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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.
Former Gold, Now Orange Camaro From the Mile-High City, Is Looking for a Driver
Former Gold, Now Orange Camaro From the Mile-High City, Is Looking for a Driver

25 Jul 2022, 21:46 UTC · By: Tudor Serban / This Camaro had a different color than it wore when it left the factory in 1969, and yet, this doesn't matter anymore if you'll see it and hear it down the streets. Moreover, it spent its last five years in Colorado, where the dry air kep...

 
Former Ambulance Now Campervan Is Ready To Travel; It Comes With Its Own Kayak!
Former Ambulance Now Campervan Is Ready To Travel; It Comes With Its Own Kayak!

23 Jul 2022, 23:03 UTC · By: Tudor Serban / Suppose you think that you only need a luxurious RV to travel all year long. In that case, you might be wrong, as the seller of this former ambulance transformed into a camper proves. Moreover, it comes with a motorbike rack at the back. The bike&#...

 
Waiting for the New Lexus RX Might Be Painfully Long and Not That Worthy
Waiting for the New Lexus RX Might Be Painfully Long and Not That Worthy

22 Jul 2022, 22:12 UTC · By: Tudor Serban / Suppose you want to impress your neighbors with your new, top-spec Lexus RX model, and you order it today; when will it come? Most probably next year. So the big question is if it is worth waiting for it that long or if the current model that is ph...

 
1968 Camaro Lightly Restomod Sold for Less Than You Might Think
1968 Camaro Lightly Restomod Sold for Less Than You Might Think

20 Jul 2022, 22:52 UTC · By: Tudor Serban / Restoring and upgrading an old vehicle with modern parts is known as restomod, but there is no rule about how much you have to change or a precise classification for them, leaving a vast margin of gray between a fully-modernized vehicle and a numbe...

 
Numbers-Matching Open-Top Camaro Is Waiting for the Summer; 2023 Summer
Numbers-Matching Open-Top Camaro Is Waiting for the Summer; 2023 Summer

19 Jul 2022, 21:58 UTC · By: Tudor Serban / At first sight, you might consider that this car should be just tossed away or be converted into one of the most expensive bathtubs in Massachusetts. Yet, a good eye will know if it's a money-maker or a lousy business. Chevrolet produced al...

 
1962 Ford Thunderbird Spent 25 Years in a Barn; It's Almost Ready To Impress
1962 Ford Thunderbird Spent 25 Years in a Barn; It's Almost Ready To Impress

18 Jul 2022, 21:54 UTC · By: Tudor Serban / After spending almost 25 years in a barn, this T-Bird from Arkansas is ready to meet the world without any rust, with low mileage, and with a smooth, roaring V8 under the hood. Some people will never understand how satisfying it is to drive a ca...

 
Despite Losing Its Heart, This Lincoln Never Lost Its Hope
Despite Losing Its Heart, This Lincoln Never Lost Its Hope

17 Jul 2022, 21:21 UTC · By: Tudor Serban / After WWII, Lincoln resumed production for civilian vehicles, and one of its most important cars was the successor of the Zephyr range, albeit it didn't sport that nameplate anymore, even though it was the same car, and it hosted the same magn...

 
All-Original Pontiac LeMans Is Up for Grabs at No Reserve, Just Don't Pop the Hood
All-Original Pontiac LeMans Is Up for Grabs at No Reserve, Just Don't Pop the Hood

14 Jul 2022, 22:45 UTC · By: Tudor Serban / Born in the middle of the muscle-car era, the second generation of the Pontiac Tempest LeMans was aimed at those looking for more style and luxurious items than high-performance V8s under the hood, even though later on, the carmaker added the more ...

 
Pristine Looking, One of 64 Skyline GT-R V-Spec N1 Is Up for Grabs
Pristine Looking, One of 64 Skyline GT-R V-Spec N1 Is Up for Grabs

13 Jul 2022, 22:45 UTC · By: Tudor Serban / Leave everything behind and go to the bank if you want to make more money on a car while still enjoying it. This Skyline GT-R V-Spec N1 is not just rare; it's a unicorn that was on top of the JDM food chain in the mid-90s. Nissan introduced...

 
1968 GTO Is Up for Grabs, and It Can Still Smoke Its Tires
1968 GTO Is Up for Grabs, and It Can Still Smoke Its Tires

12 Jul 2022, 22:34 UTC · By: Tudor Serban / The seller of this gorgeous 1968 Pontiac GTO doesn't seem very pleased to sell his car, after all the money he spent on it and, perhaps, the tires he smoked. But at least the buyer will enjoy driving it. It could be your daily. Pontiac laun...

 
Thanks to New Funding, May Mobility Gets More Traction in the Autonomous Vehicle Segment
Thanks to New Funding, May Mobility Gets More Traction in the Autonomous Vehicle Segment

12 Jul 2022, 21:08 UTC · By: Tudor Serban / May Mobility is one of the leading companies in developing and deploying autonomous vehicles. Thanks to new funding and its partnership with Toyota, it can expand its testing program on U.S. soil by the end of this year. The race for the autonom...

 
Boeing Plays Big at the Farnborough International Airshow With a Whole Fleet of Aircraft
Boeing Plays Big at the Farnborough International Airshow With a Whole Fleet of Aircraft

11 Jul 2022, 11:50 UTC · By: Tudor Serban / This month, at the Farnborough International Airshow, Boeing comes in full force with a range of aircraft that starts with the small Wisk Aero, a pilotless, all-electric taxi, and goes up to its newest passenger airplanes such as the 737 MAX and 77...

 
You Can Turn This Barn Find Into a Money-Making Machine if You Have the Skills
You Can Turn This Barn Find Into a Money-Making Machine if You Have the Skills

8 Jul 2022, 22:33 UTC · By: Tudor Serban / This is what the concept of a minivan looked like back in 1936 when Ford made this DeLuxe Station wagon with a wooden bodywork in the back, and after forty years, this car came out of dry storage and is ready to meet its restorer. Ford introduc...

 
Not Completely Numbers Matching, but 100 Percent Attractive '69 Le Mans Blue Camaro SS
Not Completely Numbers Matching, but 100 Percent Attractive '69 Le Mans Blue Camaro SS

8 Jul 2022, 07:18 UTC · By: Tudor Serban / Chevrolet prepared for the introduction of the Camaro's second generation, but various problems forced it to keep the '69 model year longer than expected, and this Le Mans Blue example that you see here benefited from that. With the in...

 
Artists, Sharpen Your Pencils for the 2022 Polestar Global Design Contest!
Artists, Sharpen Your Pencils for the 2022 Polestar Global Design Contest!

7 Jul 2022, 10:58 UTC · By: Tudor Serban / Even though the first drawings in our lives started with a pencil on a piece of paper or with chalk on a wall, digital skills are required in today's design environment. Now, Polestar is looking for a few designers to give them a prize and pro...

 
Upgraded Red F-150 SVT Lightning Is Ready To Find a New Home
Upgraded Red F-150 SVT Lightning Is Ready To Find a New Home

6 Jul 2022, 23:09 UTC · By: Tudor Serban / Some people have already forgotten the F-150 SVT Lightning, and they might get shocked by how easily this truck can smoke its rear tires and most of the cars in traffic, and it's anything but subtle. Ford launched the second generation of t...

 
Former Mustang Show Winner Now Cheaper Than Its Newest Heir
Former Mustang Show Winner Now Cheaper Than Its Newest Heir

5 Jul 2022, 22:34 UTC · By: Tudor Serban / We all know that finding a new drop-top Mustang is not an easy task, especially if you want to buy it with its MSRP, and that might give us an idea to look somewhere in the past when the original pony car was the hottest drop-top on the market. ...

 
Numbers Matching California Camaro Needs Some Minor Repairs, or Just Drive It As Is
Numbers Matching California Camaro Needs Some Minor Repairs, or Just Drive It As Is

4 Jul 2022, 22:41 UTC · By: Tudor Serban / Finding a rust-free 1969 Camaro with the original frame on it is a challenging task, but the car that you see here spent most of its life in Colorado and Arizona, so you don't have to worry about rust. But it needs some fixes. Or not. Chevr...

 
Play Lego at the Highest Level With This Dismantled, All Numbers Matching Charger 440 R/T
Play Lego at the Highest Level With This Dismantled, All Numbers Matching Charger 440 R/T

2 Jul 2022, 23:30 UTC · By: Tudor Serban / Care for a real-life Lego? Then this all numbers-matching 1970 Dodge Charger 440 R/T might be the biggest challenge for your assembling skills, but get ready for some fixes here and there. Dodge introduced the second generation of the Charger in...

 
The Campulance Is the Afterlife of an Ambulance That Made It Into a Capable RV
The Campulance Is the Afterlife of an Ambulance That Made It Into a Capable RV

1 Jul 2022, 22:57 UTC · By: Tudor Serban / A retired ambulance might be more valuable than you'd thought, especially if it is converted into a capable RV that can serve as a home away from home. Heck! It might be your only home on wheels! Scott, the Campulance guy, is not your avera...

 

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