Overdrive: The full cost of road tolls to you and me; GWM Tank 500 Hybrid; Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV
Alfa Stelvio Quadrafoglio is calm in traffic and an animal (in a good sense) on the open road
David Brown
David Brown started his working life as a Civil Engineer but you would not want him to design a bridge you wanted to safely walk over. His passion was in traffic engineering and transport planning which is all about how we use our transport systems not how we build them. He soon became involved in commenting on issues through all avenues of the media. He is now a motoring and transport journalist. He test drives a new car each week but his ultimate measure of how good a car is relies on his 12 year old and the Hayden Brown “Will you drive me to school in that car” factor.
Overdrive: Deepal S07 launch; Good, bad and ugly signage on race cars; McLaren’s $560,000 watch
You can hardly see the number on modern race cars because the advertising is more important.
Overdrive: Will Tesla go the way of Tupperware?; Pirelli Calendar; Japan’s Kei Cars; Suzuki Swift
Telsa was innovative but now there is a flood of brands, especially from China, who are copying at a cheaper price.
Overdrive: New Polestar 3; 5 Door Suzuki Jimny; Chinese EV invasion; Two rally stars road to the top
“My first navigator was my dad but he was not good!”
Overdrive: SatNav with directions and local insights; Mazda MX-5 Ragtop; Brisbane’s Light Trams
The Mazda MX-5 advance the style and feel that we first saw in the Lotus Elan
Overdrive: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Ioniq 5 N; Swallow Doretti; Ford Edsel; Nissan Pathfinder
Welcome to Overdrive, a program about the wonderful world of motoring and transport. I’m David Brown More of our thoughts, ideas and ramblings are covered on...