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…
Category: Audi
New – Audi nanuk quattro concept
Another day, another Audi concept car – although this one was slightly more unexpected compared to the Sport quattro concept revealed last week. To mark the start of the Frankfurt Motor Show, which we’ve seemingly been talking about for weeks, Ingolstadt dropped this unexpected new V10 diesel coupe on us. Twin turbo 5.0 litre V10 TDI…
New – 2013 Audi Sport Quattro Concept
A few weeks ago Audi teased us with a styling sketch of a concept quattro. Now we get to see the real deal ahead of the Frankfurt Motor Show – and it’s a hybrid! 4.0 litre twin-turbo V8 with hybrid electric motor, 0-60 mph in 3.7 seconds, 187 mph top speed and 113 mpg! Styling…
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…
Friday Photo from the archives #8
Today’s Friday Photo from the archives is a little bit of a cop-out, as it’s a car already featured previously. Yes, it’s that infamous Audi S3: It’s featured today for no reason other than it was exactly five years ago to date (July 19th 2008) that I collected the money-pit which would be my 225 bhp…
Top Gear Review – Series 20, Episode 3
Currently this season of Top Gear is averaging a C grade from EngageSportMode’s reviews. Could a supercar themed third instalment help bump up the marks to something worthy of putting on the fridge door? As ever, contains spoilers (but no donkeys). Top Gear Series 20, Episode 3 – UK Air Date 14th July 2013 We’re…
Audi R8 V10 Plus Advert
This is quite possibly the best TV advert I’ve seen in sometime: Celebrating that the Audi R8 V10 now comes with the S-tronic gearbox, this video is just superb. The whip crack violence of each upshift is immense, tempered only be the spine-tingling downshifts with accompanying flames. Audi, if i win Euromillions tonight, you’ve got…
The Tame Geek Reviews the Audi A5 Convertible
ESM likes Audis. So does our good friend, and contributor, The Tame Geek. So when he spotted the chance to take a spin in a new Audi A5 Convertible, he leapt at the chance like a startled gazelle. Head on over to his site to check out what he thought of the drop-top Ingolstadt cruiser….
2012 EngageSportMode Awards (Part One)
After a long twelve months, the time has finally come to hand out the infamous EngageSportMode ‘macaroni and glitter’ trophies to this year’s award winners. It may now be 2013, but cast your mind back (a few days) to last year. Despite the world’s ongoing financial problems, the ever-present environmental lobby and the ridiculous price…
Audi A1 Sportback 1.4TFSI S line – The Big Review
If you’ve been reading the long running saga about me attempting to buy a new car, you’ll know that I’d swung towards the Audi A1 but was finding it tough to get a dealership to sell me one. The end result was Tyneside Audi providing me with a A1 1.4TSFI Sportback for the weekend, to…
ESM’s 2012 Car Buying Predicament #4
So after weighing up the benefits and pitfalls of PCP car financing, I managed to come to the conclusion that if it enables me to get a better, newer car (tailored to my specification), then it is probably a necessary evil. Having been tempted by the seemingly generous offers available from MINI, it seemed sensible to…
Four to the Floor: Car Dealers Reviewed and Rated
EngageSportMode isn’t usually concerned with the technicalities of the car buying process, typically eschewing shiny main dealers for independent traders. However, ESM does enjoy wandering around checking out new cars, so when ESM’s mate Steve wanted some company on researching cars for his girlfriend, there was only one answer. The options had already been narrowed…
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