Sensation: Community and Passion in Devon
Auboné Braddon is one of the country’s leading experts on Ford Anglias. He owns 12 of them. But he doesn’t possess a driving licence. That is because Auboné is visually impaired. But this disadvantage has not hindered his love of these characterful English classics. Auboné tells us a fascinating story of passion, community and the […]
Local Manchester Hero: Steve Sanderson, co-founder of Oi Polloi
Steve Sanderson and Oi Polloi have become a fixture on the streets of Manchester’s Northern Quarter. I set up Oi Polloi with my business partner Nigel, almost exactly 20 years ago. We’re a menswear retailer and now a brand in our own right – and through the people we’ve worked with, the situations we’ve created […]
The Future: Cosworth here, Cosworth now
Cosworth recently teamed up with Gordon Murray Automotive to develop a naturally aspirated, 3.9-litre V12 engine to power the GMA T.50 supercar, which will be the first ever GMA vehicle ever to go into production. In case you didn’t know, Gordon Murray was the South African-born British designer who developed the fetish object that is […]
Fistful: Cosworth rarities
It’s sixty two years now since Mike Costin and Keith Duckworth launched Cosworth Engineering in a greasy corner of London. Since then the engineering firm has provided the connective tissue of some of the world’s finest and most winning sports cars the world has ever known – and has collaborated with a wealth of mainstream […]
My Cosworth story: ‘It’s not everyone’s idea of a supercar – but for me it’s a super car’
Turbo lag. It’s not seen as something to aspire to. Look around you. McMindfulness meatheads smash their screens between Zoom calls and online pilates sessions. Anti-vax perps with cabin fever, who get their news from Call of Duty twitch feeds, cop i3s and hunting bows with their bounce back loans. The projected 2030 ban on […]
The Last Gallon
What would you drive if you were down to the last Gallon in the world? Listening to the answers to the question we posed, we learned how personal and emotive our relationships are with our cars — and how meaningful that final drive would really be. Stories as told to Michael Fordham Peter Mckissock – […]
Humanity – Influential People
Cars are all about people. It’s obvious really – but at times this simple truism can get lost. With the obsession
with speed, power, style and design – with the object itself, you can forget that there is nothing more human
than the machine.
And with the current strange situation the world is facing, the simple fact of the humanity of the heart of what
we do at Influx has been brought to the forefront.
The Mustang & Music
Since April 17th 1964 the Ford Mustang has been influencing people by its iconic design, prestige and luxury. With projected sales of less than 100,000 units in the first year, Ford was quickly inundated, surpassing a million units within 18 months of launch. The Mustang was owned by a wide demographic, from celebrities to your […]
P71 to Monaco
The grand tourer is a bit of an odd thing. Fast, yes. Luxurious, even more so. Front-engined, rear-wheel-drive configuration allowing for maximum sidewaysness around roundabouts to shred insanely expensive tyres, yes.
But practical? Useful for a spot of real touring? Not so much.
Sure, there’s usually space for a toothbrush – or two, if you buy the pricey, optional luggage rack. You might even be able to squeeze in a spare box of Just for Men. And you can effortlessly cover half the continent in one go, so long as you’re going in convoy with a refuelling tanker.
Adrian Flux Forever Cars
We’ve often thought about it – what would happen if you just never sold your car? The answer is predictable of course; it would become part of your life, your identity. You. But could you really keep a ‘machine’ – a car or bike – forever? We know a lot of people who have […]