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.

Is hydrogen or electric better for tradies?

By Tony O'Kane · 26 Sep 2021

When it comes to motoring, the winds of change blow stronger with each passing day. For some people, they may have unknowingly already bought their last petrol or diesel-engined car. For the rest of us, it’s really a question of “when”, not “if” we’ll turn our back on combustion propulsion.

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Nissan could price its Z very competitively

By Tony O'Kane · 19 Sep 2021

By now, there’s not a lot of mystery left to the next-generation Nissan Z. Since breaking cover a year ago as the Z Proto, we’ve discovered that its “concept” sheetmetal and interior was pretty much entirely production-spec, its twin-turbo engine will displace 3.0 litres and make a stonking 298kW of power, it’ll still have a manual transmission, and it’ll be here in Australia sometime in 2022.

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