"Why is the D-Type such a beguiling beauty? Well, it remains as in all things aesthetic a matter of opinion, but in the case of the this particular machine there are some concrete factors that help explain its enduring charisma. "
A Tale of Two Jags
"I am eight years old and playing in the small back garden of our suburban house. I hear a deep loud resonant blast of a horn from the road out front It is Dad, returning with his new car from "
E Type 001
"All images: James Lipman/Influx If the world of classic cars is littered sparsely with elusive gems, then in Jaguar lore these jewels are mercifully accessible. This car before you is the very first right hand drive production Jaguar E-Type "
Car Fetish: I drive therefore I am
" If you find yourself on a road trip through the middle of Europe this summer and you tire of the usual rammed autoroutes and toll charges, it might make sense to do a little detour to the beautiful Swiss town "
Kott Custom Culture
" What follows is a really nice short film about the philosophy, practice and approach of LA-based custom bike builders Kott. There's an increasing number of these sorts of passionate engineering houses stripping away the crap and breathing new life into "
Lelouch film – A Man and a Woman
" Not sure, but it's a fair bet that not many of you out there would have come across this stunningly original, intriguingly existential film from the brilliant imagination of Claude Lelouch. Lelouch, you may remember is the director of another "
Keef’s Bentley
" We've just finished listening to the audiobook of Keith Richards' Life. It's a cracking listen - voiced in part by Johnny Depp and the man himself - and what emerges is a remarkably lucid, intelligent rocker who remembers most of "
Porsche @ Le Mans 2014
" Top level motorsport is poorer without the involvement of works teams. That's why we were gutted when Honda, Toyota and BMW pulled out of F1. And that's why it sits uncomfortably with us that an F1 team with the name "
Influx Social
The Ubiquity of Belstaff
" Now we kind of dig the whole Belstaff thing. Because over all other ways of wearing motorcycle gear, the classic lines of the brand's products are probably the least offensive. You can ride a motorbike in a Belstaff, be protected "
John Steed’s Big Cat
" We make no bones about it. We love all things Jag. In fact we love the touchstone British brand so much that we're going to dedicate a whole month's worth of features on the subject. From July 15 All things Jag "
Goodwood & the Joy of Hills
" We love hill climbing. Simple format; there’s a track up a hill - you have to be quickest. Unlike gridded wheel-to-wheel racing, there are no tactics, no strategies available and no one to show you the way. It's just "
Good Things, Small Packages
" Every now and then we come across a small, Japanese utilitarian vehicles (or kei car) that floats our automotive boat. They're designed to be cheap and to help transcend various taxes and other regulations, but inadvertently at times they seem "
Aston Martin DB4 GT Superleggera
" This gobsmacking beauty has been sitting around in our image files for months now. Every now and then we've been firing up the Adobe Suite and opening the hi-res files and simply wasting a few minutes of valuable time taking "
Lotus Esprit in Movement
" Stumbled across this very beautiful video below recently of the Lotus Esprit (first version). Made us reassess the beauty of the most extreme British- made Wedge ever designed. Made us think that it would be very, very pleasant to own "
Guy Martin Onboard
" image via TT3D Ok, so we know the TT was a couple of weeks back and that we all know, at least intellectually, how mad TT riders really have to be. But: we've never seen anything that etches out "
BMW art by Sandro Chia
"[gallery link="file"] We've blathered on at length here as to wether or not cars can ever be in and of themselves works of art - most people who care about cars - who are interested in them at any "
