Road test Archive

Overdrive: Tax on Electric Vehicles; An oldie–Landcruiser 70; A newie–MG Electric; Sport sponsors
17 November 2020
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Hello and welcome to Overdrive a program that plays with cars and transport. I’m David Brown News SA government to tax electric vehicles (1:25) Hyundai’s ‘Connected Car’ Infotainment And Ai Platform (2:19) TV campaign on the value of safety features (3:14) A decade of evolution of electric vehicles (4:14) Intelligent systems (5:19) Interview Rob Fraser drives a

Overdrive: Designing the Toyota Hilux; Volvo XC40; Audi A7; Peugeot 308; Federal Budget & transport
9 October 2020
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Hello this is Overdrive a program about the facts, the fun, and the fiction of motoring and transport I’m David Brown News 2020-21 Federal Budget – Infrastructure does well (1:38) Car Sales for September 2020 (2:47) Designing the Hilux (3:47) Volvo XC 40 (4:45) The Hummer will be back (5:47) Interview Alan Zurvas and I

Historic Picton: telling the stories of pioneers of the district – the good and the tragic
14 August 2020
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Testing cars is not just about their features and performance. It is about how well you travel in them and what you can do when you get to a destination. On a trip to the Highlands for the launch of some new Audis, we passed through Picton. We sat in a park just near St

Overdrive: Can Suzuki Ignis do a Mini? Suzuki Swift; Audi A4 & A5; Stealing moose size speed-cameras
7 August 2020
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Hello and welcome to Overdrive a program that looks at the purpose of and the passion for trains, planes and automobiles. News VFacts Cars sales figures show a slight relapse (1:34) Audi have announced their new A4 and A5 (2:36) Audi is researching bidirectional charging technology (3:41) Nissan accepting electricity as payment for parking (4:40)

Overdrive: Bugatti’s Baby; Hyundai air-conditioning. Suzuki Baleno booms; Virtual car racing cheats
31 July 2020
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Hello and welcome to Overdrive a program that puts a magnifying glass to the role of cars and transport in our society and ends up burning a hole in it. News Hyundai develops new air-conditioning technologies (1:45), Jaguar Land Rover’s touchscreen you don’t have to touch to fight bacteria and viruses (2:44), Suzuki Baleno –

Overdrive: RIP Ron Tauranac (Brabham’s designer); Electric classics; Nissan Pathfinder; Kia Purple M
25 July 2020
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Welcome to Overdrive, a motoring and transport program where facts are important but so is passion and opinion. News VW – to make electric classics (1:32) 3-D printing makes manufacturing complex or limited number of parts possible (2:43) Nissan Pathfinder (3:45) Electric charging standard – Nissan goes for the common approach (4:44) Establishes ‘purple m’