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Make Buses Sexy; Solar car for commuting; Second-hand car sales; Green number plates and Bentleys
14 December 2020
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Hello and welcome to Overdrive, a program that canvases issues related to cars and transport. I’m David Brown News Gum tree and second-hand vehicles (1:39) Triton (2:30) This breakthrough electric vehicle never needs to be plugged in (3:29) Green numberplates launched, research predicts boost in EV sales (4:29) Bentley’s first EV kicks off brand’s bold
Geoff Brabham’s method on how to take the first corner at Indy flat out
3 December 2020
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How do you overcome the psychological difficulty of keeping your foot on the accelerator when you enter the first corner at the Indianapolis 500 doing 400 km/hr or more. Apparently, Geoff Brabham had the technique of putting his left foot on top of his right foot to make sure he didn’t lift off. This is
Skoda Kodiaq RS: Tested 2020; Quality product; natty features that are standard; Interesting history
19 August 2020
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What we cover Skoda is a car brand that is unknown to many people or at least sounds mysterious, puzzling, inscrutable. They now build quality products with some natty features, that allow you to be a bit showy to your friends. Who better to show David Brown Skoda’s large SUV the Kodiaq than our flamboyant
Overdrive: Audi S4 and A4; Toyota Fortuner and Hilux; Jaguar motion sickness; Driving to History
15 August 2020
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Welcome to Overdrive, a program that ponders the particulars of motoring and transport. News Audi S4 and S5 (1:50) New Toyota Fortuner (2:53) New Toyota Hilux (2:53) Jaguar teaches driverless cars how to reduce motion sickness (2:51) Active Driving Assistance Systems Do Less to Assist Drivers and More to Interfere (2:59) Interviews We spent a
Overdrive: Jaguar Land Rover Project Vector; Haval H9; Citroen C5; Electric Planes and Segway chair
1 March 2020
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Hello and welcome to Overdrive a program that ponders the purpose of cars and transport Jaguar Land Rover: new vehicle for a new approach (1:20) Can the Haval H9 SUV make it here? (2:07) The standout design feature in the Citroen C5 (3:08) A hydrogen-electric ute (4:04) A new meaning to “Heavy Metal Fan”: (5:00)
Overdrive: Holden goes under: Formal history and stories from owners
22 February 2020
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This week we concentrate on Holden, that famous Australia car brand that will soon cease to exist. From Craft to economies of scale (1:22) General Motors did the holden name well (2:32) Was the first Holden that good (3:37) Button plan (4:32) Did Holden build the wrong type of cars (5:39) And we hear from
