"The North of the 80s, the North of my coming of age felt like a giant oil-grey canvas and we stamped our youthful enthusiasm across it in a rainbow of defiance. Against a backdrop of the miners strike, soaring unemployment "
Knight Rider, Neon Soul
"Somewhere in the saturday evenings of the eighties, I was led to believe that cars could have soul. But the sort of soul that I imagined wasn't the cod-mystic, seventies-bred abstract quirkiness of Herbie. No sir. In the eighties, our "
Turbo Redux
"In 1966, 3-litre normally aspirated engine regulations were introduced to F1 with a 1.5-litre equivalency formula for anyone wanting to run a turbo instead. Nobody did. Until, that is, a decade later. The British Grand Prix of 1977 saw two highly significant "
Saatchi’s Life
" This ad for the tenth anniversary Datsun Z-car screams sells old-fashioned , mustached sex... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWF-hH1nloo And this will make you look at the Ford Sierra anew... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIZ069"
‘Old Banger’ – a Love Story
" Got to thinking the other day that most of the time on British roads it’s pointless having a ridiculously fast car. Having hundreds of frisky ponies under the bonnet certainly gets you places with panache, resonance, and a certain "
Vintage Surf Wagons
" Strange Cornubian happenings continue to emerge now that the bulk of we grockles have gone back upcountry to our landlocked hovels, chained to our TFTs dreaming of halcyon days of summertime surf. Last weekend the World Bellyboard Championships attracted the "
This weekend: Le Mans Series at Silverstone
" This weekend at Silverstone there's an opportunity to check out some full blooded sportscar action. The Le Mans series is an evocative formula: an opportunity to get familiar with real endurance racing in advance of that inevitable pilgrimage to Circuit "
First Hand: The Volvo S60
" Upon arrival at Aberdeen airport, two very established, very male motor journos and I were presented with a shining row of old Volvo estates. We were assigned one that was a year younger than me – an F reg. Thankfully being "
Influx Social
Neo Rod Culture
" Sometimes as a European, it's hard to empathise with what turns people on about classic hot rods. The history of rise and rise of the stripped down DIY form is so essentially American, you get the feeling to be turned "
Mercedes Benz 300SL Gullwing
"[gallery link="file" orderby="title"] It must be one of the automotive marketing world's greatest coups. Every week, we've been glimpsing the mechanical beauty that is the gull-winged Mercedes SLS coupé by AMG set the pace as the F1 Safety "
If you no longer go for a gap that exists….
" The cult of Eye-Ear-Ton (correct pronunciation) Senna is a worthy one. Not only could even the uninitiated see his incredible driving talent just by watching a single GP performance, but the way he carried himself and the sensitivity he demonstrated "
MV Agusta
" It could be the late surge of summer this September or the rapidly growing awareness of our own mortality here at Influx towers, but we've been seriously thinking of late that it might be the right time to by a "
Sleep With Your Bike
"Now, we know how attached our biking brethren can get to their machine. And when you're on a world tour, the bond can get well, a little weird, frankly. So reaching out to this passionate community of bike lovers, the "
Toyota Corolla AE86 Backsliders
" Stumbled across this interesting little video recently. It seems that the bog standard, straight out of the factory version of the AE86 was always well-disposed to kicking out the tail. Subsequent generations of the obsessed have of course created a "
Conrad Leach
" Stumbled across some very nice artwork from London based artist Conrad Leach. Vibrant colours, interesting two wheeled machines feature in the work, which he has exhibited everywhere from Tokyo, LA to Norway and back again. Stay tuned for more on "
Phil Hill, 1961
" It's amazing to think, with the current controversy raging about team orders and corporate shenanigans seeping into the noble Scuderia's image, that in the first year of Ferrari's entry into the rear engined, 1500cc Formula One, they were so gentlemanly "
