Overdrive

Program

Listeners joke

An extended discussion on the feedback from our story on unusual gear stick knobs

• A gear knob as an element of sculpture

• Aussie gear stick knobs

• Extreme examples including from a taxi in Fiji

• Did you know it is illegal to not have the gear selection pattern on your gear knob

• What should a car tell you other than the gear selection pattern

Road tests

• Subaru BRZ manual transmission sports car

• What’s happening with sports car sales in Australia

• Peugeot 2008 Small SUV

• Is there value in being different with a hint of prestige

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Outro

And this has been overdrive

Thanks to

• Paul Murrell

• Alan Zurvas

• Paula from Randwick

• Subaru Australia

• Peugeot Australia

• Mark Wesley

• Bruce Potter

for their help with this program.

Our web site is drivenmedia.com.au or search for cars, transport, culture for our longer version of the program as a podcast on iTunes and Spotify podcasts or for information including pictures on Facebook, Instagram or youtube.

You can always make a suggest, comment or offer help by sending an email to [email protected]

Overdrive is syndicated across Australia on the Community Radio Network

Originally broadcast 20 July 2024

I’m David Brown

Thanks for listening

In this program:

News stories

• Fisker bankruptcy: SUVs for $3700 each – report (0:45)

• Holden’s Hero Torana to be resurrected at a price (3:15)

• Private e-scooters to get legal green light (8:06)

• Learners falsifying logbooks in significant numbers, survey reveals (11:27)

Unintended consequences

• High Occupancy Vehicle lanes – fudging the number of occupants (15:55)

Feedback – comments from listeners on pictures in social media

• BMW Isetta (17:12)

Brian Smith takes a wonderful wonder through his memory on some of the motoring fads from the past including (20:52)

• Rubber strip hanging down from the car

• Steering locks

Road tests – the new design and the old design

• Subaru Solterra EV (40:09)

• Mitsubishi ASX – still being built but was first launched in 2010 (47:20)

Web Site: Driven Media: drivenmedia.com.au

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And this has been overdrive

Thanks to

• Paul Murrell

• Brian Smith

• Subaru Australia

• Mitsubishi Australia

• Mark Wesley

• Bruce Potter

for their help with this program.

Our web site is drivenmedia.com.au or search for cars, transport, culture for our longer version of the program as a podcast on iTunes and Spotify podcasts or for information including pictures on Facebook, Instagram or youtube.

You can always make a suggest, comment or offer help by sending an email to [email protected]

Overdrive is syndicated across Australia on the Community Radio Network

Originally broadcast 13 July 2024

In this program:

Interviews

• Car sales figures for the first half of the year especially electric vehicles

• Road test the Nissan Qashqai – hybrid – it’s a bit different

• Clear up some of the frustrations we had with the Great Wall Motors Tank 500

• Discuss some of the crazy trends we have seen in motoring

• Comment on some of some great quotes about motoring and travel from the Bill Bryson book “Down Under”

Web Site: Driven Media: drivenmedia.com.au

Podcasts

iTunes: Cars Transport Culture

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Cars Transport Culture

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Cars Transport Culture

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Cars Transport Culture

Search for Cars transport culture

You can get more of our work including longer versions of the program on our website, through our podcasts, or Facebook, Instagram or YouTube by searching for cars transport culture.

And this has been overdrive

Thanks to

• Paul Murrell

• Brian Smith

• Nissan Australia

• Mark Wesley

• Bruce Potter

for their help with this program.

Our web site is drivenmedia.com.au or search for cars, transport, culture for our longer version of the program as a podcast on iTunes and Spotify podcasts or for information including pictures on Facebook, Instagram or youtube.

You can always make a suggest, comment or offer help by sending an email to [email protected]

Overdrive is syndicated across Australia on the Community Radio Network

Originally broadcast 6 July 2024

G’Day and welcome to Overdrive a program that bounces through the world of cars and transport

In this program:

Listener feedback on

• Unexpected consequences of transport projects. Paris is implementing high occupancy lanes – good idea but some experience in Sydney would be helpful to consider

• Oil leaks in Morris minors

• A unique clock with the face like an old-style Jaguar dial

Interviews

• Guys Who Like Loud Cars Have Sadistic Psychopathic Tendencies: Study

• Road test of the Fiat 500 electric vehicle

Web Site: Driven Media: drivenmedia.com.au

Podcasts

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Cars Transport Culture

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Cars Transport Culture

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You can get more of our work including longer versions of the program on our website, through our podcasts, or Facebook, Instagram or YouTube by searching for cars transport culture.

Originally broadcast 29 June 2024

And this has been overdrive

Thanks to

• Paul Murrell

• Fred and Pamela Brain

• Fiat Australia

• Mark Wesley

• Bruce Potter

for their help with this program.

Our web site is drivenmedia.com.au or search for cars, transport, culture for our longer version of the program as a podcast on iTunes and Spotify podcasts or for information including pictures on Facebook, Instagram or youtube.

You can always make a suggest, comment or offer help by sending an email to [email protected]

Overdrive is syndicated across Australia on the Community Radio Network

I’m David Brown

Thanks for listening

In this program:

• Taking a long time to overtake: The Cruise Control Creep

• Noise from windscreen wipers

• Original Mini versus modern SUVs – Listeners play homage to Monty Python

• Road test – Patrol Warrior

• Road test of Genesis GV70 – 3.5 T

Web Site: Driven Media: drivenmedia.com.au

Podcasts

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Cars Transport Culture

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Cars Transport Culture

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Cars Transport Culture

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And this has been overdrive

Thanks to

• Paul Murrell

• Nissan Australia

• Genesis Australia

• Mark Wesley

• Bruce Potter

for their help with this program.

Our web site is drivenmedia.com.au or search for cars, transport, culture for our longer version of the program as a podcast on iTunes and Spotify podcasts or for information including pictures on Facebook, Instagram or youtube.

You can always make a suggest, comment or offer help by sending an email to [email protected]

Overdrive is syndicated across Australia on the Community Radio Network

Originally broadcast 15 June 2024

I’m David Brown

Thanks for listening

Overdrive: Past car ads - the good, bad and ugly; Hyundai Kona EV; Misleading hybrid sale figures

1. Joke from a listener

2. An engineer turned comedian gives an example of the poor use of statistics

3. Why two-wheel-drive utes sell in small numbers

4. We review a historic film of road construction. How has the presentation of transport projects changed

5. A review of some specific aspects of the latest car sales figures

6. A road test the Hyundai Kona EV

7. An interview with Bruce Potter on past car advertising headlines that worked really well and those that did not.

Web Site: Driven Media: drivenmedia.com.au

Podcasts

iTunes: Cars Transport Culture

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Cars Transport Culture

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Cars Transport Culture

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Cars Transport Culture

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And this has been overdrive

Thanks to

• Paul Murrell

• Bruce Potter

• Listener Alfie

• Hyundai Australia

• Mark Wesley

for their help with this program.

Our web site is drivenmedia.com.au or search for cars, transport, culture for our longer version of the program as a podcast on iTunes and Spotify podcasts or for information including pictures on Facebook, Instagram or youtube.

You can always make a suggest, comment or offer help by sending an email to [email protected]

Overdrive is syndicated across Australia on the Community Radio Network

Originally broadcast 15 June 2024

G’Day and welcome to Overdrive a cars and transport program where you don’t have to be a rev head to enjoy it.

In this program we look at

• Some reflections on why switches are better than touch screens and great headlines on car ads

• A young person tries a new car

• Road Test of the Nissan Navara 4X Pro

• Some things from the Australian Institute of Traffic Planning and Management’s panel session I moderated on the subject “Emerging Technologies and Innovations in Transport”.

For the long versions of this program go to drivenmedia.com.au or search for cars, transport, culture for iTunes and Spotify podcasts or for information including pictures on social media.

We are working towards a new web site to provide more visual material to back up our audio efforts.

If you would like to help with Overdrive as a community activity in any capacity, send an email to [email protected]

Web Site: Driven Media: drivenmedia.com.au

Podcasts

iTunes: Cars Transport Culture

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Cars Transport Culture

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Cars Transport Culture

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Originally broadcast 8 June 2024

Thanks to

• Paul Murrell

• Mitchel Ferguson

• Nissan Australia

• Mark Wesley

• Bruce Potter

for their help with this program.

G’Day and welcome to Overdrive a program that looks at cars and transport from a variety of angles.

In this program we look at

• Queensland has made Public Transport trips 50c but not zero. Is it a good idea

• New road safety ad from South Aust Police – will it do any good

• Self-driving vehicles expected on UK roads by 2026 following new legislation

• America’s heavy tax on Chinese EVs and China’s possible retaliation and

• Road test – Alfa Romeo Tonale

For the long versions of this programme go to drivenmedia.com dot AU or iTunes and Spotify podcasts or for information including pictures use social media and look for cars, transport, culture.

We are working towards a new web site to provide more visual material to back up our audio efforts.

If you would like to help with Overdrive as a community activity in any capacity, send an email to [email protected]

I'm David Brown. Thanks for listening.

Web Site: Driven Media: drivenmedia.com.au

Podcasts

iTunes: Cars Transport Culture

Spotify: Cars Transport Culture

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Cars Transport Culture

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Cars Transport Culture

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Cars Transport Culture

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Originally broadcast 1 June 2024

G’Day and welcome to Overdrive a program that looks at all forms of transport from the humble bike through to a rocket powered spaceship.

In this program we look at

• An adventure in an electric vehicle that did not deliver the range it promised

• The government’s approach to the increasing road toll

• There’s a motoring link to a survey of the sexiest man in Britain – prepare for a shock

• Creating a car model name – can AI help

• A brief history of Bristols – the motor car brand

• Hyundai gives us the gossip on their i30N, and

• We road test the Pajero Sport

Extended version of the program can be heard on

Web Site: Driven Media: drivenmedia.com.au

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Cars Transport Culture

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Cars Transport Culture

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Originally broadcast 25 May 2024

G’Day and welcome to Overdrive a program that looks at the different ways we get around, from walking, riding, or in cars, buses, trains or planes and their impact on our culture

In the program Paul Murrell and I discuss

• Toyota considering an alternative to the Mazda MX-5

• Is the manual gearbox doomed?

• Converting classic cars to electric power

• 60 years of the Porsche 911

• Volvo launces a new EV

• A road test of the GWM Tank 500

• Collecting Data for Government policy

For extended version of the program go to

Web Site: Driven Media: drivenmedia.com.au

Podcasts

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Cars Transport Culture

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Cars Transport Culture

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Originally broadcast 18 May 2024