"The phantom is a beautiful haunting, a ghost that shimmers and glistens as it winds down lonely roads and climbs unscalable heights. A trailblazing myth that soars through the skies, and transcends each dimension. There are no barriers, no limits, "
"Approaching the ISM Raceway in Phoenix, USA, is like approaching a moonbase. The road is as straight a ribbon of blacktop as an ironed liquorice chew, and fires you directly at an imposing ring of rust-coloured mountains. Across open desert "
"The vast majority of cars on our roads are powered by piston-engined internal combustion engines. A gas turbine, however, has no pistons. Instead, air is compressed and fed into a combustion chamber, into which fuel is sprayed. The fuel/air "
"Our FOCUS for this edition is Blake Currall Spending time with exotic machinery is what car photography is all about, and so Australian Blake Currall is an obvious FOCUS for us this month - from luxury and sports cars to "
"What do the winners of the Dakar, the F1 championship and the WRC have in common? The brakes. They are all designed, produced and supplied by Brembo Brakes, the Italian multinational worldwide leader of braking systems. How many of you "
"Be patient with me for one moment, please. I’m going to drop an F-bomb. Football. There, I’ve said it. In football you have strikers, players who wear the number 9 on their backs and lead the line and attempt "
"We may have featured a Porsche 993 and an Aston DB7 in this edition, both of which were launched in 1993 - but they would never sell anywhere near as many units as one of the year's more down to earth motor "
"'Can a 911 that shares not a single component with its predecessor still be a 911?' That was the question Porsche posed in a brochure for the new-era 911 in 1998. Of course, it answered it with an unequivocal ‘yes’, and declared that ‘"
"Launched in 1993 the DB7 was the culmination of Aston receiving Ford’s financial muscle and TWR’s engineering know-how. Ford had bought a majority share in Aston in 1998 and TWR – also owned by Ford and who had developed the XJ-S "
"Verona is the home of the most important international show dedicated to custom bikes. During the last 10 years, in the third week of January, it has been a place for artists, mostly Europeans, to exhibit their latest creations. The old "
"Hotels are like restaurant food. You can go for the McBurger end of the market: cheap, easily available and utterly flavourless. You wake up in a bed identical to those stocked by equivalent outlets all across the world, with a "
"Now, I love a challenge as much as the next man/woman, and when the boss man emailed me to ask if I’d be up for an mpg challenge featuring a Volvo XC90, I jumped at the chance. Why?! "
"You lot who know me here on Influx won’t be surprised to learn that I really, really didn’t like the last generation of the Ford Ecosport. Actually, I hated it. So, when Ford sent me an invite to "
"My dad had a sky-blue Marina estate. No doubt it went to the crusher years ago, but I still remember its registration – CNG 453T. It was a 1.3-litre series three model, built in 1979 and bought from Mann Egerton (remember them?) "
"What were you doing in 1975? Many of you will probably say “nothing”. You were but a glint in your dad’s eye. Or your mum’s. But, hell, let’s not go there. All I know is that I was "
"Having been involved with BMW for nigh-on 30 years in one capacity or another (yes, I know this makes me officially old) it’s often a surprise to me how some models just don’t really seem to capture the imagination "
