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autoevolution's celebration month

2020 will not go down in history as humanity's worst year ever, as there have been plenty of those before.

Records will however show that it brought with it the biggest challenge our generation had to face. There's virtually no corner of this Earth left untouched by a plague that has completely reshaped our society - and probably more hurdles lie ahead.

But for the first time in months (and how dark those months have been, filled with fear and uncertainty), there seems to be light ahead. In a month's time, 2020 will be history and a new year will begin, hopefully bringing with it an end of the scourge and making this decade one worth living.

Historically, December has been a time for joy. Not even wars were powerful enough to dilute that warm feeling we get as Christmas and the New Year draw closer. How many stories of enemy soldiers spending Christmas together haven't we heard? How many journals detailing the hope each of them felt during this time of the year haven't we read?

2020 will have its Christmas too. Then the New Year will bring 2021 with it, and open the doors to a number of vaccines, new political leadership in key points around the globe, and, above all, the prospect of a new beginning.

2020 is ending, and we couldn't be happier that it does. For us here at autoevolution it's been as challenging as it was for all of you, our readers. Just like you, some of us caught the virus (myself included), others got depressed by the lockdowns, others worried all the time. But together we punched through it, and undoubtedly grew stronger.

There's only one month left in 2020, and we'll spend it not lamenting what was, but celebrating what will come. Despite all the troubles endured so far, and in anticipation of what’s to come, we here at autoevolution thus declare December 2020 to be Celebration Month. As such, we asked each of our editors to select a favorite topic and focus on that for the next four weeks. Look below to see who’s cooking what.

Finally, we thank you for being with us through all this, and here's to a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!



Celebration Month Topics
Alex Oagana - Mercedes-Benz
Andrei Tutu - Muscle Cars
Aurel Niculescu - Ford Bronco
Bogdan Popa - Smart Driving
Cristian Curmei - Urban Mobility
Daniel Patrascu - Pickup Trucks
Dragos Chitulescu - Drift Cars
Elena Gorgan - Luxury Transportation
Mihnea Radu - JDM
Mircea Panait - Chevrolet Corvette
Silvian Secara - Ducati
Tudor Serban - Classic Cars
Vlad Mitrache - Electric Vehicles
Vlad Radu - Ferrari

Editor's note: This special feature by autoevolution was not sponsored or supported by a third-party.
2005 Dodge Ram SRT-10 Yellow Fever Is a Disease We Wouldn’t Mind Catching
2005 Dodge Ram SRT-10 Yellow Fever Is a Disease We Wouldn’t Mind Catching

1 Dec 2020, 12:52 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / 2005 Dodge Ram SRT-10 Yellow Fever was a special version of the Viper V10-powered pickup truck, only 500 of them were made

 
Dare to Make That Safari Adventure Alongside This Roll-Caged 1976 Ford Bronco
Dare to Make That Safari Adventure Alongside This Roll-Caged 1976 Ford Bronco

1 Dec 2020, 12:11 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Tastefully restomodded to pristine specifications, this first-generation Bronco is ready for just about anything that involves the words racing and action

 
Boosted Ford Mustang GT Drag Races Hellcat Redeye, Domination Established
Boosted Ford Mustang GT Drag Races Hellcat Redeye, Domination Established

1 Dec 2020, 11:15 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / While the Ford Mustang GT we have here uses a Procharger, the Dodge Challenger Hellcat Redeye it battled features some mods of its own

 
Here’s a Deliciously Shiny 1952 GMC 1500 to Get Your Mind Off Things
Here’s a Deliciously Shiny 1952 GMC 1500 to Get Your Mind Off Things

1 Dec 2020, 11:06 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / 1952 GMC 1500 shows a perfectly-sculpted body, wrapped in a perfect color combination. Pickup is currently selling for $59,500

 
Apple Finds Another Way to Defeat Google Maps, This Time With Transit Navigation
Apple Finds Another Way to Defeat Google Maps, This Time With Transit Navigation

1 Dec 2020, 10:57 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Apple has recently been granted a patent for a new system called “in-venue transit navigation,” a feature that makes sense for Apple Maps

 
1941 Ford Pickup Is a 675 HP Roush-Supercharged Mean Coyote
1941 Ford Pickup Is a 675 HP Roush-Supercharged Mean Coyote

1 Dec 2020, 10:45 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Under the rather unassuming body of this 1941 Ford pickup hides a 5.0-liter Coyote gifted with a Roush stage III supercharger, good for 675 hp

 
Users Claim Shutting Down Google Maps Is Too Darn Hard
Users Claim Shutting Down Google Maps Is Too Darn Hard

1 Dec 2020, 10:37 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / And others complain the app keeps running in the background without a way to actually get rid of the navigation notification on the phone

 
Yellow-Green 1971 Chevrolet C10 Is the Unlikely Pickup Truck Roadster
Yellow-Green 1971 Chevrolet C10 Is the Unlikely Pickup Truck Roadster

1 Dec 2020, 10:01 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / 1971 Chevrolet C10 loses its roof and becomes a unique pickup truck roadster, selling online for the rather affordable sum of $24,995

 
Kenwood Head Unit Firmware Update Confirmed to Fix Major Android Auto Problem
Kenwood Head Unit Firmware Update Confirmed to Fix Major Android Auto Problem

1 Dec 2020, 09:45 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Random disconnects plaguing Android Auto no longer occur after the latest firmware update released by Kenwood for its head units

 
Officina Armare’s BadGal Is a Stunner That Lives Up to the Name
Officina Armare’s BadGal Is a Stunner That Lives Up to the Name

1 Dec 2020, 09:32 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / New superyacht has a menacing, aggressive profile built for maximum performance on the water, and killer amenities inside

 
Smartphone App Calls Emergency Contacts When Police Pull You Over
Smartphone App Calls Emergency Contacts When Police Pull You Over

1 Dec 2020, 09:25 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / New mobile app called Legal Equalizer comes in handy whenever the police pull you over, offering features to call contacts and record the interaction

 
Android Auto Plagued by Errors Hitting Google’s Latest Phone
Android Auto Plagued by Errors Hitting Google’s Latest Phone

1 Dec 2020, 07:44 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Google Pixel 5 owners discover various issues when connecting their phones to cars to run Android Auto, including sudden crashes

 
Honda Could Eventually Enable Wireless CarPlay and Android Auto on Pre-2021 Cars
Honda Could Eventually Enable Wireless CarPlay and Android Auto on Pre-2021 Cars

1 Dec 2020, 07:13 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The company has started reaching out to customers for additional feedback, and it looks like the Accord is the next one in the queue to get an update

 
Arctic White 2020 Chevy Corvette Coupe 1LT Z51 Heads to Auction at No Reserve
Arctic White 2020 Chevy Corvette Coupe 1LT Z51 Heads to Auction at No Reserve

30 Nov 2020, 21:08 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / It used to cost $66,585 when new, but this 1LT Z51 is likely to exceed that figure at this weekend's Mecum auction in Houston

 
Go Red for Christmas With This 1991 Ford Bronco 25th Anniversary
Go Red for Christmas With This 1991 Ford Bronco 25th Anniversary

30 Nov 2020, 12:48 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / The silver celebrations for the Ford Bronco are three decades behind us, but we can do a Back to the Future with them by jumping inside this pristine example

 
The "Batmovette" Is a V8-Engined Batmobile Replica Based on a 1989 Corvette
The "Batmovette" Is a V8-Engined Batmobile Replica Based on a 1989 Corvette

30 Nov 2020, 12:31 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Instead of a 10,000-horsepower jet engine, this Batmobile replica is rocking the small-block V8 from a 1989 Chevrolet Corvette

 
Lume Traveler Camper Lets You Sleep Under the Stars, Has Chef’s Kitchen
Lume Traveler Camper Lets You Sleep Under the Stars, Has Chef’s Kitchen

30 Nov 2020, 11:01 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Founder Hein van de Laar loves being outdoors but doesn’t like camping, so he invented something that would be the best of both worlds

 
OBX Ford Bronco Looks Very White, Spotted Next to Electrified Jeep Wrangler 4xe
OBX Ford Bronco Looks Very White, Spotted Next to Electrified Jeep Wrangler 4xe

30 Nov 2020, 10:12 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Both Jeep and Ford aficionados probably just can't get enough of seeing the Bronco and Wrangler rivals chilling out next to each other, so that happens a lot

 
Don’t Blame YouTube Music for Playing Music at Random Times
Don’t Blame YouTube Music for Playing Music at Random Times

30 Nov 2020, 07:53 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Blame Android Auto instead, as this is a known issue that has actually been spotted earlier this year and is plaguing other music apps too

 
Chevy Bolt Owners Spammed with Privacy Warnings on CarPlay and Android Auto
Chevy Bolt Owners Spammed with Privacy Warnings on CarPlay and Android Auto

30 Nov 2020, 07:38 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Drivers complain the very same message shows up every time they connect their smartphones to the car to run CarPlay or Android Auto