"We've mentioned our penchant for the three-box format many a time. But no car has stuck to its purity than Fiat's 131 series. In 1978, a 2-door sporting version known as Racing, or Mirafiori Sport in the UK, was launched. It came "
1911 Fiat Record Attempt – The Beast of Turin
"pics & video Stefan Marjoram Great video bouncing around the blogs this morning. It focusses on a true automotive animal - a 300 HP Land Speed Record attempting FIAT built in 1911 - and the crew of Englishman tasked with the mission "
Lancia Flavia Zagato Supersport
"OK, we're having a 'red Italian sports car' week. But we have, in fact, always been smitten with the raffish lines of Zagato's re-imaging of the Flavia Supersport. The Flavia one of those curious Lancias - that seems to pop "
Ferrari 250 GT Berlinetta ‘Interim’
"We think we've found our favourite Ferrari 250. It's called the 'interim', because just seven of these cars were produced in the spring and summer of 1959 - between the cease of production in the LWB Berlinetta 250 and the talismanic SWB racing "
Blue Collar – Filmed in Detroit
"For our money Blue Collar is one of the greatest films about the realities of the car manufacturing industry The gritty 1978 movie, starring a straight-talking Richard Pryor and a brawny Harvey Keitel, was shot in the Ford River Rouge works "
Lotus Elan S4
"We love this version of Lotus's pop-eyed sportster. Introduced at the end of the sixties - it typified the little English sports car of the time – though those popups were sneered at by the flat cappers in their MGs. But "
Neil Young: Man and Motors
"Anyone that read Neil Young’s much lauded first memoir Waging Heavy Peace will know that he is a serious petrolhead. While Heavy Peace has much to say about the many and various motors that Young has owned and run "
Van Crush: DKW 3/6 Retro Van
"OK: forget your T1 Split screen Microbus. We've found a better retro van. And it's called the DKW 3/6. Before WW2 DKW was a two-stroke specialist manufacturer of motorbikes - and this 1960 wagon came with a torquey two-stroke 3 cylinder which was "
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Lewis Hamilton’s Automotive Bling
"It's no secret that here at Influx towers we're Lewis Hamilton fans. In a strange, fascinating season in the ever-evolving oligarch's carnival that is F1. And as we said when he started the process with McLaren - lewis is letting "
Ronin 47 – über custom
"Custom culture has gone through the stratosphere. It's not even funny any more. Colorado based manufacturers Ronin have gone and started a 47-run line of Buell customs - inspired by the legendary Japanese warriors of lore. Each one will be "
Car Loathe: Scion ‘Skate Tourer’
"In an unholy alliance of the worlds of skateboarding, heavy rock and the motoring industry, generation Y exploiting Toyota US-focussed sub brand Scion has produced a one of special of this...thing. It's built for Riley Hawk - son of "
Talbot Lotus sunbeam Time Warp
"It sounds like a piece of Hawking-like speculative theorising. When can it be possible to drive a brand new car that is actually over 30 years old? Well now actually Steve, and it's got nothing to do with string theory or "
VW Beetle: German High Culture?
"It's nice to see a great British institution giving a great German institution the credit it deserves. It may not be the most spectacular, efficient, cool, sexy or beautiful car that German industry has produced – but it's certainly the most "
Nitro Nights
"Out over here next year this hardback promises to be a visual feast for all Nitro Heads. It is a collection of photography that documents the famous March meet at the Famoso drag strip in Bakersfield, California, one of the "
A Prayer for Saint Volvo
"If you’re free on November 15th and have some cash in your wallet then get your hair coiffured, stick on a smart suit, head down to Silverstone Auctions and get bidding on this 1966 Volvo P1800S. You could drive "
Lancia ECV
"The Lancia ECV was probably the most extreme expression of the Group B Ethos. 600 HP. Carbon-Fibre and Kevlar bodied. Completely uncompromised. Deadly. But just look at it. When a little kid dreams of a rally car, this is the image "
