Overdrive: Old motoring fads; Subaru Solterra EV; Mitsubishi ASX old design but simple; BMW Isetta

In this program:

News stories

Fisker bankruptcy: SUVs for $3700 each – report (0:45)

  • Holden’s Hero Torana to be resurrected at a price (3:15)
  • Private e-scooters to get legal green light (8:06)
  • Learners falsifying logbooks in significant numbers, survey reveals (11:27)

Unintended consequences

Unintended Consequences

  • High Occupancy Vehicle lanes – fudging the number of occupants (15:55)

Feedback – comments from listeners on pictures in social media

  • BMW Isetta (17:12)

Interview

Brian Smith takes a wonderful wonder through his memory on some of the motoring fads from the past including (20:52)

  • Rubber strip hanging down from the car
  • Steering locks

Road tests – the new design and the old design

  • Subaru Solterra EV (40:09)
  • Mitsubishi ASX – still being built but was first launched in 2010 (47:20)

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And this has been overdrive

Thanks to

  • Paul Murrell
  • Brian Smith
  • Subaru Australia
  • Mitsubishi Australia
  • Mark Wesley
  • Bruce Potter

for their help with this program.

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Originally broadcast 13 July 2024