High-performance hybrid drives have enjoyed a long and extremely successful tradition at Porsche Motorsport. In 2010 and 2011, the Porsche 91 ...
Here are some secrets that your Audi Q7 may have been hiding from you. ...
For every car enthusiast who thinks that Audi?s new luxury SUVs Q5 and SQ5 are missing something, ABT has the answer ? visible tailpipes! ABT is in th ...
There are plenty of details available on the new 2018 Audi TT-RS. We know how much horsepower it’s packing (400). We know it’s using a t ...
Jake Hill led the championship heading into the penultimate meeting of the season at Silverstone by nine points from Tom Ingram. Reigning champion, A ...
With nine races to go, the BTCC?s second trip of the season to Donington Park, albeit this time on the Grand Prix layout, marked the start of the bus ...
As the teams headed to Scotland, it looked like there were four serious contenders for this year?s drivers? championship. After another strong showin ...
Following a month?s break, the BTCC races resumed at a sun-soaked Croft. Jake Hill topped the standings at the halfway point of the season, with a le ...
Blink and you miss it! Incredibly at the end of the meeting at a sun-soaked Oulton Park, the season would reach its halfway point after a fifth meeti ...
The fourth meeting of the relatively lively BTCC season took place at the UK?s fastest race circuit, Thruxton. Defending champion, Ash Sutton, topped ...
The two meetings of the season have so far seen a deluge of rain and glorious sunshine, so it seemed only right that the longest laps of the season at ...
In stark contrast to the conditions at Donington Park, the second meeting of the season was bathed in sunshine. With the new rules and regulations par ...
Following a close season of many rule and regulation changes, the 2024 British Touring Car Championship season got underway, albeit with weather del ...
Yes, they?re still going. After another twelve months, these are the cars and people that deserve the highest praise from ESM?s editor. What bett ...
The final rounds of the 2023 championship season were held on the Grand Prix layout at Brands Hatch, as has become the tradition over the years. Ash ...
The BTCC resumed a month after its last meeting at Donington Park as the countdown to silverware started in earnest. Ash Sutton arrived at Silversto ...
Following a NAPA Ford dominated meeting at Croft with a double 1-2-3, would the pattern continue in Scotland" Ash Sutton arrived at Knockhill with a ...
Ash Sutton arrived at Oulton Park with an incredible record of winning six of the previous eight races: something unprecedented in modern touring car ...
For the first time since 2002, the BTCC returned to the Donington Park Grand Prix circuit layout for its latest rounds of action. Ash Sutton came int ...
The British Touring Car Championship returned to action at Croft after a six week rest to recharge the batteries. Ash Sutton had been the star of the ...
With a change in track meeting order for 2023, it meant an earlier than normal visit to Snetterton than we have been accustomed to in recent years. A ...
Following two wins in each of the last two meetings, Ash Sutton arrived at a sun-drenched Thruxton as the man in form. The use of three different tyr ...
After months of driver and team changes, the anticipation for the latest British Touring Car Championship season was higher than ever. The opening ro ...
There was a lively opening to the BTCC season at Donington Park a couple of weeks ago, with the weather certainly helping to spice up the entertainme ...
Forget waiting several years for a quicker Golf GTI. Volkswagen is not messing about when it comes to the Mk8. Welcome back to the year 2020, w ...
With news that the Rockingham circuit will be turned into car storage, what happened at the last ever BTCC rounds to take place there" ESM’s co ...
The Mecum auction in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania has over 1,000 vehicles up for grabs. Yet ESM’s editor is enthralled by one of the least fash ...
Things are far from perfect in America, but at least they’re still churning out muscle cars with ridiculous horsepower. The name keeps getting ...
The sun was shining for the British Touring Car Championship’s annual trip to the North East. ESM’s BTCC Correspondent was there to capt ...
With over 400 cars and motorbikes, the Haynes International Motor Museum in Somerset is packed with variety. These were some of our highlights on a re ...
BTCC returned for the second race weekend of the 2018 season. Could Donington Park match the excitement of the season opener" After a somewhat unusua ...
The first round of the British Touring Car Championship surprised ESM’s BTCC Correspondent this year, with a mixture of drama and variety. Whi ...
It took top honours in Ned’s top seven cars of 2017, and now the Volkswagen Up! GTI is proving to be one of the most important new cars launche ...
Ned Jasper is back, and he’s picked out the best new cars we’ve seen during 2017. You might well be surprised by what takes the top hono ...
The recently departed ?Golf with a boot? deserves more recognition says ESM?s editor. Last week?s news that the Jetta saloon would not longer feature ...
The Dodge Challenger SRT Demon managed to impress immediately, but SpeedKore Performance Group wanted to take things even further. SpeedKore Dodge Dem ...
Fittingly for something revealed on October 31st, Kia brought something big and orange, with more cutouts than a hastily carved pumpkin, to SEMA 2017 ...
The announcement that Mopar is offering a 707hp Hellcat engine ‘off the shelf’ has got us thinking. What better day than Halloween to com ...
The 2017 Speciality Equipment Market Association show kicks off tomorrow, but Dodge has already stolen headlines with a very special box. What’ ...
With the BTCC celebrating a diamond jubilee in 2018, something extra has been lined up for the Snetterton race weekend. ESM thinks it could do better, ...
With the 2017 BTCC title going down to the wire, Brands Hatch was set for a knockout battle. At the front, Moffat won his second race of the season ...
What’s the best way to tackle the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb" With a 1,400hp twin-turbocharged Ford Mustang, obviously. ...
We’ve taken a close look at driving standards in the BTCC this week. Here’s a reminder that certain things don’t change. ...
The fallout from the recent Silverstone rounds of the 2017 British Touring Car Championship isn’t going to go away. ESM’s Editor gets st ...
You certainly cannot accuse the 2017 British Touring Car Championship of being anything but controversial. Silverstone ratcheted the tension up eve ...
Could Bugatti be trying to distract attention from a certain new hypercar revealed this week" If they are, this is a rather impressive feat to use as ...
We’ve heard all the cliches before, but could this actually be the closest thing ever to a road-going F1 car" Well, it’s got the engine ...
The 2017 BTCC title race is heating up, and the action on track at Rockingham was closer than ever. ESM’s BTCC correspondent gives his views on ...
Even if you’ve only got twenty minutes for lunch today, this is probably the best way you can spend it. We promise. It’s now officially ...
The annual trip to Scotland produced three entertaining races, helped by more incidents of dubious driving standards. The series left Knockhill with a ...
Right now the BMW Concept Z4 is the garnering all the attention, as a thinly disguised version of next year’s production car. Yet something els ...
A week is a long time. Here’s a reminder what happened last weekend when the BTCC circus rolled in to Norfolk. ESM’s BTCC Correspondent� ...
The world of EngageSportMode is slightly sad this week, and Ford’s latest updates about the new 2018 Mustang GT aren’t really helping. ...
Yes, it?s a huge diesel estate on EngageSportMode. It?s also one of the best cars we?ve driven this year, and we?re not ashamed to admit it. When we ...
It seems to have spent an inordinate amount of time lapping the Nürburgring, but Hyundai’s new hot hatch is finally here. Hyundai is suitab ...
If you’ve read the news lately, you could be forgiven for thinking that Volvo has killed the combustion engine. No, not quite, but you can†...
America is in a rather strange situation politically at the moment. Thankfully, things are just as crazy in the world of muscle cars. How better to im ...
Over 17% of new car buyers picked grey last year, and it’s now the third most popular tone in the UK. But how many different types of grey c ...
With a new Volkswagen Polo GTI announced, we’ve taken a look back at the previous versions of Wolfsburg’s supermini that have worn the f ...
The all-new sixth generation Volkswagen Polo was revealed to the world last week, along with an enhanced GTI model. Yet certain things have left ESM ...
Last weekend saw the British Touring Car Championship make the actual trip to the North East. EngageSportMode dispatched our BTCC Correspondent, ably ...
Can a MINI priced at £32,000 ever really be worthwhile" Well, yeah actually, based on our brief experience at the 2017 SMMT Test Day. On the face of ...
The thrills and excitement of the British Touring Car Championship headed north for the latest rounds at Oulton Park. Tom Ingram had been on top of th ...
Like just about everybody else this weekend, ESM has decided to jump aboard the Indy 500 bandwagon. Thanks to Fernando Alonso deciding to ditch the ...
We seem to have been teased for years about a possible hot version of VW’s city car. Finally, we’re almost there, with the announcement ...
The British Touring Car Championship returns this weekend, with the action taking place at Oulton Park. Our BTCC Correspondent recaps what happened la ...
We’re not shy about being fans of Hemi power here at EngageSportMode, even when placed in something slightly inappropriate like an SUV. This vi ...
It might have taken over 53 years of production, but Porsche has finally built the one-millionth version of the 911. It’s green, and a little b ...
The first race weekend in the 2017 British Touring Car Championship failed to excite our correspondent. What did he take away from Donington Park" Wh ...
In all the excitement surrounding the SRT Demon, we almost overlooked the fact that Jeep slipped out the most-powerful production SUV at the same ti ...
It turns out we didn’t dream it, and Dodge really did release the most-powerful muscle car ever early this morning. Now that it’s ...
Dodge has seemingly founds its niche, which is producing ridiculous muscle cars with increasingly insane levels of performance. After the Hellcat now ...
British Touring Car Championship fans rejoiced at the weekend as the first of ten Sundays were taken over by the sound of purring engines and screechi ...
The new Volkswagen Golf, and the excellent revised GTI in particular, got us wondering. Just how much more expensive are new cars compared to their pr ...
It’s bright orange, it’s got a huge rear wing, and it’s a Lamborghini. Of course we were going to feature the new Huracán Perfor ...
Ned Jasper is back, and he’s got the latest on the latest addition to the Porsche model range. It’s not rear-engined, but there’s ...
This could quite possibly be the weirdest answer to a question nobody has asked. Or, the perfect gift for the person who genuinely does already hav ...
Ever felt the need to subject five other people to the gut-wrenching sensation of being in a Hemi-powered muscle car" You’re in luck! Until no ...
The single most important part of this article" That the new 2018 Mustang is available with an ‘Orange Fury’ signature paint colour opt ...
How do you ensure you get attention on the first day of the 2017 North American International Auto Show" Launch a stunning new sports saloon the ni ...
In many respects – like politics or celebrity deaths – 2016 was a challenging year. But, in the automotive world, things were far bett ...
Yeah, 2016 probably won’t go down as a vintage year in terms of global politics and current affairs. However, when it comes to new cars, itâ� ...
If you’ve heard of John Baldessari, then you can consider yourself more educated than ESM when it comes to art. He’s the man responsibl ...
The greatest noise from Aston Martin this year has, understandably, been all about the new DB11. Does it mean time is up for the naturally aspirat ...
With a new Porsche 911 RSR announced, EngageSportMode ponders if anything is truly sacred in 2016. Porsche claims to have taken advantage of Le Man ...
It’s Friday, so what better way to celebrate than with photos of BMW’s special M creations" Ned Jasper takes you through them. Who ...
Another week, another Volkswagen Group motorsport project gets canned. After the end of Audi’s Le Mans campaign, now comes the closure of VWâ� ...
After almost two whole decades of dominance, one of the biggest names in endurance racing has called time on participation. This decision is hardly ...
The M235i might be gone, but the replacement has even more performance. We took a short, topless, drive, to see if the M240i stacks up as a cut-pri ...
Saddened you couldn’t get your hands on a BMW M4 GTS" Worry no more! Now you can have one to honour a racing driver you’ve most probab ...
Forgotten what happened in the BTCC last time out at Silverstone" You’re in luck, as ESM’s BTCC Correspondent is here to refresh your me ...
The Tesla Model S is kind of a big deal. No, scrap that, it’s a massive deal. We’ve heard from The Tame Geek when he drove one, but what ...
On paper these two VAG family cousins share many similarities but, peel back the surface, and you’ll discover that things aren’t quit ...
With BTCC back in action this weekend, here’s a reminder of what happened last time out along with ratings from our BTCC Correspondent. Champi ...
