Vulcan: Aston Martin’s otherworldly hypercar

Cars

"We're not sure wether the name references the totemic Delta-Winged British Bomber or a fictional mixed-race alien with pointy ears. Either way, Aston Martin's Vulcan is an otherworldly beast. Announced this morning in advance of its Geneva reveal, the gents "

Gonzo: Hunter S. Thompson

People

"Ten years ago last Friday Hunter S. Thompson went over the edge. The man who attempted to drag the sceptic pseudo trade of journalism back to radical subjectivity - its age-old defining quality – blew his brains out at his compound "

1984: Honda NSR 500

Bikes

"We've got a theory.  The things you'll carry with you through your life, that will inspire you more than other things - will emerge from the years when you were at your height of youthful discovery - when the hormones "

Lotus Ford Cortina

Cars

" Funny how the shape of a car can cause a Proustian moment. Thing is with the Ford Cortina Lotus was that it chimed perfectly with a time when the A-Road riders sought desperately to differentiate themselves from the rest of "

Pegaso Z-102 Cabrio

Cars

"Sometimes we want to run pictures of a car just because we can. And here at the fag-end of February what better to lift your mood for the weekend of love than the Pegaso Cabrio? The design is a combo "

All New Ford Focus RS

Cars

"Ford has previewed an all new Focus RS - the 30th Ford car to bear the RS badge. And it looks perfect for carrying on the prestigious tradition of the 'Rallye Sport' tag. Ford Europe’s press office claims that "

Influx Social

Ford Focus RS500 Cosworth

Cars Culture

"An electric blue badge burning with neon intensity against a dark background-matte black- like a stealth bomber. That’s what first hits me in the hard morning light at the Ford Heritage Centre whilst signing the release forms for the "

Return to Fordland

Cars People Culture

"Like the novelist once said: ‘The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there” An overused line, perhaps, but it couldn’t be truer for the history of the corner of Essex that became Fordland. When Henry T. "

David Brown: A Very British Coachbuilder

People

"A quick survey of the Influx editorial archives will confirm our interest in, and coverage of, the great Continental European coachbuilders such as Pininfarina.  And rightly so. It’s worth remembering though that Britain was once home to a good "

Jaguar E-Type Fixedhead Coupe

Cars

"This stunning example of a Jaguar E- type 3.8 Fixedhead Coupe goes under the hammer soon at the ‘Silverstone’ auctions.  Its shiny-as-new look that belies its 52 years on the planet is partly due to the fact that it has spent the "

Santa Pod ’67

Bikes Culture

"We've always had a soft spot for Santa Pod Raceway. So when we stumbled across these shots on The Selvedge Yard recently, we had to give you the heads up. RAF Podington had been disused since the 1950s - but "

250 SWB Ferrari

Cars

"We think the 250 SWB Ferrari has by far the most appealing rear end in the panoply of car design. The SWB is a byword for the sort of purposeful attitude that epitomised the first two decades of the Maranello dream "

Ken Okuyama Kode 9

Cars People

" Ken Kikoyuki Okuyama is a master of automotive penmanship. If you don't believe me - have a look at his most famous work. Yes - Okuyama-san is responsible, with employers Pininfarina, for the brutally outrageous pinnacle of Ferrari audacity - "