Influx Calendar – February

Cars Culture

"In November 2018 we launched our 2019 Influx calendar - an exclusive look at some iconic car designs for those who attended the show.  February 2019 sees the beautiful Aston Martin V8 Vantage our walls, a car chosen as a true icon of "

F355: 25 Years of Ferrari’s Modern Classic

Cars

"Ferrari. Creator of red-liveried and four-wheeled dream machines. Purveyor of poster car stars with a back catalogue of truly iconic low-slung luminaries. Firmly embedded into car (and supercar) culture, Ferrari has a roll-call of celestial coupés and divine drop-tops. "

Bristol 401

Cars

"In 1971 my dad bought an old car for £150, and it changed my life. The car was a Bristol 401, a 16-foot long, slippery bodied, hand made aluminum grand tourer with push button doors and a cocoon like leather and wood interior. "

Alfa Romeo coupés: the power of three

Cars

"It's a sad state of affairs when a coupé is glaringly absent from Alfa Romeo's model range, particularly in light of the marque's track record of producing sporting cars with an abundance of brio. Thankfully, Alfa Romeo has announced that "

North vs South – the verdict

Culture

"I’ve been watching you. Watching and waiting, patiently preparing to finally have my say on who’s worse – the Northerners or the Southerners. As all of us Brits know, we’re a nation split horizontally across the middle between "

Superleague Formula

"To a distant observer, football and motorsport must appear fairly similar. Both typically high paced, competitive and – at a high level – high budget. Superstar names come from the elite series - F1, MotoGP, Nascar, WRC etc. in motorsport, and the "

Mustang – a hybrid future?

Cars

"The Ford Mustang is an iconic piece of American muscle that is loved the world over for its good looks, raw-sounding engine note and RWD lairiness. When the new Mustang launched in the UK, it came with a noisy 5.0l "

AC13 Premier – Bespoke Luxury

People Culture

"When you think of famous Premier League footballers and their treasure trove of fast and rare cars you don’t tend to think the vehicles they cherish the most might actually be… erm, the humble minivan. But that’s the "

Influx Social

What Defines a ‘Biker’?

Bikes

"I recently commented on a Tweet by a guy who rides a 125cc bike. He posted; ‘Why do people with big bikes hate us 125cc bike Riders? We aint different, we are normal Riders Just Like You, we do everything "

Effeffe

Cars

"It began with a cup of coffee in a busy café on a winter morning. There I was chatting with Valerio Cometti, the head of V12 Design and one of the world’s best designers. As it turned out, he "

Methanol & Dirt

Bikes People

"The National Speedway Museum at Broxbourne is a surprising place. Set within Paradise Wildlife Park, a colourful animal sanctuary and family entertainment centre in the pretty countryside of Hertfordshire, there’s little to hint at the textured treasure trove that "

The death of the pop-up headlight

Culture

"If you’re a petrol head, chances are you’ve thought or even said this phrase aloud: “bring back the pop-up headlight!”. So why do die-hard car fans appreciate the pop-up headlight-form so much? I can only speak for myself, "