Just over a month ago, I announced that EngageSportMode was running in the Automotive category of the 2015 UK Blog Awards. Earlier this week we had some good news. Alongside some quite big names, ESM has been shortlisted in the Individual Automotive category of the UK Blog Awards. As the shortlisting was based on the results of the…
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Friday Photo – Guild of Motoring Writers’ Breakthrough Blogger Award 2014
Usually the Friday Photo is the chance to show off some forgotten special picture or new video. This Friday, it’s ever so slightly different, because it’s not every week you get invited to the Guild of Motoring Writers’ Awards. Oh, and win something too! As a one-off, it’s a slightly more individual post written by editor John Redfern. So,…
EngageSportMode is in the 2015 UK Blog Awards
It’s been a busy year for EngageSportMode.com, so what better time to enter the UK Blog Awards? We’re not saying you have to vote for EngageSportMode in the Automotive category, but we’d be pretty happy if you did! However, if you really do want to vote for EngageSportMode, the link you need is right here: http://www.blogawardsuk.co.uk/candidates/engagesportmode/ If you need…
Editoral – 2014 US Grand Prix Reflections
Forget Hamilton and Rosberg; the real action in Austin was further back in the pack. But did anyone miss the two tail end teams this weekend? Our editor tries to answer that question. Despite all the rhetoric of potential boycotts, and the apparent spectre of financial implosion hanging over a number of teams, Sunday’s US…
Friday Photo Archive – Spa 2014
Editing a website like EngageSportMode often means there are articles you cannot wait to write, and there are those you never want to have to write. This Friday Photo Archive falls somewhere between them; but too close to the ‘never want to’ end of the spectrum than is comfortable. As ever with serious motorsport accidents, it has…
Research proves footballers to be refreshingly predictable
Oracle Finance; you’ll know them if you’ve ever searched for a high-end car on AutoTrader and found their non-ads clogging up the listings, have published details of the most popular car choices from its footballing clients. Based on the last five years of data, the numbers represent the most popular cars financed by footballers through Oracle’s services. Predictably,…
Newcastle Audi – The cathedral of quattro?
Newcastle Audi recently opened a brand-new dealership on Scotswood road in the city. EngageSportMode was in the area, so we went along to take a look around. It’s not often a car dealership has the ability to leave you a little bit speechless; unless you’ve just been given the price for your car in part-exchange perhaps….
Editorial – Let’s not pretend motosport isn’t dangerous
It’s been difficult to escape the news about the deaths on the Jim Clark Rally this past weekend. But the reactions of some leave a lot to be desired. It’s rare that national level rallying makes headlines with the mainstream media. For it to get a mention on local news is often an achievement in itself….
Editorial – Have you got fuel economy OCD?
Motorway cruising has got our editor thinking about just how far do you need to go in the pursuit of fuel economy, especially when it’s probably an impossible task. Driving down the A1(M) in the Polo R-Line the other day, sulking whippet in the boot, something struck me about the traffic that was being generated. Usually on the A1(M)…
BTCC 2014 at Thruxton – Editor’s View
Last weekend EngageSportMode made its first trip all the way from the North East to Thruxton in the South. After several hundred miles of driving, lots of energy drinks and the requisite sunburn quota, was it all worth it? 302 miles is the distance from EngageSportMode.com headquarters to Thruxton race circuit in Hampshire. Local to us…
Imola 1994 – Remembering Senna
Today marks the 20th anniversary of the death of Ayrton Senna. Here, EngageSportMode’s editor shares a few words on what that day meant to him, and the lasting impact it had. Ayrton Senna’s Lotus Renault from the 1980s. Photo taken at 2012 Goodwood Festival of Speed. For whatever reason, Formula 1 accidents at the San…
2014 April Fools’ Day Automotive Roundup
April Fools’ Day is that one opportunity each year for automotive PR teams and marketing departments to cut loose and show off their sense of humour. For the rest of the year it’s all about extolling the benefits of 5 year warranties, diesel engine balancer shafts and 0% finance, so April 1st is the chance to show off a…
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