Interviews Archive
1913 Rolls Royce: David Berthon’s classic restoration of a very rare Rolls at Shannons Classic
15 September 2019
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At this year’s 2019 Shannon’s Classic they had over nineteen hundred cars from car clubs all over Australia. The winner of the concourse to elegance was David Burton with his beautifully restored 1913 Rolls-Royce. I was honoured to sit in the passenger seat while David drove the vehicle around the Sydney Motorsport Park Race track
Interview – Owning and loving a 1981 Daihatsu F20 JV
11 September 2019
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I went along to the monthly Machines and Macchiatos Car Show held in the Harbord bowling club car park and supporting Bear Cottage and Help Cure Brain Cancer charities. A wonderful event with classic and modern cars representing a very wide range of different vehicles. I took along the latest Suzuki Jimny, a little
Overdrive: Genesis reborn; ULEV emission zone; Snow trips; Lies, damned lies and autonomous vehicles
9 August 2019
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Hello and welcome to Overdrive, a program about cars and culture I’m David Brown In this program we have: News stories London EV demand ‘rising’ since ULEZ intro, says Carwow (1:27) Genesis Opens Doors On First Australian Flagship Studio in Sydney (2:39) Names of automated-driving systems mislead motorists Prof Currie (3:37) Competition will explore new
Jaguars old and new: Chatting to the owner of a 1972 E – Type while sitting in the latest F-Type
29 July 2019
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I went to my local monthly car show, Machines and Macchiatos at Harbord which supports the Care Bears and Cure Brain Cancer charities which usually has a couple of lovely old Jaguars on display. To show the old and the new together, I borrowed the latest F-Type Jaguar. We parked it next to a beautiful
Tracklass trams: a road to Damascus vision beyond the traditional – Prof Peter Newman
29 June 2019
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Professor Peter Newman is a professor of sustainability at Curtin University in Western Australia. He is a long passionate advocate for public transport in general and rail transport, trains and trams, in particular. He recently, to the surprise of many, came out in support of trackless tramps. Professor Newman joins us on the line now.
Privatisation – No; Value Capture – maybe; and John Maynard Keynes – Prof Roger Vickerman
25 June 2019
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The Thredbo conference is an international forum on passenger transport competition and ownership issues. It is held every two years. Professor David Hensher co-founded the conference with the first held in 1989, in Thredbo. But since then it has been held in locations around the world. It has some very rigorous papers, reporting on recent
