Overdrive: Honda Accord grows up more; Mercedes “buy a race car”; Great use of old turbine blades

Welcome to Overdrive, a program that ponders the particulars of motoring and transport. I’m David Brown The times each story appears in the program are noted (mm:ss) News 1. Mandatory Autonomous Emergency Braking for Australia starting in 2023 (1:36) 2. Citroen C4 some hydraulics in the suspension without the complexity (2:48) 3. Hyundai i30 N – Hot hatch (3:52) 4. Kia and Hyundai show their green credentials (4:56) 5. Mercedes’ buy-a-race-car initiative (6:05) Feature Story • Road test of the Honda Accord Hybrid (7:09) Motoring Minute • RAM 1500 (15:58) Interview • We get more information on Mercedes buy-a-race-car initiative (17:07) Motoring Minute • Kia Sorento (22:16) Quirky News • And we have a great story on the most elegant use of second-hand wind turbine blades. 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 We even list the times each item appears to you can go straight to it Our Facebook page OverdriveCity – Driven Media 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 20 November 2021