Articles by Alex Andrei

My Top Three #LMFF Submissions
As the deadline for submissions and votes to the London Motor Film Festival community is approaching really fast (July 20th) I wanted to make this article to encourage you to go in there and pick your favourites. Only the videos with the most upvotes will be sent by CarThrottle to #LMFF, so let’s help out the video creators in our community!

And the Trophy for the Most Badass Wing of 2016 Goes to the New Porsche Panamera Turbo!
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Top Gear just teased its second episode and I can't wait for it!
Top Gear just teased its second episode and we’ll get a lot of Chris Evans, Matt LeBlanc and Eddie Jordan action. I personally can’t wait to see Eddie’s performance, I’ve seen a previous show he did and I remembered being quite entertained by him.
Five car movies I'd like to see in the London Motor Film Festival #LMFF
In case you didn’t know London Motor Film Festival is one of the best (if not the best) car movie festival out there and this year Car Throttle is gathering entries for the Community Choice Award !
Google Showed a Maserati Running Android and It's Awesome!
At Google I/O 2016, Google showed off a Maserati Quattroporte that’s running Android on a giant 4K display in the dashboard. Google installed a massive touchscreen in the centre console and also added a display where the dashboard is supposed to live.
How I Improved My Car Photography
I don’t consider myself much of a car photographer, but I like to take a nice picture of a car from time to time. I’m that weird guy who’ll stop in the middle of the street and start experimenting some gymnastics positions and everybody around would ask themselves “what the hell is he doing?!”.
This is what happened yesterday on the #Gumball3000 grid in Sibiu!
Sibiu experiences the spirit of Gumball 3000 just before the last stop of the rally in Bucharest. Team 43 Skjerven were the first to hit the old town of Sibiu with their Ferrari 458 Italia and then slowly lots of Gumballers started to arrive. More videos are coming soon!
The Car Art of Chris Labrooy
Who’s Chris Labrooy? After graduating from the RCA with an MA in design products, Chris first began to use 3D as a simple tool to visualise ideas for furniture and products that he could not afford to produce.
Seven GIFs with Magnus Walker's Urban Outlaw Porsche
Magnus Walker is probably the most original Porsche collector out there, his style is unmatched and his most recognised car, the 911 Urban Outlaw became a true icon in the modern car culture. Here are some stunning GIFs with it :)
The key to a successful CarThrottle #blogpost
You know what’s beautiful about blog posts? They bring so much knowledge to the table and they’re so interesting that I love reading them, but let’s see how could YOU create the best #blogpost on CarThrottle!
Mazda Unveiled the 2017 MX-5 RF and It's Stunning!
At the New York Auto Show Mazda unveiled a hardtop targa brother for the Miata and it’s nothing tho disappoint. Just like the Porshce 911 Targa, the Mazda MX-5 RF has a beautiful moving mechanism which retracts the roof in the trunk.
You gotta #NameMyRide!
My car is a Nissan Terrano 2 with a 2.4 litre engine, petrol powered from the year 2000. So far it went without a name, so basically NAME MY RIIIIDEEE! Whatever name sounds best I’ll make a sticker design out of it and I’ll slap it on. Let’s see your worst, but just don’t name it Derek 😂
It's out! Watch Ken Block go mad in #GymkhanaEIGHT, Dubai style.
We’ve been waiting for over a week for this amazing Gymkhana video and oh boy does it deliver! Drift in a Dubai Police formed square, drag racing with overly expensive vehicles, sliding under an airplane, just like I used to do in Grand Theft Auto and the best of them all, the annoncement of #GymkhanaNINE, featuring the Ford Focus RS RX!
Maria Teresa de Filippis, the first woman to race in F1
Maria Teresa de Filippis pioneered women’s history in F1 among the seasons of 1958 and 1959, when she enrolled in five races of which she started three. Her best result was a 10th position in 1958 Belgian Grand Prix. Maria ended her career the following year at Monaco’s Grand Prix.
Technik Museum Speyer #MuseumWalk
Technik Museum Speyer Yesterday I totally forgot that it was Sunday, so I decided to post my last #MuseumWalk in the only day when the museums are closed. Yea… this sounded better in my head.
The history of Maserati's symbol
The trident logo of the Maserati car company is based on the Fountain of Neptune in Bologna’s Piazza Maggiore. In 1920 one of the Maserati brothers, artist Mario, used this symbol in the logo at the suggestion of family friend Marquis Diego de Sterlich.
Adrenalin - The Film /// Have a good car movie recommendation for the weekend? Use #ReelsForTheWheels
Short description of the movie: It’s about charismatic drivers and fascinating racing cars from five decades. Times were changing rapidly from the drifting touring cars in the 60s to the victories of the BMW M4 in the highly sophisticated new DTM.
The Maserati Medici Concepts by Giorgetto Giugiaro
First thing: Play this song, it will go well with the lecture.
Mercedes-Benz #MuseumWalk
#MuseumWalk Part Two It’s another Sunday and as I promised in my last #MuseumWalk post today it’s Mercedes-Benz Museum time.
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