Newcastle Audi recently opened a brand-new dealership on Scotswood road in the city. EngageSportMode was in the area, so we went along to take a look around. It’s not often a car dealership has the ability to leave you a little bit speechless; unless you’ve just been given the price for your car in part-exchange perhaps….
Team Sky Jaguar F-Type Stage 20 Concept – Photos and Video
Let’s cut to the chase – EngageSportMode doesn’t really do cycling. Too much Lycra; not enough internal combustion engines. However we’re willing to make an exception to entertain another cool product from the Jaguar Land Rover Special Vehicles Operation team. If you’re a cyclist, you’ve probably just got in from a quick “30k ride” and need a shower. But, before…
2015 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat Pricing Announced
What could make a seven hundred and seven horsepower modern muscle car better? Ridiculously low pricing, that’s what! Which, if you’re lucky enough to live on the other side of the Atlantic, is what’ll you’ll be offered. We’ve made almost as much noise about the Hellcat as the car itself does. But our love for the badass 6.2…
New – 2014 Mercedes-Benz S 65 AMG Coupé
How much is too much? More specifically, just what constitutes too much when it comes to torque? The latest AMG version of the S Class Coupé might just have the answer. One thousand. 1,000. It’s a fairly significant number whatever the usage, but for Mercedes-Benz it symbolises the torque output for the AMG models at the…
Friday Video – BMW M4 “Ultimate Racetrack”
Should it still really be called the M3, does it matter that it’s turbocharged, can you love a car that has synthesised engine noises? All important questions when discussing the new BMW M3 M4. However, watch this video that we found on YouTube posted by BMW Canada, and you should find those questions float away into obscurity.
New – Revised Ford Focus ST
In all the Goodwood Festival of Speed and British Touring Car Championship excitement, the full details of the revised Ford Focus ST were also announced. So here they are, with lots of Tangerine Scream paintwork action. Did you know, ST stands for Sports Technologies. We’ll admit that we didn’t, until writing this, but consider us all…
BTCC Rookie Tom Ingram Takes on Hillclimb
Last time we saw Tom Ingram behind the wheel, he was battling it out at Croft Circuit in the British Touring Car Championship. But last weekend, for a change, he took on the fearsome Harewood Hillclimb. No, not everything in Yorkshire was about the Tour de France on Sunday. Although only a short distance away from…
BTCC 2014 – Croft – Rounds 13/14/15 – Review
You’ve already seen the galleries (one, two), but here’s the review from our Correspondent as the British Touring Car Championship hit the North East. Turkington Maintains Championship Advantage In the latest rounds of the British Touring Car Championship held at Croft Circuit in North Yorkshire, 2009 champion Colin Turkington maintained his lead at the top…
Friday Photo 2 – Dodge 4th of July Special
Right now it’s the Fourth of July. It also a week where we’ve seen Dodge unleash the epic Challenger SRT Hellcat and celebrate its 100th anniversary. As such, we decided to offer up an additional Friday Photo gallery with some Dodge back-catalogue greatest hits to celebrate American automotive ideology. The marque has had a troubled…
Friday Photo – 2014 Goodwood Festival of Speed
EngageSportMode wasn’t at this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed, instead spending last weekend at Croft Circuit for the British Touring Car Championship. But that doesn’t mean we can’t bring you photo highlights from Goodwood. We promise there’s no flamboyant trousers or Red Arrows content contained within. Drawing in over 200,000 spectators across the four days, this…
New – 2015 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat – 707 HP! Yes, really!
Forget what you heard; Detroit isn’t dead just yet. Dodge, as part of the Chrysler group has had a rough ride through the global recession recently. But forget all that because, to celebrate the company’s 100th anniversary year, it’s produced the seven hundred and seven horsepower Hellcat. Trying to write an opening paragraph without turning to expletives…
BTCC at Croft 2014 – EngageSportMode Photo Gallery 2
If you’ve seen our first gallery from the British Touring Car Championship at Croft, then you’ll be ready for the second. This one features a controversial race three, and our off-track highlights from around the pits and paddock. Race Three Atmosphere / Pits and Paddock A great day, no rain and for once no sunburn. Compared to…
