Overdrive: Audi RS 7; Corolla bounces back; Concept cars – why bother?; Driving the Klausen Pass
Hello and welcome to Overdrive, a program that roams through the world of motoring and transport
The times each story appears in the program are noted (mm:ss)
News
We look at three significant features on the latest car sales figures
- Cars Sales for July 2021 (1:39)
- Toyota Corolla bounces back in July (2:33)
- Isuzu Ute – Only two models but a big impact (3:33)
- Peugeot 508 – A very stylish vehicle (4:34)
Feature Interviews
- Brian and concept cars –We mentioned last week, some of the interesting feedback we’d had on the unusual, perhaps weird, concept cars at the Chicago Motor show. There were some insightful comments and some monosyllabic such as “I hate it”. So this week we talk to Brian Smith on what is the purpose of concept cars – what do the manufacturers want to get out of making vehicles that are not part of the current style, and how do people react. (5:45)
- Barry Green continues reporting on his odyssey of going on great drives in great motor cars in the best places around the world – this time it is the Klausen Pass in Glossglockner Austria (13:50)
Motoring Minute
- Kia Niro EV sport (20:30)
Interview
- And Alan Zurvas and I review the oh so powerful Audi RS 7 (21:41)
Motoring Minute
- Toyota Fortuner (27:58)
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So, let’s start with the news
Originally broadcast 7 August 2021
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About Author
David Brown
David Brown started his working life as a Civil Engineer but you would not want him to design a bridge you wanted to safely walk over. His passion was in traffic engineering and transport planning which is all about how we use our transport systems not how we build them. He soon became involved in commenting on issues through all avenues of the media. He is now a motoring and transport journalist. He test drives a new car each week but his ultimate measure of how good a car is relies on his 12 year old and the Hayden Brown “Will you drive me to school in that car” factor.