Overdrive

Hello and welcome to Overdrive, a program that takes a broad look at how cars and transport impact our community. I’m David Brown News 1. Federal; Government Discussion paper Fuel Future Strategy (1:30) 2. Company’s leading the way for environmental actions (2:32) 3. Hyundai Recall of Tucson (4:02) 4. Hyundai Motor Group unveils TIGER un-crewed Ultimate Mobility Vehicle concept (5:04) Discussion s...

Hello and welcome to Overdrive, a program that dabbles in the mystical world of cars and transport. I’m David Brown News 1. Cars sales for the first month of 2021 (2:02) 2. One big trend is vehicles for home deliveries (3:00) 3. Is mapping the new holy grail of motoring and transport developments (4:15) 4. General Motors net-zero carbon status by 2040/Nissan’s conservative target for carbon neutra...

Hello and welcome to Overdrive; we’re back with new programs for 2021. I’m David Brown A lot has happened in the holiday break, so we have a packed show; Including News 1. Kia’s new Carnival keeps the legend alive (1:23) 2. Kia adds to SUV garage with compact Stonic (2:25) 3. PSA and Fiat Chrysler merge (3:24) 4. Renault launches new Mobilize car-sharing brand (4:29) 5. Celebrating 70 years since...

Finland’s celebrated motor sport driver, Rauno Aaltonen, won many events and along with local Australia hero Bob Holden, in 1966 finished first in our famous touring car race at Bathurst’s Mt Panorama, in a tiny Mini Cooper S. I recorded a chat with him for the “Overdrive – Cars, Transport and Culture” radio and podcast program – we chatted for over an hour. I have put a serioes of shorter highlig...

Rauno Aaltonen: He led briefly near the end but why he didn’t win the London to Sydney Marathon Finland’s celebrated motor sport driver, Rauno Aaltonen, won many events and along with local Australia hero Bob Holden, in 1966 finished first in our famous touring car race at Bathurst’s Mt Panorama, in a tiny Mini Cooper S. Rauno is now 83 years old, still has an international racing licence and rema...

Rauno Aaltonen: The driving skills he used to deal with young people throwing rocks at the vehicle. Finland’s celebrated motor sport driver, Rauno Aaltonen, won many events and along with local Australia hero Bob Holden, in 1966 finished first in our famous touring car race at Bathurst’s Mt Panorama, in a tiny Mini Cooper S. Rauno is now 83 years old, still has an international racing licence and...

Rauno Aaltonen: Racing and rallying partnerships – got help from a professor of communications!

Rauno Aaltonen: Facing adversity and driver training – it’s all about the right attitude

Rauno Aaltonen: To win Bathurst Bob Holden was an equal partner - they thought alike

Rauno Aaltonen: He invented left foot braking – he tells the benefits and changing style on the track. This is an extract of an interview with Race and rally legend Rauno Aaltonen. Finland’s celebrated motor sport driver, Rauno Aaltonen, won many events and along with local Australia hero Bob Holden, in 1966 finished first in our famous touring car race at Bathurst’s Mt Panorama, in a tiny Mini Co...

Rauno Aaltonen: Early experience in Boats & motorcycles helped touch bumper bars on Conrod straight This is an extract of an interview with Race and rally legend Rauno Aaltonen. Finland’s celebrated motor sport driver, Rauno Aaltonen, won many events and along with local Australia hero Bob Holden, in 1966 finished first in our famous touring car race at Bathurst’s Mt Panorama, in a tiny Mini Coope...

Rauno Aaltonen: Learning a circuit and rally versus race driving This is an extract of an interview with Race and rally legend Rauno Aaltonen. Finland’s celebrated motor sport driver, Rauno Aaltonen, won many events and along with local Australia hero Bob Holden, in 1966 finished first in our famous touring car race at Bathurst’s Mt Panorama, in a tiny Mini Cooper S. Rauno is now 83 years old, sti...

Bob Holden had secretly worked on their car: nothing illegal just blue printing to the precise specifications. The top nine places in the race were Mini cooper Ss but the Aaltonen/Holden vehicle won by over a lap. Rauno explains why, even with harder tyres, they were just as fast and didn’t have to change wheels as much.

Hello and welcome to Overdrive, a program that take an expansive look at the world of cars and transport. I’m David Brown News 1. Hispano-Suiza - goes racing (1:38) 2. Maserati awarded world’s best event in 2020 (2:47) 3. Mitsubishi Motors provides first teaser of the all-new Outlander (3:54) 4. Introducing the Jaguar Vision Gran Turismo SV: the ultimate all-electric gaming endurance racer (4:57)...

For the least few months, we have watched the new car sales in Australia recover particularly with SUVs and utes. The top five selling cars cover two utes and three SUVs But what is happening with the second-hand market David Low, Marketing Manager at Gumtree Cars

Hello and welcome to Overdrive, a program that canvases issues related to cars and transport. I’m David Brown News 1. Gum tree and second-hand vehicles (1:39) 2. Triton (2:30) 3. This breakthrough electric vehicle never needs to be plugged in (3:29) 4. Green numberplates launched, research predicts a boost in EV sales (4:29) 5. Bentley’s first EV kicks off the brand’s bold reinvention (5:31) Inter...

Hello and welcome to Overdrive, a program that contemplates issues related to cars and transport. I’m David Brown News • Mitsubishi PHEV (1:34) • Kia Sorento (2:31) • Hino Hybrid (3:28) • Car Sales for November 2020 (4:28) • New roadwork vehicle cuts noise and dust (5:35) Motoring Minute • Audi A5 (6:44) • Interview • Alan Zurvas gives us the rundown on the latest dashcam (7:55) Motoring Minute •...

How do you overcome the psychological difficulty of keeping your foot on the accelerator when you enter the first corner at the Indianapolis 500 doing 400 km/hr or more. Apparently, Geoff Brabham had the technique of putting his left foot on top of his right foot to make sure he didn’t lift off. This is another story from John Smailes new book “Speed Kings – Australia and New Zealand’s quest to wi...

America is proud of its big sporting events. In traditional sports like US Opens in golf and tennis Their unique approach to football in the Super bowl And in motor racing the Indianapolis 500 on a banked circuit a style of competition that is at the heart of their racing. But it is not just American good old boys who have been inspired by this event. John Smailes, journalist and author on motor r...

If you can’t beat them, join them According to a survey by the Bosch company, nearly 90% of motorcycle riders use their smartphone to prepare for or follow-up on trips. A third of those polled admitted to using their smartphone while riding. Motor cycle riders have to look at their dials for safety reasons such as keeping within the speed limits but also they need other information such as navigat...

Testing car design or trying to train drivers with computer simulation, has not had the real feel of driving a car. Volvo test drivers are now getting behind the virtual wheel, wearing a full-body haptic suit and a mixed-reality headset Haptic means relates to a sense of feel and haptic feedback creates the illusion of feeling an object of a force within the virtual world. “Feeling” the steering w...

If a chief executive has to get out into the real world it can often bring about significant changes in their products Elon Musk, entrepreneur and CEO of Tesla, recently tried to find a parking spot for his Model X in Berlin. The model X is a large SUV with phenomenal acceleration but this was no help to him in finding a space he could fit into. He subsequentially hinted that Telsa may develop a s...

With Holden leaving the market, Australia police forces have chosen a range of different alternatives. Now NZ police have taken a direction similar to Europe more than Australia. They will be replacing their Holden fleet with Skodas built in the Czech Republic. The specific model is the Skoda Superb station wagon in either the 162KW 2WD or 206KW all wheel drive layout. NZ has some 2000 primary res...

When autonomous vehicles began to look more promising, many companies started to consider how this could revolutionise taxi and ride sharing industries. But COVID-19 has totally disrupted this concept because of a fear of getting into a vehicle that others might have contaminated. Gentex engineers are now tackling this public-health issue of vehicle-cabin cleanliness. Dr Lydia Bourouiba, an associ...

Hello and welcome to Overdrive, a program that luxuriates in the realm of cars and transport. I’m David Brown News 1. New solutions for sanitizing autonomous vehicles (1:39) 2. NZ police select Skoda to supply new cop cars as Holden rolls into sunset (2:41) 3. Elon Musk says Tesla is working on a battery at drives more than 600 miles — and hints at a new compact car for Europe (3:43) 4. Volvo Cars...