David Brown Archive
Kia Stinger – A chat with Damien Meredith, Kia’s Chief Operating Officer
24 September 2017
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Is the Stinger a homage to the past and/or a reflection of some peoples’ youth Kia are about to bring their brand new car, the Stinger, into Australia. It is a biggish car with rear wheel drive and the top of the range has a twin turbo V6 engine. They say they designed the
Kia Stinger – stylish and a bit raunchy
24 September 2017
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Elegant Grand Touring and enough performance to get the heart beating faster So the Kia Stinger – the fastest Kia production car they have built. The 2 litre four cylinder turbo engine has 182 Kw and 353 Nm of torque reaching its peak at just 1,400 rpm The twin turbo 3.3 litre V6 has
Giving your car a cushioning structure when you are in a crash
15 August 2017
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The difficulty in designing cars is how to make them perform efficiently in different situations. Google now has a patent that allows a car to change its rigidity in the case of a crash. It was an old adage that cars from yesteryear were safer because they were more “solid”. But this has given way
Why people love cars and not public transport
15 August 2017
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Why people choose to drive rather than use public transport is a question that many people have an opinion on, usually about the cost and convenience. But what does the research say? Dr Jennifer Kent, who is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Urban and Regional Planning program at the University of Sydney, has being looking
Overdrive: News: July Car Sales; Implanted Opal Card
5 August 2017
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Hello and welcome to Overdrive, where we mull over issues to do with cars and transport. I’m David Brown And in this program, we take a look at the latest news stories including: • Car sales figures for July • Ford’s bus service that isn’t We have chat with Lewis Williamson from England on how
Car fuel from whiskey waste and bagpipes on planes
5 August 2017
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List all your Scottish jokes here! Electric cars may receive most of the attention within the realm of alternative propulsion methods, but liquid hydrocarbon fuels will be with us for many decades to come. The challenge then becomes how to reduce the carbon footprint of extracting, transporting, refining, and burning those fuels to reduce the
