When the Japanese car makers first came onto the market, they didn’t have good looking vehicles. David Brown has been talking to Kia about how much their looks are now attracting customers.
Kia outperformed other major manufacturers in 2019 by growing sales when most were down in numbers.
They predict they will increase again this year and they could do because in their top five selling cars in 2019 only one was an SUV. They now have the Seltos on the market and will have the smaller Stonic SUV later this year.
I spoke to Damien Meredith Kia’s COO just last week on why people are now picking Kia’s
Motoring Minutes are heard around Australia every day on over 50 radio channels through the Torque Radio network. Motoring Minutes have an average daily audience of over 150,000 listeners.
David’s boyhood passion for motor cars did not immediately lead to a professional role in the motor industry. 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. After working with the NRMA and as a consultant he moved to being an independent writer and commentator on the broader areas of transport and the more specific areas of the cars we drive.
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. David is also a contributor for AnyAuto
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