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 […]

Tempus Fugit: the vehicles of The Italian Job 50 years on

Copyright: David Morton www.italianjobminis.com

It’s hard to believe that half a century has passed since The Italian Job brought its own cheerful brand of Euro-scepticism to the silver screen. In that time its status has changed from that of a good, enjoyable caper movie to something akin to a national treasure. Film buffs and sociologists alike could no doubt […]

New Lancia Delta

Delta Integrale of the future

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 […]

Lancia Fulvia Coupe

Fulvia liveried

Are you dead inside if you don’t fall in love with a Lancia Fulvia? In coupé form, the car has this charming, cute and rather simple styling – it doesn’t try to seduce you with suggestion. The Fulvia just doesn’t need to dress sexy to win hearts, it is what it is and it’s all […]

Il Sorpasso

The Italians know how to do a stupid comedy. And somehow they make it more stylish than any Carry On Roadtrip. The car, after all, is a Lancia B24 Aurelia spider- so it was bound to surpass the Ford Zodiacs and stolid Ravers that populated the fnaar-factor that was the carry On Franchise. And with […]