" We've said before how there's something strangely un-American about the designation GTO. And the fact that the Gran Turismo Omologato tag has been given to such a broad spectrum of cars of all shapes, designs and profiles is testament to "
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Alfa Proteo Concept
" This wickedly appealing design study of course, became the successful Alfa Romeo GTV ( the only Alfa we at Influx towers have ever owned). It was designed by Alfa Romeo's in-house pensman Walter de Silva. It was first shown at the "
The floppy Volvo P1900 Sport
" We're a big fan of Volvo here at Influx towers, and have even been known to tinker with a lovely p1800E every now and then. We think the design integrity and stylish twist on a shooting brake that is "
Makr X Deus
" Whether or not the person in your life for whom you're likely to want to buy gifts is young, old, male or female - if they like fettling anything vaguely metal-wrought and road-going, we think they would really like to "
Renault Alpine A442/3
" Call it a Porsche baiting hare, an impractical bubble-top fantasy or the greatest Renault ever to race : but the Alpine A442/3 was definitely the fastest Renault ever to put rubber on a circuit - clocking 238MPH in qualifying trim in "
TT-tastic
" Michael Dunlop between the hedges by Stephen Davison There are loads of brilliant TT videos out there. This is a brilliant TT video. If you ever needed to get a true perspective of the body-vaporising potentialities of the ultimate road "
The Wolfrace Sonic
" The creator of Wolfrace's promotional vehicle was Nick Butler, who was an aerospace engineer for Hawker Siddley, who built a series of one-offs in the Hot Rodding 1970s - and who went on to create the Cirrus - which almost "
Fiovaranti F-100
" This lovely Barchetta concept from 2000 was commissioned within Fiovaranti to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Enzo Ferrari's birth. Based on the 360 Modena format: it spookily prefigured the 430 and 458 Italia cars that would eventually be released by the Modena factory itself. "
Summer Holiday, 2012
"Many of you, like us, will be off on the roads of Europe in the coming weeks. There's something classic about the European vacation summarised nicely by Cliff and company in their sixties cheesefest Summer Holiday, and Chevy Chase and "
The John Pope Special
" This monstrous mutant is something to behold. We suppose it was a nice idea. Take a dinged up DBS Vantage V8, strip off the body and replace it with a bulging piece of Bedford steel. Add a hi-spinning turbo to "
Honda Z: First Generation
" You can take you're Datsun Z cars. For us, the coolest motor rock the alphabet's last digit is Honda's sweet little kei-car. It was phased out all too quickly by the all-conquering and perennial Civic in 1973 - but for us "
Friday Bike Crush: Ducati 900 GTS
" Photography by Shelly Mosman The 900 GTS from the end of the seventies, with its stripped down lightweight aspect helped hugely by the structural rigidity afforded by its engine, is one of the great Ducatis of the era. This particular one "
(More) Wheels and Waves
" Images: Benoit Guerry/ Southsiders This is a nice little edit from the recent Southsiders MC event down in our favourite French coastal resort. Biarritz is one of those places where all the good things in life tend to come together: "