Articles by Tony O'Kane

Tony O'Kane

Contributing Journalist

Don't let the glasses fool you: Tony is terrible at maths, which is why he didn't get into engineering at uni and instead decided to glue words together for a living.

Words about cars, specifically. After cutting his teeth doing online motoring news and reviews, Tony moved over to Australia's most respected car mag Wheels to cut his teeth into even sharper points in the realm of print journalism.

His mouth may be a dentist's worst nightmare as a result, but with a decade and a half of experience in writing about cars Tony has the knowledge to cut through the specs and spin and deliver you, the reader, the unvarnished truth about the cars you're interested in.

A new Honda CR-V is coming! Eventually...

By Tony O'Kane · 13 Jul 2022

Honda has taken the covers off its sixth-generation CR-V family SUV, revealing the all-new mid-sizer in North-American specification overnight.

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China's been making some sophisticated cars

By Tony O'Kane · 03 Jul 2022

While brands like Haval, Great Wall Motors, Chery and BYD wear their Chinese-ness on their sleeves, there are plenty of other Chinese-made cars on sale in Australia that most would never pick as being from the Middle Kingdom.

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A futuristic all-electric MPV for Australia?

By Tony O'Kane · 30 Jun 2022

Chinese auto giant SAIC has officially confirmed that it will bring its Maxus MIFA 9 all-electric people mover to the United Kingdom – and it’s a model that the company’s local office has a keen eye on.

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Current small SUVs not hot enough? Try these

By Tony O'Kane · 26 Jun 2022

The small SUV space is a crowded one, but is there room for more? You bet, and here's some of the most interesting stuff that we Aussies are currently missing out on...

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EV utes are on the way, but which do we want?

By Tony O'Kane · 18 Jun 2022

In what seemed like the blink of an eye, the ute and pickup segment transformed from being a deeply conservative one, to one that’s looking at a virtual tsunami of all-electric options looming on the horizon. Some are ultra-pragmatic workhorses, some are pitched squarely at the ‘lifestyle’ crowd, and others fall somewhere in between. All are linked by a common thread – there’s not a combustion en

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The electric MX-30 is a false start for Mazda

By Tony O'Kane · 12 Jun 2022

The MX-30 is not the electric Mazda we were hoping for.

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Still looking for an SUV that's "just right?"

By Tony O'Kane · 05 Jun 2022

The boundary between small and medium SUVs that’s getting increasingly blurry these days, as new segment-splitting cars try and find the Goldilocks zone between small SUVs that are seen as too compact, and mid-size SUVs that are either too big or too costly. Here are the ones you need to know about.

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Ralliart and STI to duke it out once more!

By Tony O'Kane · 05 Jun 2022

New developments show that Mitsubishi is primed for a Ralliart resurgence – is STI perhaps in store for a similar reinvention?

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Hybrids stopped being slow and dull long ago

By Tony O'Kane · 14 May 2022

Gazing into the crystal ball, it’s obvious that electric cars are going to quickly transform from being a minor part of the motoring landscape to being the dominant species. It’s largely a question of ‘when’ rather than ‘if’, with the major factors affecting the speed of EV uptake being resource availability and cost. By 2030, expect almost everything to be electrified in some way.

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Honda confirms ZR-V name

By Tony O'Kane · 11 May 2022

Honda’s European arm has confirmed that the brand’s new C-segment SUV will wear ‘ZR-V’ badges on its tailgate when it launches in 2023.

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