Alex Oagana
3,342 ARTICLES
Personal motto:
Suck, squeeze, bang, blow. (no pun intended)
His parents almost called the police the day after he got his driving license, suspecting their car had been stolen. Little did they know that Alex had went for a 24 hour joy ride with his friends and had forgotten to announce his parents that he was going to “borrow” the family car for the trip.
In case it's not obvious enough by now, he lives and breathes cars. He considers himself an oldschool petrolhead who is well aware that the automotive industry is a polluting business but he's also sick at heart knowing that someday we're all going to drive kitchen appliances with digitized V8 sounds.
Following some time at the University of Journalism, he landed his first real job at the local franchise of Top Gear magazine a few years before Mircea. Not long after, Alex entered the New Media realm with the autoevolution.com project, which he believes is changing the face of online automotive coverage.
During various periods of sabbaticals from autoevolution he also got a few writing and/or editing gigs at websites like Carscoops, Top Speed, and also did some freelancing work, but his first online passion kept calling him back at the car site he helped launch back in 2008.
David Vs. Goliath: Six-Cylinder Exotics That Trump Over V12 Supercars
15 Nov 2024, 12:22 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / Most people are familiar with Enzo Ferrari's love of V12s, putting a twelve-cylinder in some of Maranello's finest road-going supercars and racing cars over the years. There are even quotes from 'Il Commendattore,' where he ...
Production Electric Cars with the Highest Torque Numbers in 2024
8 Apr 2024, 08:27 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / There is an old adage saying that 'horsepower sells cars, torque wins races.' No, it wasn't said by a truck driver but by Carroll Shelby himself. As true as that saying is, torque doesn't do much winning by itself, nor does hors...
2025 BMW M5 G90: 750-Horsepower Bavarian Super Sedan Will Be the Last of Its Kind
31 Mar 2024, 21:32 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / If there's one car body type that gets my heart racing faster than a long-hooded coupe, it's the sheer presence emanated by a powerful executive sedan. Sometimes sleek but always imposing, with an aura that whispered secrets of boardro...
The First Mercedes-Benz to Offer Stone Trim Is an Almost Forgotten Classic
12 Mar 2024, 13:43 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / According to the Toba Catastrophe Theory, some 70,000 years ago, a supermassive volcanic eruption caused a global volcanic winter of almost ten years and contributed to a 1,000-year-long Earth cooling episode, which led to a genetic bottleneck in h...
Princess Diana's Favorite Mercedes, the SL Roadster (R129), Turns 35
7 Mar 2024, 19:29 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / While most people fetishize Porsches from the air-cooled era or the first BMW M cars from the '80s and '90s, some choose to idolize another premium German sports car, even though it is more of an open-top GT. I'm talking about the...
The Five Most Powerful AMG Versions of the Most Misunderstood Mercedes Model of All Time
29 Feb 2024, 21:55 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / Suppose you ask most petrolheads to choose just a handful of quintessential grand touring nameplates of the 20th century. There's no denying that the Mercedes-Benz SL stays tall and proud among all the Bentleys, Maseratis, and Jaguars that usu...
The Most Affordable and Practical Performance Cars in the U.S. in 2024
28 Feb 2024, 18:43 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / We've been accustomed to living in a world where government regulations, lack of practicality, and, last but not least, budget concerns keep cars that offer the thrill of driving away from the garages of many. This only means that the ques...
The Japanese Gentlemen's Agreement on Horsepower: A Failed Rule of Self-Restraint
21 Feb 2024, 18:35 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / In most areas of creation, competition often drives innovation, especially when legislation is set in place and specific rules are enforced to be followed. When it comes to cars, competition births innovation but can also lead to regression when to...
5 Legendary Cars That Were Faster and More Powerful Than What the Brochures Said
16 Feb 2024, 21:27 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / Some people believe everything a carmaker tells them, which is perfectly understandable. After all, all legal businesses, including the automotive industry, are regulated by strict legislation usually aimed at protecting the consumer. This is wh...
No Mercedes-AMG G 63 4x4 Squared Allocation? Delta4x4 Has You Covered
23 Dec 2023, 16:10 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / Few people have the money or the time to wait for a Mercedes-AMG G 63 4X4 Squared order, and this niche has apparently amassed many disappointed would-be customers. Fortunately, this predicament has a solution that takes much less time and is a ...
The 5 Most Powerful Hybrid Supercars and Hypercars You Can Buy in 2024
15 Dec 2023, 10:26 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / Almost three decades after Honda and then Toyota helped introduce and popularize the hybrid setup on mainstream passenger cars, we can now drive 1000+ horsepower hybrid supercars. At first, hybrid cars were mainly used to feel like you are takin...
Auto Evolution: Progress Can Also Lead to Regress
7 Dec 2023, 14:27 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / We can all agree that cars have evolved exponentially in the last couple of decades. The transformation of automobiles and technology available to the public has been nothing short of extraordinary lately. No matter what area of discussion, the...
What Do Subaru, BMW and Porsche Drivers Have in Common?
17 Nov 2023, 02:02 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / Not to be included in a derogatory way as being part of the so-called 'woke culture,' but is automotive marketing still a significant contributor to car crashes? Some say that it is, while others continue to believe that it is all poppyco...
Why Most Modern Cars Handle Like an Ox Cart If You Switch Off the Electronic Nannies
16 Nov 2023, 11:09 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / According to Merriam-Webster, evolution is the scientific theory explaining the appearance of new species and varieties through the action of various biological mechanisms, such as natural selection or genetic mutation. Coincidentally, a somewha...
What to Expect From the American Volkswagen ID.Buzz By Testing the European Model
13 Nov 2023, 17:18 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / To people who weren't around about 60 years ago, the appearance of the Volkswagen ID.Buzz is probably that of a quirky minivan that looks modern enough to be firmly part of a 21st-century world. It's also a nod, both stylistically and ...
The BMW i7 Is a Compromised Package and Has an Odd Shape, Yet It's Unbeatable
8 Nov 2023, 20:26 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / Carbon is the building block of life but not the building block of mainstream cars, apparently. This is probably why BMW has chosen to develop all its current and upcoming 'i' cars based on their ICE counterparts instead of developing ult...
2024 Mercedes-Benz EQS SUV Is an Electric Dreadnought, but It's No Better Than a GLS
3 Nov 2023, 16:33 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / For dedicated Mercedes-Benz enthusiasts eager to embrace the electric age and obviously equipped with the required financial resources, the 2024 Mercedes-Benz EQS SUV offers a more elevated experience than the EQS sedan. Just like its name impl...
Why the BMW iX M60 Is the Manifestation of the Theory of Relativity
31 Oct 2023, 15:43 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / Before the theory of relativity, mass and energy were viewed as distinct entities in physics, which still makes sense for the uninformed. It was when the genius of Albert Einstein came up with the E = mc2 equation that people realized mass and ...
Toyota and GAC's Groundbreaking Ammonia Engine Is Not an EV Killer
24 Oct 2023, 17:41 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / In a time when the global automotive industry is actively transitioning from internal combustion engines toward cleaner alternatives like EVs and, to a lesser extent, FCVs (Fuel Cell Vehicles), the state-owned Guangzhou Automobile Group (GAC) from ...
Porsche 911 GT3 RS MR Is How to Beat an F1-Engined Hypercar With Half the Power, Maybe
18 Oct 2023, 17:41 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / Although it is still a relatively new name, Manthey Racing is a powerhouse in the motorsport world. It has etched its name into the annals of racing history through an impressive array of victories and engineering excellence. Established in 199...