Recently I wrote about whether Volkswagen’s assault on the World Rally Championship, with the Polo R WRC, could help recapture my interest in the sport. The Polo R WRC had a strong second place in Monte Carlo, with Sebastien Ogier behind the wheel. However, it was that other Sebastien (Loeb) who won yet again. Regardless…
The Tame Geek Reviews the Audi A5 Convertible
ESM likes Audis. So does our good friend, and contributor, The Tame Geek. So when he spotted the chance to take a spin in a new Audi A5 Convertible, he leapt at the chance like a startled gazelle. Head on over to his site to check out what he thought of the drop-top Ingolstadt cruiser….
BTCC Update – January 2013
We might still be 10 weeks away from the first race of the 2013 MSA BTCC season, but things are still fired up behind the scenes. ESM’s BTCC Correspondent brings more news, with the return of a former champion and ESM favourite. Read on: Turkington Returns! The big news from the BTCC this week involves…
Can the Volkswagen Polo R WRC save rallying?
You may, or may not, know that the Monte Carlo Rally is currently underway. But given the lack of a British TV deal for the WRC, I’m going to go with most people not being aware that the 81st running of the most famous rally is going on right now. Growing up, rallying was a…
Hidden Desires #1 – Vauxhall Corsa VXR
Last year I ran a short feature called “Crap Cars I Like” on ESM. The aim was to explain my love for cars which automotive journalism, the internets, or society as a whole had shunned. However, I decided the name did too much of a disservice to the cars featured. So, instead, this segment is…
2012 EngageSportMode Awards (Part Two)
After part one of the 2012 EngageSportMode awards, here is the imaginatively titled “part two” with a distinctly motorsport flavour: Man of the Year I realise there will be some screaming “fix” when I reveal that Sebastian Vettel is EngageSportMode’s Man of the Year for 2012. But putting aside my Red Bull bias for a…
2012 EngageSportMode Awards (Part One)
After a long twelve months, the time has finally come to hand out the infamous EngageSportMode ‘macaroni and glitter’ trophies to this year’s award winners. It may now be 2013, but cast your mind back (a few days) to last year. Despite the world’s ongoing financial problems, the ever-present environmental lobby and the ridiculous price…
BTCC End of 2012 Season News
After an exciting 2012 season, ESM’s BTCC Correspondent brings you a round-up of all the news, rumours and seat-swapping that has happened so far. So, what does he have to offer you? Read on: It’s been a few months since the end of another dramatic season in the BTCC, which culminated in Gordon Shedden winning his…
Merry Christmas
On behalf of EngageSportMode, may I wish all of you who have stopped by this site in the past year a very, merry Christmas. And here’s a picture of a flaming Christmas pudding from earlier:
Audi A1 Sportback 1.4TFSI S line – The Big Review
If you’ve been reading the long running saga about me attempting to buy a new car, you’ll know that I’d swung towards the Audi A1 but was finding it tough to get a dealership to sell me one. The end result was Tyneside Audi providing me with a A1 1.4TSFI Sportback for the weekend, to…
Get Bruno Senna a drive in F1 for 2013!
EngageSportMode was saddened to read that Williams F1 today have, predictably, decided to drop Bruno Senna for the 2013 season and replace him with Valtteri Bottas instead. Valterri (I’m having a hard time not writing that as Valerie) Bottas has been the Williams team test-driver for the past year, taking Senna’s seat in Friday practice…
Bigger & Better: The Full EngageSportMode Team
Since launching EngageSportMode almost a year ago, the past few months have seen contributions from a number of different people. To try to give recognition to the fact that ESM is more than just my own personal ramblings, the newly updated Team page includes a brief description of just who is who. Have something you’d…
