Overdrive: Past car advertisements – the good, the bad and the ugly; Hyundai Kona EV; Misleading hybrid sale figures
“Your mother won’t like it” is a great heading for an MG sports car ad
Episodes
Overdrive: Young person swaps old car for new; Nissan Navara 4X Pro; Technologies & Innovations in Transport
When Nissan replaced their 180B with their 200B one scribe said it was similar but with 20 more faults.
Overdrive: EV range problem; Clarkson UK’s sexiest man? Creating car names; Mitsubishi Pajero Sport
Artificial Intelligence would be a good way to create car names
Overdrive: GWM Tank 500; Are manual gearboxes doomed? Toyota’s MX-5 competitor; Porsche 911 history
Is Volvo’s EX30’s centre only screen a retrograde step
Overdrive: Tesla cuts back on efforts for EV chargers; Hyundai i30N; Hispano Suiza history; Fleet management data
With a nod to Carry On movies, one wag said that the collective noun for Bristol Cars should a “Protrusion of Bristols”.
Overdrive: Great train trip to Broken Hill; New road rules – but who knows?; Subaru BRZ; Car collective nouns
As we passed Lake Menindee the train slowed down so we could enjoy the beautiful view of the setting sun over the water
Overdrive: Do car brand ambassadors help sell cars (probably not)?; MG’s Cyberster – EV convertible; Subaru Impreza
I think the whole thing is fraught with danger. What would happen if she has an accident driving the Chery?
Overdrive: JAC ute for Aus; Less than successful sports cars; Is the Honda S600 collectable; Nissan X-Trail
Paul loved his Honda s600 sports car but had to rebuild the engine twice. He sold it
Overdrive: Kia EV9 or Audi e-tron as an executive car; Classic car room feature; Mazda CX3; Do classic cars pollute much as EVs
The Kia EV9 is a very large electric SUV which is full of comfort features and plenty of room
Overdrive: Marcello Gandini – Revolutionary car design including Lamborghini Miura; Kia EV9 costly but great
Kia EV9: With dark paint it looks “tank like” similar to a Land Rover Defender. But a white one looks more like a people mover