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

I’m David Brown

And in this program, we take a look at the latest news stories including:

1. World Car of the Year 2017: winners revealed

2. ANCAP

3. Australian debut: Mercedes-Benz trucks can automatically start braking for pedestrians

4. Line Marking

5. Bush Mechanics: The Exhibition opens

Errol takes a big SUV down to the farm and attracts a lot of cows among other things.

And Alan and I go for a drive in a small people mover. It started life as a nerdy car nine years ago but it has come a long way since.

And in our panel discussion with Brian Smith and Errol Smith we take a light-hearted look at stories including:

1. Will clothing dictate transit patronage?

2. The World's Most Elegant Public Transit Campaign

3. Audi and Porsche join forces for shared vehicle architecture

4. New McLaren 720s supercar now a Lego build

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