Overdrive Radio
Overdrive Podcast Radio Program Issue 48 -2020
Hello and welcome to Overdrive, a program that luxuriates in the realm of cars and transport.
I’m David Brown [Read More]
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Overdrive Radio
Overdrive Podcast Radio Program Issue 41 -2020
Hello this is Overdrive a program about the facts, the fun and the fiction of motoring and transport. Lets start with the news. [Read More]
Sports Car Guide
Volvo Polestar S60 sedan and V60 estate
Volvo Cars and Polestar, the performance brand owned by Volvo Cars, have announced the launch of the quickest cars they have ever made – the new 270kW Polestar S60 sedan and V60 estate. [Read More]
Large Car Guide
Volvo Cars reveals stylish and versatile new V90
The eagerly awaited Volvo V90 was revealed today in Stockholm, Sweden. The stylish and versatile V90 is the latest in the premium car maker’s top of the line 90 series sitting alongside the award winning XC90 SUV and the recently launched S90 premium sedan. [Read More]
Industry News
Volvo Cars unveils Concept 26, delivering the luxury of time
Volvo Cars’ ongoing research into autonomous driving has confirmed what we all know – that the daily commute is taking the joy [Read More]
Sports Car Guide
Polestar to remain “dynamic and independent” under Volvo control
Polestar, the performance brand of Volvo Cars, will operate as a dynamic and independent enterprise under Volvo Cars’ ownership, according to Håkan Samuelsson, President and Chief Executive of Volvo Cars. Mr Samuelson said Polestar will have its own management team and will control its own product strategy, research and development, as well as marketing and sales. [Read More]
4WD & SUV Guide
Volvo XC90 5 Star Euro NCAP safety rating
Volvo’s new luxury 7-seater SUV, the XC90, has been awarded 5 stars and achieved top ratings in its 2015 Euro New Car Assessment Programme (NCAP) tests. The XC90 also scored 100% in the Safety Assist category. The XC90 features advanced pedestrian protection functionality that independent safety regulators have yet to include in their testing protocols [Read More]
4WD & SUV Guide
Volvo XC90 Inscription model popular
Three quarters of the orders for Volvo’s new luxury SUV, the XC90, are for the top of the range Inscription model, the company has revealed. Volvo launched the All-New XC90 in Australia two weeks ago and the reaction from local car buyers has been just as positive according to Kevin McCann, Managing Director of Volvo Car Australia. [Read More]
Industry News
Volvo Celebrates 85th Birthday
On 14 April 1927, the first mass-produced Volvo car rolled off the production line at the Lundby factory in Gothenburg, Sweden. Now, 85 years later, the Volvo Car Corporation sells almost 500,000 cars each year, while the Volvo Group is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of commercial vehicles [Read More]
Large Car Guide
Volvo launches limited edition of S60 Polestar
Due to the strong response at last year’s Australian International Motor Show to the Performance Project concept, Volvo will produce a limited edition of the S60 Polestar. [Read More]