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.

The Japanese cars we don't get - but should

By Tony O'Kane · 06 May 2022

As far as automotive ecosystems go, Japan is properly unique.

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Why do the rich kids get all the nice toys?

By Tony O'Kane · 27 Apr 2022

It seems like a no-brainer. SUVs are now the dominant form of transportation, yet there's still an appetite for performance product among those people who need to, for various reasons, have an SUV in their driveway.

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Fast cat: Jag adds sporty new F-Pace variant.

By Tony O'Kane · 13 Apr 2022

Jaguar has added a new grade to its updated F-Pace range, with the F-Pace 400 Sport entering the family as something of a rival to other mid-tier European performance SUVs.

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The biggest BMW ever gets a bold new snout.

By Tony O'Kane · 13 Apr 2022

BMW has revealed its first major update for its behemoth X7, with the large SUV receiving a box-fresh front end redesign, new engine options, wholesale changes to the multimedia suite – including a futuristic curved display – and the first application of BMW’s 48-volt architecture in Australia.

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Is the Alfa Tonale's NFT actually useful?

By Tony O'Kane · 26 Feb 2022

NFTs, or Non-Fungible Tokens, have been getting a lot of coverage over the past year since an NFT by digital artist Beeple sold for nearly AU$100 million at auction, with trading in NFT art – and NFT scams – exploding since. However, while the automotive world has flirted with NFTs before – largely as certificates of ownership for rare or highly desirable cars – Italian automaker Alfa Romeo has an

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The Corolla had better watch out...

By Tony O'Kane · 20 Feb 2022

Despite production freezes and parts shortages, the humble Toyota Corolla achieved a spectacular milestone last year when the total number of Corollas built crossed the 50 million mark.

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New cars are made of unobtainium these days!

By Tony O'Kane · 19 Feb 2022

Tried buying a brand new car right now?

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2022 is the year of the JDM sports car

By Tony O'Kane · 13 Feb 2022

If you’re a long-suffering fan of Japanese performance vehicles, you’re probably used to extraordinarily elongated product lifecycles and extended periods where it seems the Land Of The Rising Sun has simply forgotten about sporty vehicles altogether.

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The performance wagon is growing fast!

By Tony O'Kane · 07 Nov 2021

What was once the drab, dreary and undesirable wagon might be in the midst of an epic transformation.And that's because car makers are waking up to the fact that some customers might want the practicality of an SUV without the higher ride height and, ofte

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Is the Toyota RAV4 Hybrid worth waiting for?

By Tony O'Kane · 31 Oct 2021

Semi-conductors. Computer chips. Silicon wafers.

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