Overdrive

Hello and welcome to Overdrive a program about motoring and transport where we try to explain the jargon and PR spin that manufacturers use to describe their vehicles

I’m David Brown

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News

1. Some upgraded models for Australia from Kia, Mazda CX-8, Alpha Romeo (1:19)

2. Geely to launch an SUV with new battery technology (3:18)

3. Toyota wins in rallying (4:44)

4. Historic Racing at Sandown (6:26)

Features

Feature story

1. In our feature story we go to Sandown with our own boy racer, Fred Brain, talk about historic racing and some significant anniversaries. (8:31)

2. And we road test the new Hyundai Palisade large SUV which has some luxury features you would be hard pressed to get in much more expensive vehicles (19:30)

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Originally broadcast on 5 November 2022

Hello and welcome to Overdrive, a program that luxuriates in the realm of cars and transport.

I’m David Brown

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News

• Ampol and BYD make a deal (1:24)

• BMW Australia announces pricing for electric iX1 (2:33)

• Nissan announces Juke modest makeover (3:50)

• Ford Australia Expands its Everest Lineup (5:19)

Feature

We talk to the man who has done a beautiful restoration on a 1991 Nissan Figaro – a bit of a noddy car in looks but full of character (6:21)

Motoring Minute

• SsangYong Musso (15:19)

Road Test

Hyundai Kona Electric – a bit of the very new yet not too radical. (16:28)

Motoring minute

• Land Rover Defender 110 (27:50)

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Originally broadcast on 29 September 2022

Hello and welcome to Overdrive a program that considers all aspects of cars and transport.

I’m David Brown

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News

1. Local distributor of new cars sets up used car network

2. Great Wall embraces electrification

3. New Nissan Qashqai gets five-star safety rating

Features

We test the Haval Jolion small SUV from Great Wall Motors

I also caught up with Bob Holden (winner of the Bathurst race in a mini in 1966). He soon turns 90

We spoke about his last race- in 2019 when he was 88 years old you will be staggered by his performance.

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Originally broadcast on 22 September 2022

Hello and welcome to Overdrive a program that plays with cars and transport.

I’m David Brown

News

1. Hyundai’s IONIQ 6 will have good range performance

2. An app to help the vision-impaired catch buses

3. Audi to enter formula one

4. Australia’s F1 driver Daniel Riccardo weighs his options

Features

• With the sale of the contents of a major toy museum going ahead which includes some car, boat and train memorabilia we look at how toy cars were a part of the 60s image of cars

• Road test the Mazda CX-8 looking particularly closely at their alternative to a touch screen.

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Originally broadcast on 08 September 2022

Outro

And this has been Overdrive

• Fred Brain

• Rob Fraser

• Paul Just

for their help with this program.

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Hello and welcome to Overdrive, a program that practices what it preaches, most of the time, on the subject of cars and transport.

I’m David Brown

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News (Timed from 1:13

1. Suzuki has invested in a Melbourne startup that makes software for self-driving vehicles

2. Ford pitches at the commercial vehicle sector with new e-Transit

3. Volvo says its upcoming EX90 will understand you better

4. The best colours to reveal a vehicle’s design

Features (Timed from 6:12)

We have a special feature about the life and times of some Rolls-Royces including a road test of the Phantom V that for some time the Queen used while she was in Australia.

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Originally broadcast on 24 September 2022

Welcome to Overdrive, a program that proudly gives you the alternative facts to all aspects of motoring and transport.

I’m David Brown

News

1. Toyota launches new GR86 eight months after the Subaru BRZ

2. Land Rover Defender’s special 75th Anniversary model

3. BMW and MINI go for vegan interiors

4. Hyundai gets its first 1-2-3- in WRC

5. The Queen’s Unusual cars

Features

• The Hyundai i30N more than a hot hatch it’s a performance saloon

• Road test of the Hyundai Ioniq 5 EV by our young interns

Motoring Minutes

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Originally broadcast on 24 September 2022

Hello and welcome to Overdrive, a program that ponders the philosophical and practical aspects of motoring and transport.

I’m David Brown

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News

1. August shows positive signs in car sales

2. ANCAP five stars for three EVs

3. Skoda goes for seven-year warranty

4. Electric car survey

Road tests

• Nissan Patrol

• BMW ix xdrive 40

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Originally broadcast on 10 September 2022

Overdrive: Kia Stinger –can it be a sports car with four doors?: National Transport Research Centre

Hello this is Overdrive a program about the facts, the fun and the fiction of motoring and transport

I’m David Brown

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News (1:19)

1. BMW iX xDrive40 – telling it like it is

2. Subaru Outback gets a turbo boost

3. Big Toyota Tundra ute is being tested in right-hand-drive in Australia

Road test (6:56)

Motoring writer Paul Murrell and I have a chat about the Kia Stinger – its not called a sports car but it comes close with the advantage of four doors.

Feature (16:49)

In a feature story we catch with Michael Caltabiano who has establish a new National Transport Research Centre.

Motoring Minutes

• Kia Seltos (28:27)

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Originally broadcast on 03 September 2022

Hello and welcome to Overdrive a program about trains, planes and automobiles, but mainly automobiles.

I'm David Brown

News (1:20)

And in this program we have some news stories, including:

1. ANCAP says talks of environmental targets should not come at a cost of safety.

2. A new hybrid Haval

3. Genesis goes all electric with a G80 luxury sedan.

4. And Volkswagen hails progress on electric vehicles.

Feature Stories (8:34 and 19:55)

We have two feature stories

1. we hear from an expert from Michelin about tyre development, particularly in the light of specific needs of electric vehicles. (8:34)

2. And we have an interview Geoff Gwilym from the VACC about what election processes should promise in regard to the long term needs of the motor vehicle industry in this country. (19:55)

Motoring Minute (18:44)

• Genesis GV70

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David Lange is in segment management, the Michelin for East Asia and Oceana, particularly for their larger passenger car tires, which involves tires for performance vehicles, but also for electric vehicles. He is stationed in Thailand where I caught up with him on the line and asked him, what are the major factors that need to be considered when making tires for electric vehicles or EVs?