Mess

1 Oct 2021, 11:39 UTC · By: Tudor Serban / With so many floods and hurricanes crossing Florida, you shouldn't be surprised if you find a car in your yard after such an event, but there are slim chances the same will happen in Georgia, and, perhaps, that’s why the Georgians don�...

 
Kiss Goodbye the Relics From Connecticut, Sit and Wait for a Year in Delaware
Kiss Goodbye the Relics From Connecticut, Sit and Wait for a Year in Delaware

30 Sep 2021, 14:09 UTC · By: Tudor Serban / For understandable reasons, local authorities want to get rid of the rotting relics from the sides of the roads, streets, and even private properties, and they try to get them and as fast as they can. The roads to titling an abandoned car led us...

 
Dubai Taxi Is Charging Toward an AI-Enabled Fleet With Help From BlueWave-AI
Dubai Taxi Is Charging Toward an AI-Enabled Fleet With Help From BlueWave-AI

29 Sep 2021, 14:53 UTC · By: Tudor Serban / Dubai is one of the biggest attractions for tourists around the world, and they all need transportation when they get there, so taking a taxi might be the easiest way. While the white Rolls-Royces await rich tourists from the Burj Al Arab hotel,...

 
California and Colorado, Not the Easiest Places to Title a Barn Find
California and Colorado, Not the Easiest Places to Title a Barn Find

29 Sep 2021, 11:15 UTC · By: Tudor Serban / Despite their opposite landscapes, California and Colorado share rules of titling a vehicle so rigid that it makes you wonder why couldn't they make things as relaxed as in other states; yet, it is not impossible to get a title for an abandone...

 
In Less Than Two Months You Can Title an Abandoned Car in Arizona or Arkansas
In Less Than Two Months You Can Title an Abandoned Car in Arizona or Arkansas

28 Sep 2021, 13:28 UTC · By: Tudor Serban / Both Arizona and Arkansas have the "finders keepers" rule, and that's satisfaction for everyone who finds an abandoned vehicle there. But there is a catch, and you have to know it. Or suffer the consequences. Abandoned cars are po...

 
How to Legally Get Possession of Abandoned Vehicles in Alabama and Alaska
How to Legally Get Possession of Abandoned Vehicles in Alabama and Alaska

27 Sep 2021, 14:08 UTC · By: Tudor Serban / Sometimes we see a vehicle that looks abandoned on the side of the road or in the middle of nowhere and we might think that it could be a treasure in our garage. Yet that’s not always the case. Most cars that now litter our yards, fields, ...

 
Here Are the First Steps on Restoring a Barn-Find, and a Few Costly Mistakes to Avoid
Here Are the First Steps on Restoring a Barn-Find, and a Few Costly Mistakes to Avoid

26 Sep 2021, 07:39 UTC · By: Tudor Serban / For some people, restoring a barn-find is a very easy task: pick up the phone, call the local shop, and they will do the rest. But for a true car enthusiast, discovering the bits and pieces of their relic is true moment of joy. We covered in a f...

 
This Is How You Can Get a Title for a Relic, and Why You Have to Do That Before Restoring
This Is How You Can Get a Title for a Relic, and Why You Have to Do That Before Restoring

25 Sep 2021, 16:33 UTC · By: Tudor Serban / Finding a car in a barn is a difficult job, but before you’ll celebrate the acquisition and get it back in its full glory, take care of the paperwork so you won’t lose it. We already told you in previous articles about how to get an ...

 
This Is How You Can Get an Abandoned Car, and Not Spend a Night in Jail for Stealing It
This Is How You Can Get an Abandoned Car, and Not Spend a Night in Jail for Stealing It

24 Sep 2021, 15:21 UTC · By: Tudor Serban / If you're not up for a ride with the boys in blue, then don't just grab that Charger you found on your newly purchased property to turn it into a new restoration project. Read this first. We all know that it is illegal to abandon a car...

 
Here’s the Road to Your Next Barn-Find, and the Start Your Next Restoration Project
Here’s the Road to Your Next Barn-Find, and the Start Your Next Restoration Project

23 Sep 2021, 15:49 UTC · By: Tudor Serban / While some car relics can be revived, others might not be worthy, but they could be donors and save other vehicles, true treasures - and we would love to see more success stories about saved vehicles. Over the years, the term “barn-find&rd...

 
Take a Trip to Georgia Next Month, Watch the A-10 Thunderbolt in Action
Take a Trip to Georgia Next Month, Watch the A-10 Thunderbolt in Action

22 Sep 2021, 14:29 UTC · By: Tudor Serban / The A-10 Thunderbolt is a close-air-support attack aircraft, and it is not a common view at airshows, except for the A-10 Demonstration Flight Team. On October 30-31, four members of the A-10 Demo Team will attend the Wings Over Georgia Air Show...

 
There Is a Judge Waiting for You and You Might Not Want To Miss That Meeting
There Is a Judge Waiting for You and You Might Not Want To Miss That Meeting

21 Sep 2021, 10:06 UTC · By: Tudor Serban / While some other muscle cars are getting more attention, the GTO Judge is often forgotten, even though it could run the quarter-mile in 14 seconds or less. For starters, this Judge auctioned on the Mecum is a four-speed Ram Air III version. Of c...

 
NASA Will Land VIPER Next to the Moon's South Pole With Help From SpaceX Falcon-Heavy
NASA Will Land VIPER Next to the Moon's South Pole With Help From SpaceX Falcon-Heavy

21 Sep 2021, 07:43 UTC · By: Tudor Serban / Exploring the Moon was one of the biggest challenges for space scientists worldwide, but the Americans set a foot there first and are trying to keep that edge with more research about Earth's natural satellite. Drilling on Earth is familiar...

 
Jumping Over a Porsche Taycan Parked Between Snow Walls Is Not a Job for Everyone
Jumping Over a Porsche Taycan Parked Between Snow Walls Is Not a Job for Everyone

20 Sep 2021, 12:30 UTC · By: Tudor Serban / In 1960, the Porsche marketing department staged a stunt with a skier who jumped above a model 356 parked between building-sized snow walls, and now the carmaker has done it again. There is a word saying that a good story sells and a picture is ...

 
Doug DeMuro Reveals His Model Cars, and a Few of Them Are Expensive
Doug DeMuro Reveals His Model Cars, and a Few of Them Are Expensive

19 Sep 2021, 21:59 UTC · By: Tudor Serban / I never met a car enthusiast that didn’t have any model car at home, and I met a few who had hundreds of them, but Doug DeMuro plays in a different league. While most car-model collectors keep their models pristine in a secured area, or ma...

 
This Is Why the Defiant X Will Make Other Helicopters Looks Outdated and Slow
This Is Why the Defiant X Will Make Other Helicopters Looks Outdated and Slow

19 Sep 2021, 07:04 UTC · By: Tudor Serban / The U.S. Army will have to decide which helicopter will use in the future, and the Defiant X offered by Boeing-Sikorsky has some aces up its sleeves. When most children had a Lamborghini Countach picture on their walls, I had an awesome Aerospat...

 
Hyundai and Boston Dynamics Developed a Robot to Keep Factories Secured After Hours
Hyundai and Boston Dynamics Developed a Robot to Keep Factories Secured After Hours

17 Sep 2021, 13:28 UTC · By: Tudor Serban / Since the lack of personnel is a hard truth for most employers worldwide, Hyundai found a way to reduce its security staff, especially during after hours. While most guards that are working the night shifts are taking a nap every now and then, a...

 
Chrysler Airflow Lost the Battle Against a Carriage Wagon but Remained in History Books
Chrysler Airflow Lost the Battle Against a Carriage Wagon but Remained in History Books

10 Sep 2021, 22:00 UTC · By: Tudor Serban / Chrysler tried to revolutionize the car industry by creating a unibody construction and bodywork streamlined and studied in a wind tunnel with the help of an aviation pioneer. In its quest to create faster cars, Chrysler engineers realized that...

 

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