Paul Murrell Archive
Overdrive: In-Vehicle warnings – help or distraction? Citroen hasn’t given up; COVID impacts testers
9 October 2021
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the Australasian Road Safety Conference on driver distraction from the Human-Machine-Interface Warning System.
Overdrive: VW Caddy California Camper; Isuzu Ute – more than a name; Peugeot 508; A mini in London
20 August 2021
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Rivian - A race to ugliness
Overdrive: Positioning various electrification models; Subaru BRZ; Suspension setups for Australia
2 June 2021
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The efforts Kia make to set-up suspensions for Australian Models
Overdrive: Federal Budget – big projects but no process improvement; VW utes and vans
18 May 2021
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The Federal budget has seen increased spending in most transport areas, including construction and road safety.
But one of the problems with this and most other budgets is an emphasis on the size of the spending rather than the quality of the outcomes. Are we maximising benefits?
Overdrive: Building electric buses in Australia; A practical experience in buying a car; BMW e-bike
12 May 2021
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Hello and welcome to Overdrive a program that looks at the different ways we get around, from walking, riding, or in cars, buses, trains or planes. The times each story appears in the program are noted (mm:ss) I’m David Brown News Nissan adds a new variant of their small SUV – the Qashqai (1:20) BMW
Overdrive: VW Cupra, Renault Captur, and Hyundai Nexo for Australia; Tesla model 3; Sculpture beside motorways
3 April 2021
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Hello and welcome to Overdrive, where we take a populous approach to cars and transport. I’m David Brown News Cupra: A New Car Brand Coming to Australia (1:27) NEXO: Hyundai’s hydrogen fuel-cell first (2:23) The all-new Renault Captur – the Light SUV leader in Europe returns to Australia (3:23) XPeng releases first data from long-distance
