Csaba Csere has spent almost his entire professional career working in the car industry. After graduating from MIT with a degree in mechanical engineering in 1978, Csere joined Ford in its Advanced Engine Engineering Office. After deter-mining that he was not cut out to labor for a big company, he joined Car and Driver magazine as its Technical Editor in 1980. The magazine had much greater appreciation for Csere’s intense passion for cars, as well as his enthusiasm for speed, which had lead him to achieve an expert motorcycle road racing license. In addition to inflicting his engineering prose on Car and Driver readers, Csere specialized in stories about technical issues and first-person experiences in various competition machines ranging from NASCAR stockers to Formula 1 cars. In the process, he has managed to snag rides in professional rallies, off-road races, and countless road races—including seventeen 24-hour events. He has driven over 200 mph on several occasions, once performing an automotive backflip at 215 mph on the Bonneville Salt Flats, and achieving 253 mph in the 1000-hp Bugatti Veyron. Csere became Editor-in-Chief in 1993 and directed his energy toward strengthening Car and Driver’s position as the world’s largest circulation and foremost automotive magazine, while integrating Car and Driver’s TV, Internet, and radio extensions. Outside of Car and Driver, Csere has appeared as an authority on automotive issues ranging from product design to safety to energy policy in venues from the United States Senate to virtually every national television and radio news program. In 1998, Newsweek magazine dubbed him the "Car King" in the American media. After being Car and Driver’s editorial leader for a longer period than anyone else in the magazine’s 50-plus year history, Csere retired at the end of 2008.
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