Brent Davison Archive

Hunter Electric Vehicle Festival – Real solutions for today’s world
24 August 2016
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Electric vehicles could well be one of the more important developments we take to reduce the impact of pollution on our cities and on the planet. Overdrive has just been to the Hunter Valley Electric Vehicle Festival ‘EVFest’ which showcases recent developments and encourages innovative ways to support improvements in electric powered vehicles. And it

Peugeot GTIs – 208 And 308, same basic engine but different cars
18 March 2016
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Road test of Peugeot 208 and 308 in Australia with David Brown and Brent Davison. If you type “GTi” into the Chrome search engine most of the first references are to the Volkswagen Golf. GTi standards for Grand Touring Injection. Peugeot has two GTis. What are the similarities and the differences? Originally aired 19 March

Hyundai i20 – Four people travelling in a small car – Can it work?
5 February 2016
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I recently travelled in Europe with a party of four. We traveled by car for much of our trips within Spain, France and Italy. Now my brother-in-law is an aficionado of old Jaguars and this was very helpful. The reason is that Jaguars generally have small boots and so you have to become an expert

Ford Mustang – Detroit iron at a good price
31 January 2016
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The first Mustang in the middle of 1964 came with a bang. The sales were astronomical. The nameplate had a checkered history after that by gaining weight and then downsizing to a midsize, bland vehicle. Recently there has been some tougher looking Mustangs but now Ford has released a new model in Australia. David Brown

Lexus RX Luxury SUV – Sydney Launch
2 December 2015
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Lexus have just released the 4th generation of their mid-sized Luxury SUV – Overdrive’s Errol Smith and Brent Davison attended the launch and drove a couple of different models.

Overdrive: Lexus RX Launch, Mazda CX3 Road Test, World’s Most Expensive Mack Truck
2 December 2015
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We discuss the launch of the all new Lexus RX Luxury SUV; Review the Mazda CX3 Small SUV, and quirky news including using embarrassing humour to get across safety messages, DUI wheelchairs and the worlds most expensive Mack Truck.