With the British Touring Car Championship at ESM’s home circuit, there was never any doubt as to whether we would be in attendance. But, would it be a Sunday to remember, or another snooze-fest like Oulton Park? Our BTCC Correspondent tells the story below: After Oulton Park, things could only get better for the BTCC and they…
2015 Goodwood Festival of Speed – The Racers Gallery
Whilst the Festival of Speed has grown to become the de facto British motor show, it’s still all about the epic racing cars that tackle the hill climb course. Our second 2015 gallery features some of the exotic and expensive machinery found in the paddock.
2015 Goodwood Festival of Speed – Moving Motor Show Gallery
ESM has been to the Goodwood Festival of Speed before – the last time back in 2012 – but this year was a little different. It started with a letter from the Earl of March inviting ESM to the Festival of Speed as a fully fledged member of the media. It ended with driving almost 700 miles…
News – Special 2,000,000th Edition Land Rover Defender
In case you didn’t know, Land Rover will end production of the iconic Defender model in its existing format this year. With roots stretching back some 67 years, they’re hardly keeping quiet about it in Solihull. Since production began back in 1948, Land Rover has managed to knock together some two million examples of the all-conquering Series/Defender vehicle….
All-new Mazda CX-3 Review on Motoring Research
Last week EngageSportMode was tasked with reviewing the brand-new Mazda CX-3 crossover for Motoring Research. Helpfully, the UK launch was taking place pretty much in our own back yard! So, did we fall for the sporty supermini-sized crossover? Did the sun actually shine in the North East? Well, you’ll have to head on over to…
Guest Post | Ned Jasper | New 2016 BMW 7-Series
ESM cares about blogging, and about encouraging others.. So when young blogger Ned Jasper contacted us, and asked if we would feature some of his work, we said yes because that’s the kind of people we are. Being a blogger isn’t always easy but, as a community, we should be doing what we can to support each other. He’s already…
2015 Le Mans Gallery – Porsche takes historic 17th win with 1-2 finish
Ok, we’ll hold our hands up. We didn’t predict this in our Friday Photo Gallery. Nope, we overlooked the pace of the Porsches in qualifying and, instead, went for another Audi victory. We were wrong, even if we had predicted it a year ago. But congratulations to Porsche for surprising us with a rather impressive 1-2 win! In what…
Friday Photo – Le Mans 2015 Qualifying Gallery
If you remember back to last year, EngageSportMode got quite excited about Le Mans. Less so about the racing, as good as it was, and more so about the awesome imagery coming out of the manufacturers’ press offices. 2015 is proving to be no different, so we bring you some of the best shots from qualifying. Porsche…
BTCC 2015 – Oulton Park | Reviewed and Rated
ESM’s BTCC Correspondent isn’t one for holding back on his opinions. What did he make of the latest rounds? ***Start of report*** ***Snoozefest*** ***End of report*** My short review above of the latest British Touring Car Championship rounds may be jovial, but I find it to be highly accurate. Of course, issues were still raised…
Editorial – A blog about car blogging.
Are unpaid bloggers killing motoring journalism? Do we even know what a ‘hobbyist’ is? Is the real threat to the industry from within? Our editor explores. Neil Briscoe of Complete Car caused something of a social media sensation over the weekend, declaring that motoring journalism was under threat, and that the written word was facing Armageddon. Strong…
SMMT Test Day 2015 – One day, Twelve cars [Part 3/3]
We’ve made it to the final part of our epic journey through the dozen cars we experienced at the SMMT Test Day. Don’t forget to read part one and part two first! Eight cars down, we were now into the home stretch of the 2015 SMMT Test Day. Two of the final quartet were rather…
Friday Photo – Six Retro Themed Toyota GT86 for Goodwood
We like the Toyota GT86. We also like retro-racer inspired liveries. So a bundle of six GT86s finished in classic Toyota racing colour schemes sounds like a pretty good deal to us! Celebrating some 50 years of Toyota motorsport heritage, the six models have been vinyl-wrapped, lowered by 40mm, had stainless steel exhausts fitted and Rota…
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