David Brown Archive
Overdrive: Jaguar pothole funds; Isuzu DMAX & MUX; Citroen history; Ford AEB shopping cart
10 May 2019
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Hello and welcome to Overdrive a program that looks at cars and transport from a variety of angles. I’m David Brown And in this weeks program Are commuter car parks worth it? (1:39) Via brings micro-transit service in Seattle (2:31) Warn fellow road users about potholes and earn cryptocurrency as you drive (3:03) How
Overdrive: Speed limiters; Proton returns; Annoying things about cars, Kia Picanto
2 May 2019
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Hello and welcome to Overdrive a program that looks at all forms of transport from the humble bike through to rocket-powered space travel. I’m David Brown In this week’s program Speed limiters mandatory in all European cars by 2022 (1:33) Canadian government invests in zero-emission vehicles (3:03) PROTON looks set to relaunch in
Overdrive: Mazda 3; Citroen Aircross; Autonomous Vehicles not so fast not so safe
21 April 2019
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Hello and welcome to Overdrive a program that looks at a range of different ways we get around, from cars, buses, trains, and planes. I’m David Brown In this week’s program, we have news stories with David Campbell London implements Ultra-low Emission Zone(1:22) Uber unveils IPO with a warning it may never make
Car features that are meant to be helpful but are not
19 April 2019
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Sometimes cars do things for you that are meant to be helpful but they’re not what you want. I stopped on the side of the road the other day because I thought I saw something suspicious. It was at night and I thought I might just observe. The car was the new Mini Cooper. I
Overdrive: Subaru’s rally driver – Molly Taylor, Hino 500; More April fools day pranks
18 April 2019
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Welcome to Overdrive, a program where we look at the wide and wonderful world of motoring and transport. I’m David Brown In this week’s program, we have news stories with David Campbell 50% target for electric car sales by 2030 under a Labor Government EU believes BMW, Daimler and VW colluded over clean emissions
Hino 500 MY2019: Efficiency, technology and class-leading safety
16 April 2019
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It’s been more than 15 years since Hino brought out a new medium-duty Standard Cab range, but the latest model clearly ups the ante in performance, economy, convenience and class-leading safety. It also has some major innovative features around telematics. The new 500 comes with three models, three cabin configurations, a wide range of
