"Words by Luke Friend The legend of Colin Chapman today is saturated in myth, claim and counter claim. The portrait of a suave cad who founded Lotus with a £25 loan and grew the marque to greatness through a combination of "
Lotus & JPS
"Ok, we know. There is a twisted, byzantine history to the whole Lotus story – and when you talk about Lotus Racing and Team Lotus etc, there's even more layers of weirdness to negotiate. The quirky, idiosyncratic company history of Lotus "
The Importance of being Jim Clark
"Every death in motor racing is a tragedy. But there can few figures lost to the sport who leave such a lasting legacy as Jim Clark. Crashing fatally at Hockenheim in April 1968, the Scottish farmer's son was only 32 when he "
Our Five Favourite Lotus Cars
"Lotus Elite 1974 (type 75) This is the only Lotus I currently own. It's a pain to work on. It's not even a runner at the moment and I'm spending a fortune on repairing the fibreglass. In fact, it's sitting there in "
Subaru XT
" Not sure why we like the Subaru XT, but we do. When you see how it was promoted in its original Japanese promo, there's a disconnect between appearance and market. Two door coupé. Dramatic wedgie styling. Four wheel drive. The "
Saul Bass: Grand Prix, 1966
" Saul Bass is a hero in so many ways. Responsible for the title sequences and graphic identities of some of the greatest films of all time, for us his work reached a high point when he weaved his magic on "
Vantasia ’77
" If the seventies is just a veil of misty clichés to you and your reference points are films like Dazed & Confused & Boogie Nights - then the whole craze of Custom Vans that exploded all over the American "
Renault 4 Love
" When I first saw these images I was scrolling through them for a full five minutes before I realised what attracted me to them. An old girlfriend of mine owned a Renault 4, not in orange, but in that Renault powder "
Influx Social
Apollo 15, Corvette and the Lunar Rover…
" Having been a small infant at the brief, fleeting years of the Apollo space programme, the moon landings are a hazy physical memory for me, but an object of passionate interest. So when one stumbles on some archive material related "
Ducati 1199 Panigale
" What do you get when you get a hi-end Ducati superbike naked. Well, here's what you get. And we think you'll agree, this Italian piece of loveliness looks just as good with clothes off. This year's 1199 Panigale is about as "
Honda S600
" We love Honda. Every car they have made seems intelligent, creatively rendered and the right side of quirk. And the little S600 is a high water mark in Honda-ism, in our opinion. With the demise of the S2000, looking at "
Jeep Mighty FC
" Jeep and Mopar have created some new, very pimped offroaders for the annual Jeep event in Moab, Utah in which the brand showcases new accessories and ideas. In the last 10 years the two companies have developed more than 30 unique concept "
Is the Citroen SM better than the DS?
" There's always been a lingering desire here at Influx Towers to make a controversial statement - one that will have aficionados of the three chevrons reaching for their Forum logins. The SM is better than the DS! And if such "
Porsche Racing Graphic Art
" In a lovely collection of Motorsport-inspired pieces French graphic artist Thierry Nou introduces us to his work and lets us take a peek into his lifelong obsession with motor racing. Having developed a particular penchant for all things Porsche as "
Jaguar E -Type Lightweight, Lowdrag
" images via Le Container We were taken aback by these beautiful images of a very special E-Type 'lowdrag', one of the few examples of a factory original to be designed and built between 1961 and 1966 out of Jaguar's near mythic Browns "
Mulholland Drive Retro
" Stumbled across some nice footage from the Mulholland Drive street racing scene over at Motoring Con Brio recently. This is obviously deregulated, Reagan-era California car culture at its most rabidly irresponsible. As you'll see the footage is full of bad "
