Overdrive: WWCOTY – a judge speaks; Porsche Taycan; Women in Car ads; Road design for garbage trucks Overdrive

Hello and welcome to Overdrive, a program about cars and transport


I’m David Brown

News

1. Land Rover Women’s world car of the year (1:34)
2. Maserati on track with women - Maria Teresa de Filippis history of audacity (2:54)
3. Nissan is developing an engine for road cars that could reach 50% thermal efficiency (3:58)
4. Infrastructure Australia adds a record number of new investment opportunities to support COVID-19 recovery (4:56)

Interview
Nadine Armstrong who was one of two Australians on the judging panel of the WWCOTY. We have a chat about her thinking and approach to this award. (6:15)

Car ads for cars aimed at women
We reflect on how some car companies have advertised to women (3:15)

Interviews
Paul Murrell tells us about the new electric Porsche whose name is likely to be mispronounced (18:28)
And in two final interviews we talk to Brian Smith on how we let vehicle access including garbage trucks dominate our urban street design (22:55)

And finally we get some enthusiastic reminisces from Motorsport commentator Will Hagon about racing minis and the characters who drove them.




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Originally broadcast 13 March 2021