After one American-market orientated four-door, comes another, with a little less power than yesterday’s Dodge. The Volkswagen Jetta often gets a raw deal in the UK, being seen – unfairly – as the poor relation of the Golf, with resulting landslide-like depreciation. But, as two EngageSportMode contributors will attest, it’s a hugely underrated car. Will the latest revised…
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Volkswagen Golf R 400 Concept – Now it’s real
Recently we brought you teasing sketches of the VW Golf R 400 Concept. Now Volkswagen has actually unveiled the proper car, so we can now give you photos, instead of just drawings of the 395 bhp super-hatch. Revealed at the Auto China Show in Beijing, the R 400 is intended to display the potential of…
Volkswagen Golf R 400 Concept Sketches
Volkswagen seems to be something of a power trip at the minute. We’ve already got a rumoured lightweight Golf GTI in the pipeline, but now there’s a concept Golf R with 400 PS coming too. Granted, right now, we’ve only got sketches to go off. But, VW has released similar sketches for both the GTI and…
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…
What did we learn from the 2014 Geneva Motor Show?
Here at EngageSportMode we’ve brought you a veritable banquet of new cars in the space of one short week. You can find all our coverage here, but with the dust settling and the return to normality, we’re left pondering just what did Geneva 2014 teach us about the state of the car industry? Everything is now…
Friday Photo – 2014 Geneva Motor Show Gallery
It’s been a busy week at the 84th Geneva International Motor Show with a number of launches and debuts. We’ve covered a lot of it here on EngageSportMode already, but here’s some our photo highlights: A big week for the Audi, with the Audi S1 Sportback, RS4 Nogaro Blue special edition, new TT and TT…
New – Revised Volkswagen Scirocco for Geneva Motor Show
Can you believe the current VW Scirocco has been on sale for almost six years, since being unveiled at the 2008 Geneva Motor Show? No, we couldn’t quite believe it either, but regardless Volkswagen will be showing off a revised version in Geneva next month. To even call it evolutionary is probably an overstatement; this…
News and Pics – 560 HP Volkswagen Rallycross Beetle!
The VW Beetle might not be the first idea which springs to mind when you think of snarling, fire-breathing Rallycross cars. But Andretti Autosport and Volkswagen have come together to change all that with the Rallycross Beetle. Designed for the 2014 Red Bull Global RallyCross championship which, despite the name, has all but one in event in…
200th Post Special – Volkswagen Polo R-Line 8,000 Mile Review
It seems hard to believe that a year has now passed since ESM picked up a very shiny Volkswagen Polo R-Line on a chilly January afternoon. So 365 days and 8,000 miles later, just what has life with the R-Line been like for the past twelve months? In short, the R-Line has been virtually flawless throughout…
Friday Photo #15 – Volkswagen R and R
The most powerful production Golf, ever, is due to hit the UK in only a matter of weeks for its March launch date. Which, if the past few years are anything to go by, will probably be combined with freezing snow and ice. Perhaps that’s why VW chose to show the new Mk7 Golf R…
Friday Photo #14 – Monte Carlo Rally 2014
A year ago Sebastien Ogier was running second to that pesky other French Sebastien; Monsieur Loeb. This year he finds himself leading into the final day of the 2014 Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo, after a strong drive to get himself back into contention. Can he hold on tomorrow to take the win? Ogier did encounter some good…
Volkswagen takes 2013 WRC Drivers’ Championship
He might have only needed one point, but Volkswagen Motorsport’s Sebastien Ogier wasted no time in wrapping up the WRC Driver’s title on his home turf. With a third place on Rally France’s ‘Power Stage’ on the opening night of the event, Ogier cemented his grasp on his first World Rally Championship by making impossible…
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