Welcome to Overdrive, a program about the wonderful world of motoring and transport. I’m David Brown The times each story appears in the program are noted (mm:ss) News 1. Car sales grow in a topsy turvy market (1:30) 2. It costs a lot just to have your car sitting in the driveway (2:28) 3. Australia’s Warrego hydrogen ute claims big pre-orders (3:31) 4. An Australian council approves trial of kerbside EV charging (4:33) 5. Electric Mustang claims Guinness records (5:30) Feature Interview • Subaru is teasing us about the facts and features of the newest BRZ sports car. We talk to their mana ..read more

It was T.S. Eliot who said: Where is the Wisdom we have lost in Knowledge? Where is the Knowledge we have lost in Information? The collection of data is very much at the bottom of that list. It may be the first step but it may even be the wrong numbers or full of inaccuracies. Data is not guaranteed to produce the definitive measure of what we are trying to understand until it has been through a process backed by knowledge and wisdom. It's wonderful to see that ARRB has set up and employed an executive manager for measurement. Jeff Doyle has taken on the newly created role of Executive Directo ..read more

Welcome to Overdrive, a program that digs up all sorts of information good and bad about the world of motoring and transport. I’m David Brown The times each story appears in the program are noted (mm:ss) News • The all-new Kia Sportage (1:41) • New powertrain for Mazda CX-30 and Mazda3 (2:44) • Motional and Hyundai Motor Group’s joint robotaxi (3:47) • Nissan e-POWER is coming to Australia (4:40) Feature Interviews • What sort of background would be helpful to become an executive at the major road and transport research organisation in Australia. Jeff Doyle was once a professional football ..read more

Hello and welcome to Overdrive, a program that relishes all sorts of information and experiences in the world of motoring and transport. I’m David Brown The times each story appears in the program are noted (mm:ss) News 1. Genesis GV60 may be the first EV to include wireless battery charging (1:22) 2. Bird launches integration with Google Maps (2:24) 3. Tesla’s robot – more hype than reality? (3:33) 4. New technology making Victoria's roads safer (4:45) Feature Interview • Driver distraction: What does an eminent professor say about how we should rate cars. (5:55) Motoring Minute • Audi ..read more

Hello and welcome to Overdrive, where we embrace the glories of motoring and transport. I’m David Brown The times each story appears in the program are noted (mm:ss) News 1. Toyota Corolla sales top 50 million across the globe (1:09) 2. Hyundai STARIA: Space age people mover (2:08) 3. Iconic Kombi goes green thanks to an ambitious University conversion project (3:11) 4. 2023 Nissan Z: - The Zs keep coming (4:15) 5. Tesla Cybertruck delayed to 2022 (5:17) Feature Interview • Wendy Hammond – from Navman tells us some of the many features that now can be part of our motoring augmented reality ..read more

Hello and welcome to Overdrive, where we take a sober look at motoring and transport. I’m David Brown The times each story appears in the program are noted (mm:ss) News 1. Niro Hybrid (1:13) 2. The compact Caddy California camper (2:13) 3. News of electric utes – race to ugliness (3:19) 4. International traffic light day (4:23) Feature Interviews • Paul Murrell – On the Isuzu ute and the company approach that is paying good dividends (5:39) • Alan and the 508 (16:23) Motoring Minute • Audi RS 5 Sportback (23:42) Great Drives • Barry Green takes us on one of his Best Drives – London in a ..read more

Hello and welcome to Overdrive, a program that roams through the world of motoring and transport I’m David Brown 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 Chi ..read more

Hello and welcome to Overdrive, a program that looks at the latest trends in motoring and transport for serious and not so serious issues. I’m David Brown The times each story appears in the program are noted (mm:ss) News • Australia’s governance is going backwards (1:23) • Audi RS 7 (2:56) • Fortuner (4:06) • WRX (5:08) • Rogue (6:30) Feature Item • In the first of a series Barry Green takes us on one of his Best Drives: a great car in a great location (7:34) • Ken Dobinson tells us what it is like to work in a transport department with heavy political pressures (15:03) Motoring Minute • J ..read more

Hello and welcome to Overdrive, a program that looks at the latest trends in motoring and transport for serious and not so serious issues. I’m David Brown The times each story appears in the program are noted (mm:ss) News 1. Nissan Z Proto concept at the 2021 Chicago Auto Show (1:28) 2. Toyota Rhombus – a brave new world (2:16) 3. 2022 Toyota Corolla Cross (3:19) 4. BMW and RMIT University’s second edition of YourMelbourne competition (3:44) 5. Grattan’s zero-emissions push (4:28) Feature Item • We talk to an Australian company that has done research that shows a shift attitudes to finance ..read more

Hello and welcome to Overdrive, a program about cars and culture I’m David Brown The times each story appears in the program are noted (mm:ss) News 1. VW strategy single platform, battery cell and software systems (1:39) 2. Spain to invest big in EVs and batteries (2:32) 3. Squad Mobility’s urban vehicle – an upmarket golf buggy with solar panels (3:35) 4. BMW electric Scooter for Australia (4:09) 5. Campaign to rid Britain’s pavements of clutter (4:58) 6. Wales seeks 20mph local street speed limit (5:43) Feature Item • Are you frustrated by the time you have to wait for pedestrian signal ..read more