Electric cars are nothing new, in fact they’ve been around as an idea since the middle of the 19th century. We’ve also had cars like the Nissan Leaf, Chevrolet/Vauxhall Volt/Ampera and Tesla Roadster available for some time. So why does today’s unveiling of the BMW i3 knock all of them into the gutter? No, it…
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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,…
New Honda NSX Prototype in the wild
In the past few days we’ve featured a couple of articles mentioning the original Honda NSX. Despite the limited commercial success of the first-generation car, and the remnants of an ongoing economic meltdown, Honda believes the time is right for a new NSX. Below is the prototype version, with some snazzy custom graphics: The prototype,…
Skoda vRS ‘ Mega Man-Pram’ Concept
This might be one best suited to EngageSportMode’s BTCC Correspondent, who is getting ever closer to the birth of his first child! Built to celebrate the launch of the new Skoda Octavia vRS, the Czech firm undertook research into just what upgrades new dads would want to see on a pram.
Friday Photo from the archives #9
Ok, it’s another FFFA which isn’t actually a photo, but a video. But, in our defence, it is quite a special video. We mentioned in yesterday’s post about F1-inspired road cars about the importance of the link between Ayrton Senna and Honda. That link is obviously, still, of importance to Honda to this day as…
F1 Inspired Road Car Specials
The new Renaultsport Megane Red Bull Racing RB8 featured recently isn’t the first, and is unlikely to be the last, road car linked to a Formula 1 racer. Here are five more with varying levels of motorsport credibility. 1. 2001 Fiat Seicento Sporting Schumacher Edition Way back at the turn of the century, there was…
Brand New -The SEAT Leon ST Estate
If you happened to like the SEAT Leon featured in yesterday’s review by The Tame Geek, but worried it wouldn’t be suitable for carrying labradors or wardrobes, then fear not. SEAT had already preempted your concerns, and can now allay them with this: That right there is the newly announced Leon Sport Tourer (or ST…
Top Gear Review – Series 20, Episode 4
We are now two-thirds of the way into this season of Top Gear. So, how did episode four shape up? Like an old copy of Max Power magazine, this post contains spoilers. Top Gear Series 20, Episode 4 – UK Air Date 21st July 2013 This episode turned out to be somewhat of a mixed-bag…
Tame Geek Review – SEAT Leon FR 2.0 TDI
Some say he manages to get behind the wheel of more new cars than The Stig. All we know is he’s called The Tame Geek, and tonight he’s feeling all Catalonian. 2013 SEAT Leon FR 2.0 TDI What! The Tame Geek is going to review another car from the Volkswagen Group? Yes, but hold on!…
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…
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…
Why the Volkswagen XL1 is better than a Le Mans racer
Volkswagen is currently making a lot of noise about this: If you didn’t already know, that’s the Volkswagen XL1, currently the world’s most fuel-efficient hybrid car in regular production. EngageSportMode isn’t usually a fan of eco-cars, but the design details of the XL1 mean that it feels less hair shirt and more Nomex overalls than…
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