Overdrive: Govt’s waffle words; Kia Stonic & Carnival; Space saver tyres; seats for wider drivers

Hello and welcome to Overdrive, a program that investigates matters to do with motoring and transport. I’m David Brown News 1. Vehicle cars sales for March 2021 (1:30) 2. New Subaru Outback Climbs To Best Seller in its class (2:30) 3. People Movers make a come back led by the Carnival (3:30) 4. Toyota unveils Victoria’s first hydrogen production and re-fuelling facility (4:27) Interview A chat with Kia about their new small SUV, the Stonic An interesting situation • In Victoria you cannot go for your driving test unless the car has the old style manual handbrake. (13:53) Motoring Minute • Space saver tyres – are they a good thing? (14:33) Interview • More from Kia – A reflection on the resurgence of the people mover market (15:36) Feedback • Some positive response to story we did about bureaucratic waffle words – and another example (18:56) Motoring Minute • Toyota RAV 4 (22:08) Interview • Paul Murrell talks of a modern trend – the increasing width of drivers. (23:20) You can find more information at Driven Media or previous programs are available as podcasts on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0ah6JZN8LTYURIfNs1IIBs iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/overdrive-cars-transport-and-culture/id1001084679 Our Facebook page OverdriveCity or Instagram 0verdrivecity https://www.facebook.com/OverdriveCityDrivenMedia/?modal=admin_todo_tour or Our YouTube site https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKyx5sv6cgF4URRmNq2JiXg/videos So, let’s start with the news Originally broadcast 10 April 2021