Victory in Sunday’s Indian Grand Prix meant Sebastian Vettel secured his fourth straight Formula 1 Drivers’ Championship. Love him, or hate him, there is no denying that Vettel has stamped his place in F1 history as one of the greats. It has been well documented that statistics and records matter a great deal to Vettel who,…
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New – BMW 2 Series Coupé Unveiled
Today marks the time when 1 actually does equal 2. Just as the 4 Series replaced the 3 Series Coupe, now the 2 Series takes the place of the 1 Series Coupe. Most excitingly, there’s a hot M version available straight out of the box! Read on for more details. EngageSportMode was a huge fan of…
An ESM Public Safety Announcement
At EngageSportMode.com we like our motoring to be that little bit more exciting. It’s possibly why we’ve struggled to understand a recent press release by the Institute of Advanced Motorists, advising on how to drive in windy conditions. The Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM) aims to improve the skills of British drivers. These are a few of our favourite…
2013 Frankfurt Motor Show Photo Highlights
EngageSportMode couldn’t be at this year’s Frankfurt Motor Show but, fortunately, it knows some people who are. So with the press days now out of the way, what are some of the highlights from the 2013 Internationale Automobil-Ausstellung? Below are some of the stand out new cars announced at this year’s show. Some are purely…
EngageSportMode’s Favourite Five Fast Estate Cars
Writing recently about the handsome new SEAT Leon ST, and the grunty Focus ST Mountune, has got EngageSportMode thinking about its preferred choice of estate car. There’s something about a sporting station wagon which often makes it more appealing than its saloon brethren. Perhaps it’s the fact it can combine performance and practicality, or maybe it’s the frequently more…
New – 2014 Mercedes-Benz S 63 AMG Pricing Revealed
Mercedes-Benz UK has announced the prices and specification for its new flagship saloon, the S 63 AMG. So, just how big a mortgage will you need for the biggest Benz? £119,565 is the magic number if you want to place the 585 bhp, 2 tonne, super saloon on your driveway come the end of the…
A BMW M5 and a horse
Whilst trawling the BMW media site for research on something else I’m writing, I came across the below picture: I’ll be honest, I have no idea what is going on there. Seemingly, neither does the rest of the internets, as my attempts to find out the story behind it came up with nothing. Oh well,…
Renaultsport Mégane RB8 Limited Edition on sale now
With the raft of new hot hatches currently dominating motoring headlines (Fiesta ST, Peugeot 208 GTI, Mercedes-Benz A45 AMG) it’s perhaps easy to forget that the Mégane Renaultsport is still out there after three years of being on sale. Perhaps to remind us, or more probably to plug Renaultsport’s F1 engine supply successes, Renault are offering…
The Nissan ZEOD RC – Is it all new?
As a break from discussing Formula 1 tyres, instead EngageSportMode examines Nissan’s new electric Le Mans challenger, and the craziest car you’ve never heard of. Is the Nissan ZEOD RC really from the 1970s? A couple of weeks ago, Nissan unveiled its new electric racing car – the ZEOD RC. Following on from 2012’s DeltaWing…
Could Volvo Return to the BTCC?
This week Volvo Australia announced it would be unleashing the S60 Polestar on the V8 Supercar series, in a tie up with the respected Garry Rodgers Motorsport team, to see them on the grid for 2014. Volvo has a history of competing Down Under; the company won the 1986 Australian Touring Car Championship using the…
EngageSportMode Shares the R-Line Love
If you just cannot get enough of hearing about my Polo R-Line, but would rather read about it elsewhere, then you prayers have been answered. Over the coming months I’ll be documenting my ownership of the R-Line over at PoloDriver.com But in all seriousness, I am genuinely honoured to have been asked to contribute to…
The Lamborghini Murcielago SV – Does it have a soul?
After playing around with WordPress this weekend, I realised I could change the header image (that picture at the top of the page) to rotate randomly through a selection of suitable ones I uploaded. Since I began EngageSportMode back in December 2011, I’ve always had one picture in the header. This: If you don’t know,…
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