Daniel Gardner

Contributor

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.

Podcast

WhichCar Weekly podcast episode 54 now live

Press launches: How do they work, the best, the worst and the downright unexpected

Nicholas Cugnot car
Advice

Who invented the car?

We separate the myth from the fact and travel all the way back to the origins of the car as we know it

Ford COVID-19 face shields
News

Ford Australia backs health workers in COVID-19 battle

Production of face shields kicks off at Broadmeadows with 100,000 units pledged for health workers

Volvo recall
News

Volvo Australia recalls 9205 cars

Missing software code can prevent Volvo autonomous braking from intervening

Podcast

WhichCar Weekly episode 53 now live

Affordable performance car dreams to some of the most unaffordable fast cars in history

Subaru XV and Forester Hybrid
Advice

Which car should I buy: small to mid-sized premium SUV

$50k gets you a lot of choice in the mid-size SUV market but stick to your must-have list

Lamborghini Sian Spercapactior
Advice

Lamborghini Sian supercapacitor explained

Lamborghini turns its hand to hybrid power, and uses its forces for good

BMW family history
Advice

BMW – History, Trivia & Fast Facts

Munich is not just famous for its Bayern football team and the Oktoberfest beer festival, but also for a certain car manufacturer

Hydrogen fuel cell storage
News

Hydrogen storage breakthrough could change car game

High-tech ‘nanoscopic’ material could solve hydrogen power’s biggest challenge

2020 Toyota Corolla SX Hybrid review
Reviews

2020 Toyota Corolla SX Hybrid review

New Zealand's greenest roads provided the perfect setting to test Toyota’s greenest Corolla

TV

Behind the scenes: HSV Camaro ZL1 1LE

Expert tuition required to tame the pinnacle of Camaro performance

Holden Commodore SV6T
Podcast

WhichCar Weekly podcast episode 52

Road tests that didn’t go to plan, the cars that shouldn’t have been and those that never were, but should

Dodge Challenger ute
News

Next-gen Ram designers could resurrect the ute

Ram reveals truck design battle winners, including mighty muscle-car-based concepts

World's coolest cop cars
Car Style

This is the definitive list of the world's coolest police cars

For every great car nation in the world, there's a police force looking for a piece of the action

Honda 50th anniversary NSX WhichCar TV
TV

Behind the scenes: Honda gold rush

We still haven’t recovered from gold fever and a day with Honda Australia’s most exclusive car

WhichCar Ford Mustang Supercar
Podcast

WhichCar Weekly podcast episode 51 now live

eRacing up for the weekly discussion as motorsport enters a strange but intriguing new world

SsangYong Musso
Reviews

SsangYong Musso XLV review

A South Korean newcomer offers a lot of kit for your cash in a fearsomely competitive ute market

Reviews

Thrashing the 2020 Hyundai Veloster in New Zealand

Hyundai Veloster Turbo 2020 review

Frankfurt motor Show 2019
TV

WhichCar TV behind the scenes: Frankfurt motor show

2019 might have been the most significant year in the Frankfurt show’s history

2020 Audi RS7
TV

WhichCar TV Behind the scenes: Audi RS7

Germany reveals its true petrol head nature and car culture in typically spectacular style

Genesis G80 GV80
News

Genesis G80 vs GV80: what's the difference?

New G80 sedan has more in common with its GV80 large SUV sibling than the model it replaces

Ford Falcon Surferroo cover MAIN
Features

This V8 Ford sparked the sports ute revolution

A limited-production concept was the grandfather of todays adventurous utes, half a century ago

Australia’s best concepts: Toyota SP9R
Features

Toyota once turned a Camry into a savage racer

Camry based sportscar offered a “taste of things to come” in 2003, but what became of the manic Toyota SP9R racer?

Holden Hurricane Concept
Features

Australia’s first supercar is still ahead of its time

More than half a century after it was revealed, Holden’s Hurricane is still paving the way for production cars