David Brown Archive
Overdrive: Can Suzuki Ignis do a Mini? Suzuki Swift; Audi A4 & A5; Stealing moose size speed-cameras
7 August 2020
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Hello and welcome to Overdrive a program that looks at the purpose of and the passion for trains, planes and automobiles. News VFacts Cars sales figures show a slight relapse (1:34) Audi have announced their new A4 and A5 (2:36) Audi is researching bidirectional charging technology (3:41) Nissan accepting electricity as payment for parking (4:40)
Overdrive: Bugatti’s Baby; Hyundai air-conditioning. Suzuki Baleno booms; Virtual car racing cheats
31 July 2020
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Hello and welcome to Overdrive a program that puts a magnifying glass to the role of cars and transport in our society and ends up burning a hole in it. News Hyundai develops new air-conditioning technologies (1:45), Jaguar Land Rover’s touchscreen you don’t have to touch to fight bacteria and viruses (2:44), Suzuki Baleno –
Overdrive: RIP Ron Tauranac (Brabham’s designer); Electric classics; Nissan Pathfinder; Kia Purple M
25 July 2020
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Welcome to Overdrive, a motoring and transport program where facts are important but so is passion and opinion. News VW – to make electric classics (1:32) 3-D printing makes manufacturing complex or limited number of parts possible (2:43) Nissan Pathfinder (3:45) Electric charging standard – Nissan goes for the common approach (4:44) Establishes ‘purple m’
Interview with Will Hagon on the passing of Ron Tauranac – designer of Brabham and RALT racing cars
24 July 2020
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A few years before his death, I spoke to Sir Jack Brabham. The obvious start was to get him reminiscing about the old days. To my surprise, he almost immediately said “you should speak to Ron Tauranac”. Ron had a long friendship with Brabham and Ron helped him no matter which team Jack was in
An historic celebration: 110 years of alfa Romeo
20 July 2020
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And it is a happy birthday to Alfa Romeo which is 110 years old. Alfas have a passionate following but their products have had some ups and downs. Hence the joke “What is the most senior position in Alfa Romeo – the Manager of Spare Parts”. Alfa’s strengths and weaknesses were epitomised by the Alfasud;
Big family? Don’t forget to look at a people mover – e.g. Hyundai iMax
20 July 2020
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If you have a large family and you need more seats in your vehicle, the temptation is to look at medium to large SUVs that will seat seven people. But they do this with some compromises. Most SUVs are squeezing in a third row of seats that can be hard to get to and not
