If it isn’t broken, don’t fix it
A modern car is like a mobile phone. By that, I mean it’s pretty much outdated before you’ve even left the showroom. Manufacturers are hell-bent on updating, reinventing and renaming cars with a level of apparent indecision that would rival a toddler being told to pick five things from a sweet shop. And why? To […]
Z Cars Fiat 500
We recently featured Kent-based Z Cars as we considered how to ‘max’ the Mini. By adding modern powerplants to a quaint and classic shape, the team is satisfying a growing niche by combining desire and panache with reliability and, let’s face it, some grunt fit for modern roads. The small, nimble Minis make sense in […]
April Calendar Car – LaFerrari
If you’re lucky enough to be enjoying a 2019 Influx calendar you’ll have been able to stare at this blue masterpiece throughout April. The Ferrari LaFerrari is one of this decade’s greatest cars. Securing a blue one for our shoot guaranteed heads were turned as we carefully manoeuvred the car in and out of the […]
F355: 25 Years of Ferrari’s Modern Classic
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. And now as it reaches its quarter-century, the F355 is fired into the modern classic stratosphere. […]
Alfa Romeo coupés: the power of three
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 a coupé version of the much-admired Giulia saloon will be launched this year. So whilst […]
Ferrari 550 Breadvan
In 1962 a very swift breadvan competed at Le Mans. It was unofficial in many ways. It wasn’t raced by Ferrari, the company which built the 250 GT on which it was based, and it wasn’t actually called a breadvan by the team (Scuderia Serenissima) – that name was apparently given by sneering Brits. However, […]
Abarth 695 Biposto: the world’s smallest supercar
Abarth described the 695 Biposto as the world’s smallest supercar. In truth, it’s closer to a road-legal race car. Either way, this fastest and feistiest of Fiat 500s came with a price tag to match. When launched in 2014, it cost from £33,055. This fully-loaded example – pride of Abarth UK’s heritage fleet – tips […]
Alfa Museum Fratelli Cozzi
Many of you will have heard of the Alfa Romeo Museum in Arese, close to Milan, dedicated to the history of the Italian brand. But a less well-known shrine to Alfa is only six miles away: a private collection, with viewing by reservation and with an internal structure concept reminiscent of a cathedral, for those […]
New Lancia Delta
In a straw poll of Influx readers on which Lancia you would like in your garage, I’m quite sure the Lancia Delta Integrale would be among the most popular. It was the king of rallies in the 1980s and 1990s, famously adorned in Martini livery. At a conference where we talked about late Fiat-Chrysler CEO […]
The New Alfa Romeo Stelvio Quadrifoglio
There is nothing quite like motoring under vast skies with the autonomy to select your next destination. It’s an excellent tonic for taking a breather from the stresses of everyday life while broadening the mind. You don’t need to go far to do this, as I found out on a road trip around Scotland in […]