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About David Brown
David’s boyhood passion for motor cars did not immediately lead to a professional role in the motor industry but rather first he worked in the fields of why we travel and how we move about. A qualified Civil Engineer he specialised in traffic engineering and transport planning.What followed were various positions including being seconded to a government think-tank for the planning of transport firstly in Sydney and then for the whole of NSW. His half hour motoring program “Overdrive” has been described as an “informed, humorous and irreverent look at motoring and transport from Australia and overseas”. It is heard on 22 stations across Australia. He does weekly interviews with several ABC radio stations and is also heard on commercial radio in Sydney. David has written for metropolitan and regional newspapers and has presented regular segments on metropolitan and regional television stations
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Chevrolet Silverado 2500 Heavy Duty Launch review

March 15, 2024 David Brown

Silverado 2500 Heavy Duty – Chevrolet have upgraded their Silverado 2500 Heavy Duty dual cab pickup truck. […]

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Isuzu D-Max Ute gets some customer requested improvements

December 17, 2022 David Brown

The Isuzu D-Max is the second highest selling two-wheel drive ute on the Australian Market so far this year and is the fourth highest selling vehicle […]

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Ford F-150 Ute bound for Australia Motoring Minute News

April 22, 2022 David Brown

Ford announced that it would be bringing the F150 utility into the Australian market by mid 2023. Price information has not been released. […]

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Nissan Navara Pro-4X Warrior first drive review

December 9, 2021 David Brown

Nissan Pro-4X Warrior – Nissan has just revealed the Navara Pro-4x Warrior. It clearly has a macho image, and name, but is it just a show pony or a credible […]

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Nissan Navara 2021 Update Review

March 7, 2021 David Brown

Nissan updates their Navara range for 2021. Since the third generation of the Navara was launched in 2014, there have now been a number of upgrades and Nissan has now given it another facelift […]

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2018 Mazda BT-50 Review

April 30, 2018 David Brown

Mazda has one model in the Ute segment, the BT-50, which was first released here in 2011 and comes with a choice of three body styles: Single Cab; Freestyle (extended) Cab; and Dual Cab. […]

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LDV T60 4WD Dual Cab Ute Review 2018

November 23, 2017 David Brown

The Chinese are coming again. Ateco has launched the LDV T60 Dual Cab 4WD Ute to the market and it is set to shake up the status quo a little. […]

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