Welcome to Overdrive, a program where we put the world of motoring and transport under the microscope.

I’m David Brown

In this program we have news stories with David Campbell

1. Uber Air Launches in Australia (1:46)

2. Fiat Chrysler Automobiles puts brakes on proposed merger with Renault, blames French government (3:15)

3. German firm tests external airbag for side-impact crashes (3:48)

4. Volvo says it will tow broken-down cars for life (4:49)

5. It May Soon Be Illegal to Text While Crossing the Street in New York City (5:40)

6. Haval Strengthens Sino-Russian Economic Cooperation with Completion of Tula Factory (6:27)

7. Motoring Minute

• Kia Picanto (7:10)

8. Preparing for a trip to the snow – Part 1 (8:21)

9. Texas Firm will build a Ferrari for you with a manual transmission (13:34)

10. Lancia Stratos (15:31)

11. Fined for crossing the road using your phone (17:33)

12. New camping thing (20:45)

13. Ian Callum (23:34)

14. PHEV (24:49)

15. Dean Oliver and Brian Smith take up the issue of designing transport infrastructure – should it be just functional or have an element of visual appeal (30:40)

16. Motoring Minute

• The BMW Z4 (42:58)

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So, let’s start with the news

Originally broadcast 15 June 2019