Today, 21st March, would have been Ayrton Senna’s 54th birthday. You might have already noticed a special ‘Google Doodle’ on the search engine’s front page today, depending on where you are in the world, as a tribute to the Brazilian F1 legend. We think it’s a nice, touching, way of remembering Senna, ahead of the 20th anniversary of his tragic…
Subaru Impreza coming back to the UK – Just don’t get too excited
Contain yourselves, Subaru UK is bringing the Impreza name back to these shores. But before you get too carried away, that Impreza name is only applied to a single 1.6 RC hatchback model now. This fourth-generation Impreza has actually been on sale in Japan, the USA and quite a lot of other places, since late 2011….
BTCC 2014 – 31 Car Grid Confirmed at Season Launch Day
As EngageSportMode gears up for another season of bringing you news, reviews and opinion on the world’s greatest Touring Car Championship, the wraps came off the 2014 contenders at yesterday’s Launch Day. With 31 entrants, representing 14 car models from 11 manufacturers, you certainly can’t say the BTCC will lack variety in 2014. With all cars running…
Citroën DS3 Racing Cabrio – Ultra limited, ultra expensive
Citroën’s DS3 hatchback has been something of a runaway success for a firm that had struggled for many years to find an identity. With over 48,000 sold in the UK, as a nation we seem to love them. But just how much would you pay for one? £29,035. That’s the big figure right there to…
Friday Photo – When the BMW i3 came to Newcastle upon Tyne
As part of the marketing campaign for the i3 compact EV, BMW is taking it on tour to the streets of the UK. So when it popped up in our local city of Newcastle upon Tyne, we sent one of EngageSportMode’s roving reporters along for a look. We’ve written lots about the i3 on ESM already, along…
Audi’s 2014 RS 5 DTM Car looks scarily aggressive
We don’t usually make a habit of featuring DTM on EngageSportMode, but with the release of Audi’s 2014 championship challenger we felt compelled if only for the fact it has the coolest wing mirror mounts ever. Shown here in the yellow and green colours of last year’s champion Mike Rockenfeller, the DTM RS 5 is…
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…
Geneva 2014 – 420 PS Audi TT quattro sport concept
We’ve already featured the all-new Audi TT launched at this week’s Geneva Motor Show, but Ingolstadt had an extra surprise lined up for show goers; the TT quattro sport concept. Now, at EngageSportMode, we’ve become all too used to Audi making wonderful concept cars then promptly deciding not to produce them. Take the wonderful Sport quattro concept…
Geneva 2014 – Honda Civic Type-R Concept – Photo Gallery
Today’s Geneva Motor Show was seemingly a bit of a hot-hatch fest. After much speculation, here’s the concept version of Honda’s latest Type-R hatchback, with one of the craziest rear wings ever. We’ve been without a Type R version of the Honda Civic since January 2011, when EURO V emission regulations killed off the high-revving…
Geneva 2014 – SEAT Leon Cupra sets Nürburgring Record
With 280 PS the new SEAT Leon Cupra was always going to have decent performance. But was it enough to set a new lap record for production cars at the infamous Nürburgring Nordschleife circuit? Indeed! The previous record for production front-wheel drive cars was set in 2011 by the Renault Sport Megane RS Trophy with a…
Geneva 2014 – Nissan Juke Nismo RS – Photos and details
If you didn’t already know we’re fans of the existing Nissan Juke Nismo, giving it an award at the end of 2013. At the Geneva Motor Show today, Nissan has showed off the new RS version with extra power and styling modifications taken from the updated Juke. Power increases to 215 bhp (218 PS), Torque up to…
