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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.

2017 McLaren 720S fast facts
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2017 McLaren 720S fast facts

McLaren’s newest baby and the second-generation of the Super Series has got us all frothing with its hyperbolic figures. Here’s a sample.

Holden posts a $152m profit as car making end draws near
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Holden posts a $152m profit as car making end draws near

Yes, it made money, but Holden says its car making arm still isn’t profitable

Mazda, Toyota and Hyundai in Australia’s top 15 most reputable companies
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Mazda, Toyota and Hyundai in Australia’s top 15 most reputable companies

2017 AMR corporate reputation survey puts Mazda top of the car makers and second place in overall top-60 company standing

Australia’s best concepts: 2003 Toyota X-Runner
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Australia’s best concepts: 2003 Toyota X-Runner

Toyota’s Aussie-made X-Runner ute concept offered a glimpse of Australian car market trends almost 15 years into the future

Top 8: Legends of turbocharging
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Top 8: Legends of turbocharging

Modern turbocharged engines often mask their wondrous forced induction technology, but it wasn’t always that way.

Disappearing car kit
Advice

Disappearing car kit

First it was the starting handle, then it was the cold-start choke. Which features will disappear next in the cars of tomorrow?

GT3 fast facts big
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2017 Porsche 911 GT3 fast figures

As you might expect, the new 991 Porsche 911 GT3 has some mouth-watering figures to its name. Here are some of our favourite.

BMW Driving Centre South Korea
Features

Inside BMW’s South-Korean driving paradise

BMW's newly-minted South Korean Driving Centre is a hoon's paradise, and we did our dutiful best to add as much rubber to its fresh tarmac as possible.

BMW M550d gets quad-turbo engine
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BMW M550d gets quad-turbo engine

Four turbos for BMW six-pot diesel blows M550d to beefy 760Nm and 100km/h in 4.4 seconds

Aston Martin factory hoonery
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2018 Aston Martin Vantage - or Vanquish - teased in gratuitously drifty promo video

Aston drivers toast tyres in hangar housewarming hootenanny - and give a sneak peek at what's around the corner

vw golf update
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2017 Volkswagen Golf R cracks 100km/h in 4.8 seconds

Mid-life update brings more grunt to Volkswagen Golf GTI and R

Takata airbag recall explained
Advice

Takata airbag recall explained

What is the potential hazard if your car is one of the 2.1m cars to be recalled in Australia as part of the global Takata airbag crisis?

Australia’s best concepts: 2016 Opel GT
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Australia’s best concepts: 2016 Opel GT

Opel’s red-blooded and red-tyred GT may have been designed in Europe, but it is made of solid Aussie stuff

2017 BMW M3 getting mild update in Q3
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2017 BMW M3 getting mild update in Q3

Strong-selling BMW M3, M4 won’t get power or mechanical upgrades as part of mid-life LCI refresh

BMW M to dump dual-clutches, go auto-only within a decade
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BMW M to dump dual-clutches, go auto-only within a decade

The days of manual and dual-clutch M-cars are numbered as BMW automatics gain pace

2017 Audi Q5 to outsell first-generation
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2017 Audi Q5 to outsell first-generation

Strong early demand and 1800 pre orders sets second-generation Audi Q5 sales on gen-one topping trajectory

BMW M4 CS head long
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2017 BMW M4 CS coming to Oz

2017 BMW M4 CS brings 338kW ‘GTS-lite’ to Australian fast coupe fans, debuts new CS range

Kia compact SUV coming 2019
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Kia compact SUV coming 2019

Mysterious Kia compact SUV is not the Stonic

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Kia Stinger could get more hardcore Aussie soundtrack

Tame Kia Stinger exhaust note could be beefed up for Australia’s petrol heads

2017 Audi Q5 2.0 TDI quattro first local drive
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2017 Audi Q5 2.0 TDI quattro review

The Audi Q5 2.0 TDI quattro Sport's early arrival in Australia heralds a strong contender in the premium SUV segment

Audi Q 5 Action Head Jpg
Reviews

2017 Audi Q5 2.0 TDI Sport Quick Review

Audi’s eagerly awaited second-gen Q5 is nearly here, bringing across-the-board improvements

Toyota FT-4X concept
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Toyota FT-4X concept leaked ahead of New York show reveal

Toyota goes after Jeep Renegade with FT-4X concept, but no production version on the cards

Audi expands customer loyalty program
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Audi expands customer loyalty program

Two-tier Audi Experience program to welcome more owners to the Audi lifestyle

Nissan Stagea 260RS
Features

Top 5 wicked wagons

Sick of high-riding SUVs and all the soggy-handling baggage they carry? Here’s our pick of the top five load-lugging passenger car equivalents