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What Will 2013 Bring in the Motorcycle World?
What Will 2013 Bring in the Motorcycle World?

4 Jan 2013, 15:58 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Hi folks, thanks for checking with us for the year's first editorial. 2012 was quite an interesting year, and looking back, I'd say that it was also a good year. A lot of good things h...

 
Did Premium City Cars Kill the Ford Ka?
Did Premium City Cars Kill the Ford Ka?

31 Dec 2012, 09:56 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The first Ford Ka was a revelation for small car buyers in Europe, yet not necessarily a positive one. It was one of those cars which split opinions, in an extreme fashion – it was not a matte...

 
When Will We Grow Up?
When Will We Grow Up?

23 Dec 2012, 11:36 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Throughout human history, one trend has become very clear, and its existence is irrefutable: human technologic progress is not linear. We stagnate for a while, then, as if out of nowhere, somebody &...

 
Who Needs 300 HP Hot Hatches, Anyway?
Who Needs 300 HP Hot Hatches, Anyway?

9 Dec 2012, 09:47 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / As it has been discussed in an older editorial, we are truly obsessed by numbers and figures. We don`t really take into account what really matters when buying a hot hatch, in this case, and we tend...

 
The Brilliant Simplicity of Mazda SKYACTIV
The Brilliant Simplicity of Mazda SKYACTIV

2 Dec 2012, 13:30 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea /  In an age when automakers are being pushed to reduce emissions and use less of the precious oil-based fuels we are extracting out of the ground and processing at great cost (both financial and...

 
The Future of Driving is Self-Driving!
The Future of Driving is Self-Driving!

3 Nov 2012, 11:57 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea /  Just over a century ago, the first motorized carriages made their appearance on the unpaved roads of the world, and within a few decades they had gained widespread acceptance, and many people ...

 
An Obsession With Numbers
An Obsession With Numbers

13 Oct 2012, 09:50 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / We, as predominantly left-brained beings, like to quantify, calculate, compare and test stuff. We really genuinely love it, as it gives us a feeling of uniformity and control, and the false idea tha...

 
The future is bright, the future is... Orange
The future is bright, the future is... Orange

31 Mar 2012, 21:59 UTC · By: Charles Darveight / 2044 AD. Nürburgring. Sunny with a hint of smog, but hey, this is a technologically developed society, so that’s rather normal. A bored pelican goes about his morning exercise routine on ...

 
Elvis Would Love a BMW M6!
Elvis Would Love a BMW M6!

18 Mar 2012, 19:25 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Not a day goes by without me thinking how “The King” was so cruelly taken from this world by the aliens who most likely wanted to turn “Hound Dog” into a galactic hit. Of cou...

 
Cars that Sparked Your Love for Cars
Cars that Sparked Your Love for Cars

10 Jun 2011, 10:13 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / Before the following rant begins I would first like to say that it's more personal than others before it, so bear in mind it has absolutely nothing to do with the views of the autoevolution edi...

 
The Sports Car Paradox
The Sports Car Paradox

3 Jun 2011, 16:11 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / One of the main quarrels with the majority of sports cars out there – apart from the penis size jokes and the protests about killing the planet with anything that has more than 150 horsepower ...

 
Optimus Subprime
Optimus Subprime

31 May 2011, 02:35 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / What have we learned from the economic crisis of 2009 (as the year when all the you-know-what of previous mistakes hit the fan)? Or, should I say, have we learned anything from that? A fraction of a...

 
App Yours!
App Yours!

23 May 2011, 06:32 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Now that we've survived the May 21st doomsday (as you can see for yourselves, we're well passed that date and still here, kicking and screaming), we're free to go back to our regular ...

 
The Fate of Sports Cars
The Fate of Sports Cars

20 May 2011, 06:55 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / Up until a few days ago, when it came to the future of sports cars - and the future of cars altogether - I was probably one of the most pessimistic persons in the world. I had this idea in my head t...

 
For Us, By Us
For Us, By Us

3 May 2011, 15:45 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / Unless your name is either Abe Vigoda or Betty White, there's scarcity of reasons for why you should remember the fact that chicken was considered a luxury delicacy before World War II. But, t...

 
Distracted Living
Distracted Living

23 Mar 2011, 12:33 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Hard facts: in 2009, the proportion of fatalities associated with driver distraction increased from 10 to 16 percent (of the overall traffic fatalities) compared to the levels of 2005. 5,474 America...

 
The Auto Show That Never Was: The 2011 NAIAS
The Auto Show That Never Was: The 2011 NAIAS

17 Jan 2011, 10:43 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Judging by the numbers, the North American International Auto Show is one of the biggest, if not THE biggest, auto events in North America, not only because it takes place in Detroit, but also becau...

 
autoEVolution
autoEVolution

30 Dec 2010, 15:37 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Have you seen Iron Man 2? Remember the ex-wife bullet/mini-rocket used by Stark's rival to arm the unpainted Iron Man suit? A lot of noise that bullet made, before harmlessly hitting the oversi...

 
Coachbuilding - A Long Lost Art
Coachbuilding - A Long Lost Art

24 Oct 2010, 04:03 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / As many of you know, in the first half of the twentieth century, car manufacturing used to be a little bit different than it is today. Apart from car makers who were already perfecting series car pr...

 
Chevrolet Volt – Jack of all Trades, Master of None?...
Chevrolet Volt – Jack of all Trades, Master of None?...

19 Oct 2010, 12:05 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / ...As I'm sure most of you are already aware, this past week has been hellish for GM's PR managers, and I'm not using my strongest words for the situation. First, they had to take car...