Beyond Drifting: Notes From The East
Why is Japanese car culture so appealing? Is it because the Japanese take things, copy them, create them for themselves with a higher quality and more creative twist? Is it that they make art out of the tiny details that non-Japanese might not even notice? Is it that they value simplicity over everything? Whatever it […]
Beyond Drifting: Original Nissan Silvia – A Heartbreaking Work of Understated Genius
The first generation Nissan Silvia CSP311 is one of the pioneering Japanese sports coupés. That’s the journalistically balanced way of making a statement about this gorgeous little car. What I really think is as follows: The first generation Nissan Silvia CSP311 is the most beautiful car ever to be produced in Japan. There. I’ve said […]
Beyond Drifting: Baggsy Go Sideways
Steve ‘Baggsy’ Biagioni is one of the few Brit hooligans to make a mark in the international world of drifting. The quintessential Essex A-Road denizen tells us in his own words how he made it a world inspired by the twisty canyons outside Japanese cities. Essex Boy Done Good: Baggsy is one of the few […]
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 – […]
Teenage dream – Max Cotton
Let’s face facts: no-one can look back at being 13 with pride. Whether it was knuckling down to Year 8 Geography homework, mooning over our latest crush or getting really into a band, pretty much all of us spent that first teenage year doing something we wouldn’t even consider now. Max Cotton is different. Armed […]
Daddy Car SOS: tears as dad reveals secret Sunny to daughter
In a bitterly cold car park in Stoke, 22-year-old Shanice Stanier waited patiently by her father Pete’s rare Nissan Sunny ZX. She was there to hand him an award bestowed by Retro Japanese magazine for the car they restored together over three months in 2015. But unknown to her, in true Car SOS style, the […]
MZR Datsun 240Z
Enthusiasm and passion are marketing buzz words that tend to get thrown around about the most unlikely of subjects these days, but speaking to Rahail Tariq of MZR – the company responsible for the gorgeous Datsun 240z you see in this film – both come pouring out of him, entirely naturally and unfiltered. “If you […]
New Nissan X-Trail
This is a bit of a change of pace, isn’t it? Normally my job here at Influx Magazine is to write about rare, sporty, exotic, and even sometimes historical machines. I get to gush over beautiful styling, incredible performance figures, and the rich layers of history. However, away from the glamour of the super cars, […]
Nissan Pulsar GTI-R. Godzilla’s little brother
The early nineties were actually something of a high point for fans of Nissan. Quite apart from the fact that expanding production at Nissan’s Sunderland plant meant that you could buy one and remain patriotic, the decade of Britpop and Cool Britannia was also a bit of a Nissan purple patch. Well, it was if […]
NISMO – The Racers
Traditionally, most racing cars in modern motor racing follow a similar format. They are mid-engine and rear wheel drive. Very few categories asides from touring cars follow a front engine, front wheel drive formation. In 2015 however Nismo, Nissan’s in house tuning company, decided to take this formation and explore whether it could be upgraded. […]