A new year is here, so what better way to celebrate than picking the best cars from the last twelve months.
Category: Editorial
New Metal: Dodge Charger Daytona SRT Concept
Dodge wants to make battery electric power cool. Can a 126-decibel exhaust and a ‘Banshee’ powertrain be enough to do the job?
Another off-road estate we can’t have
European buyers have the choice of a new off-road estate. But, just like with the Skoda Octavia Scout, UK fans are being denied to chance to drive a Mercedes-Benz C-Class All Terrain.
For emergency use only: New Skoda Octavia Scout
Hurrah! The new 2021 Skoda Octavia Scout is here in the UK. But we can’t actually buy it. Boo!
The 2021 EngageSportMode Awards
With 2020 having finally left the building, these are the highlights we somehow salvaged from the last twelve months ESM’s Editor It goes without saying that 2020 has been quite the year. Amidst the chaos of a global pandemic, the automotive industry has managed to still bring new cars to the table. Motorsport has also…
Nine alternative collector cars at the Mecum Kissimmee 2020 auction
This week sees the start of the epic 10-day Mecum Kissimmee auction event, with 3,500 cars crossing the auction block. ESM has made some ‘different’ choices from the lot list. With so many cars on offer, the Mecum Kissimmee sale really is a case of something for everyone. As a result, ESM has decided to…
EngageSportMode’s 2019 Car of the Year is here
ESM’s editor was rather busy during 2018. But there is always time to pick a favourite car from the year, of course. Let us deal with the elephant in the room, first. Yes, it’s been rather quiet on ESM during 2018. Sorry. Juggling a normal 9-5 job, writing for the wonderful people at Motoring Research,…
BTCC 2018 | What happened last time out at Silverstone?
Ahead of the final rounds of the 2018 British Touring Car Championship, ESM looks back to what happened at Silverstone. Two new race winners at Silverstone increased the BTCC record of winners in a season to an all-time high of 16. However, wins for Sam Tordoff and Aiden Moffat were insignificant in terms of the…
Opinion: I want this Lincoln Continental Mark V, just not to drive it
The Mecum auction in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania has over 1,000 vehicles up for grabs. Yet ESM’s editor is enthralled by one of the least fashionable cars in the catalogue. It looks like a basking shark with those gills behind the front wheels, and is a similar size to the average ocean-going Cetorhinidae. Smattered with motoring chintz from the 1970s, with…
Stars of the Haynes International Motor Museum
With over 400 cars and motorbikes, the Haynes International Motor Museum in Somerset is packed with variety. These were some of our highlights on a recent visit. First opened in 1985, the Haynes museum features 15 themed exhibitions, covering early motoring to modern supercars. We’ve broken down our photo highlights broadly in line with the…
Editorial – Back on track
Things have been a little quiet around these parts of late. ESM’s editor apologises. Sorry. ESM‘s content has been a little short of late, and that is solely my fault. Last year was a whirlwind of writing for others, and it meant finding the time and energy to write for ESM suffered. I know other…
Top 7 (or 8) New Cars of 2017 with Ned Jasper
Ned Jasper is back, and he’s picked out the best new cars we’ve seen during 2017. You might well be surprised by what takes the top honours! Those of you who are regular readers of EngageSportMode will know that it has become somewhat of a tradition that each year at roughly this time, I take…
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