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 better way to start a new year than instantly thinking about the one that has just happened. It is tradition, however, for ESM to dish out hypothetical awards and prizes, so stick with us.

EngageSportMode?s 2024 Car of the Year

Twisted Automotive TVS T110

Last year ESM picked the wonderfully sensible Honda Civic e:HEV as our car of the year. Being rational has gone out the window, and we?ve chosen the rather ridiculous Twisted Automotive TVS T110 for 2024.

Costing more than £180,000, this particular Twisted-enhanced Defender came to stay for a week, and brought plenty of fun to the table. Powered by a 2.3-litre Ford EcoBoost engine, typically found in a Mustang or Focus RS, the hilarity began almost instantly. Twisted?s setup includes a LOT of turbo noise, which is guaranteed to bring a smile to anyone?s face.
Combine this with 308hp, plus a six-speed manual gearbox, and you have a recipe for genuine driving joy. Planting the throttle and feeling the TVS T110 hurl itself for the horizon, with a very non-Defender display of wheelspin, will stay with me for a long time.

Utterly compelling, nothing else during 2023 felt so physically rewarding to drive. Thank you for making the ESM Awards anti-ordinary again, Twisted.

2024 Guilty Pleasure Award

Lamborghini Huracán Sterrato

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