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Daniel Gardner

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Daniel Gardner is a former staff writer and contributor for Wheels, WhichCar and 4x4 Australia.

With a degree in mechanical design, Daniel has enjoyed tenures as a mechanic and engineer – but he eventually realised writing about cars is far better than a real job.

Many cars have passed through his garage over the years. All of them produced more power than the manufacturer intended, and most of them ended up in a hedge.

Ten years on the spanners in both the UK and Australia has given Daniel a unique perspective of the constantly changing automotive landscape and a genuine insight into what customers want and need.

If you’re after a new set of wheels, he’s all ears. Just don’t ask to borrow his socket set.

Audi ‘working hard’ to rebuild trust
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Audi ‘working hard’ to rebuild trust

Audi and Mercedes diesel engines safe despite VW Group diesel emissions scandal fallout

Mercedes electrified vehicle range to top 50 by 2022
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Mercedes electrified vehicle range to top 50 by 2022

Emerging battery and powertrain technology helps boost Mercedes-Benz electrified vehicle line-up to 50 vehicles within five years

Mercedes-AMG Project One to arrive here with $5 million price tag
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Mercedes-AMG Project One to arrive here with $5 million price tag

Local demand outstrips AMG Project One supply despite the massive seven-figure buying price and hefty maintenance bill

NSW revises Graduated Licensing Scheme
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NSW revises Graduated Licensing Scheme

Young driver licensing changes align NSW system with Victoria’s

Audi, Benz steer away from Tesla's autonomy approach
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Audi, Benz steer away from Tesla's autonomy approach

German brands reassure consumers that self-driving cars are safe amid Tesla liability case

AMG boss outlines future Black Series, GT4 models
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AMG boss outlines future Black Series, GT4 models

Mercedes-AMG GT Black, at least two four-door variants and more affordable models all on the cards

2018 Toyota LandCruiser Prado adopts Aussie feedback
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2018 Toyota LandCruiser Prado adopts Aussie feedback

Toyota engineers tweak 2018 LandCruiser following previous-gen Wheels review and extensive Australian testing

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Frankfurt Motor Show

2017 Frankfurt Motor Show: Five new Audi Sport models by 2021, including SUVs

Audi’s go-fast division plans for a future with an even more powerful five-pot, electrification

Mercedes-Maybach 6 land yacht could enter production
Frankfurt Motor Show

2017 Frankfurt Motor Show: Mercedes-Maybach 6 land yacht could enter production

Mercedes-Maybach doesn’t need brand boosting production 6 flagship but could build it for the well-heeled few

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2017 Frankfurt Motor Show: Audi goes rear-drive to keep competitive edge

Did Audi drop the Quattro name in favour of Audi Sport so that it could add more rear-wheel-drive models?

2017 Frankfurt Motor Show: Self-driving Benz heads Down Under
Frankfurt Motor Show

2017 Frankfurt Motor Show: Australia joins Benz global autonomous drive lab

Autonomous research S-Class coming to Australia as part of Mercedes’ Intelligent World Drive

AMG boss reveals Project One secrets
Frankfurt Motor Show

2017 Frankfurt Motor Show: AMG boss reveals Project One secrets

Mercedes-AMG chief executive predicts the end of zero to 100km/h benchmark in electrified hypercar era

Mercedes-AMG Project One hypercar revealed in full
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Mercedes-AMG Project One hypercar revealed in full

Mercedes-AMG Project One is the closest realisation yet of an F1 car for the road, and yours for $3m

2017 Volkswagen Golf 7.5 review video
Reviews

2017 Volkswagen Golf 7.5 review video

Golf’s midlife update aims to stay fresh against strong competition in a popular segment

Explained V2X Vehicle to everything communication
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Explained: V2X Vehicle-to-everything communication

Vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication will soon become a mainstay of our roads, but our cars could soon after be talking to traffic lights and buildings. Wheels delves into the What? How? and Why? in this edition of Explained.

Sprung! 2018 Genesis G70 spied sporting twin-turbo V6
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Sprung! 2018 Genesis G70 spied sporting twin-turbo V6

We’re not meant to see the Genesis G70 until next week, so here’s an early preview

2017 Frankfurt Motor Show: 2018 Mercedes-AMG S63 and S65 Coupe and Cabriolet roll out
Frankfurt Motor Show

2017 Frankfurt Motor Show: 2018 Mercedes-AMG S63 and S65 Coupe and Cabriolet roll out

Updated AMG S63 duo gets 4.0-litre V8 with boosted output

The performance cars that brought F1 tech to the road
Features

The performance cars that brought F1 tech to the road

Mercedes-AMG’s Project One spruiks bona-fide F1 mechanicals, but it’s not the first car to make the promise of bringing F1 technology to a road car

2017 Porsche Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid Porsches new power age
Reviews

2017 Porsche Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid - Porsche's new power age

'Hybrid' once meant 'eco alternative'. Panamera Turbo puts a twist on that, and begins a new chapter of flagship performance for Stuttgart

2018 Bentley Continental GT glides out for Frankfurt
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2017 Frankfurt Motor Show: 2018 Bentley Continental GT glides out

Third-gen Bentley Continental GT invokes spirit of EXP 10 Speed 6 concept and new design direction

Tassie hoons risk 21 years in the slammer
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Tassie hoons risk 21 years in the slammer

New Tasmanian dangerous driving laws increase maximum sentence to more than two decades of jail time

BMW i3s arrives with i3 mid-life update
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BMW i3s arrives with i3 mid-life update

Updated BMW i3 to roll out at Frankfurt along with more a driver-focused and tuned-up i3s

Australia’s best concepts: 2002 Holden SSX
Features

Australia’s best concepts: 2002 Holden SSX

Holden SSX could have been Australia’s very own big rear-drive hatchback

Why the Porsche Boxster should have been four-pot from birth
Opinion

Why the Porsche Boxster should have been four-pot from birth

Love it or hate it, the four-cylinder Porsche Boxster is real. Here’s why it should always have been that way from the very start