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.

2017 Frankfurt Motor Show: 2018 Mercedes-AMG S63 and S65 Coupe and Cabriolet roll out
Frankfurt Motor Show

2017 Frankfurt Motor Show: 2018 Mercedes-AMG S63 and S65 Coupe and Cabriolet roll out

Updated AMG S63 duo gets 4.0-litre V8 with boosted output

The performance cars that brought F1 tech to the road
Features

The performance cars that brought F1 tech to the road

Mercedes-AMG’s Project One spruiks bona-fide F1 mechanicals, but it’s not the first car to make the promise of bringing F1 technology to a road car

2017 Porsche Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid Porsches new power age
Reviews

2017 Porsche Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid - Porsche's new power age

'Hybrid' once meant 'eco alternative'. Panamera Turbo puts a twist on that, and begins a new chapter of flagship performance for Stuttgart

2018 Bentley Continental GT glides out for Frankfurt
Events

2017 Frankfurt Motor Show: 2018 Bentley Continental GT glides out

Third-gen Bentley Continental GT invokes spirit of EXP 10 Speed 6 concept and new design direction

Tassie hoons risk 21 years in the slammer
News

Tassie hoons risk 21 years in the slammer

New Tasmanian dangerous driving laws increase maximum sentence to more than two decades of jail time

BMW i3s arrives with i3 mid-life update
News

BMW i3s arrives with i3 mid-life update

Updated BMW i3 to roll out at Frankfurt along with more a driver-focused and tuned-up i3s

Australia’s best concepts: 2002 Holden SSX
Features

Australia’s best concepts: 2002 Holden SSX

Holden SSX could have been Australia’s very own big rear-drive hatchback

Why the Porsche Boxster should have been four-pot from birth
Opinion

Why the Porsche Boxster should have been four-pot from birth

Love it or hate it, the four-cylinder Porsche Boxster is real. Here’s why it should always have been that way from the very start

Unique Ferrari Daytona rescued
News

Unique Ferrari Daytona rescued

World’s only known road-going alloy Ferrari 365 GTB/4 uncovered, destined to go under the hammer

Ferrari drops Portofino bombshell
News

Ferrari drops Portofino bombshell

2018 Ferrari Portofino replaces California T, full details to be revealed at Frankfurt show

Kia Stinger performance tested
Features

Kia Stinger performance tested

Wheels pitches the eagerly awaited Kia Stinger sports sedan against the clock first

2018 BMW M5 fast facts
News

2018 BMW M5 fast facts

BMW’s fastest road car to date reveals its potent performance and fascinating figures

Great Wall eyes FCA buyout: Report
Industry

Great Wall eyes FCA buyout: Report

How would the automotive landscape change if Fiat Chrysler Automobiles was acquired by Chinese giant Great Wall?

2017 Pebble Beach highlights
News

2017 Pebble Beach highlights

The world’s wildest old and new metal paraded at 2017 Concours d’Elegance

Gunther Werks perfects Porsche 993
Features

Gunther Werks perfects Porsche 993

US Porsche tuner reimagines last of the air-cooled 911s with resplendent Gunther Werks 400R

News

2018 BMW M2 pricing and features

2018 BMW M2 stays sub-$100,000 as part of light mid-life tech and styling update

BMW M2 main
News

2018 BMW M2 gains tech, price hike

2018 BMW M2 stays sub-$100,000 as part of light mid-life tech and styling update

Pedestrian protection explained
Advice

Pedestrian protection explained

Here’s how modern cars are making roads safer for the people outside

Continental reinvents the wheel with new concept
News

Continental reinvents the wheel with new concept

Continental New Wheel Concept breaks new ground for EV brakes

Concept BMW Z4
News

BMW Z4 Concept rolls out

Please BMW, can you make the production Z4 look like this concept?

Hyundai fuel cell SUV reveal
News

Hyundai reveals next-gen fuel-cell SUV

Hyundai ix35 Fuel Cell successor rolls out for early preview ahead of its official launch in early 2018

BMW Z4 concept
News

BMW teases Z4 concept

Pebble Beach concept reveal hints at next-generation BMW Z4

Hyundai i30 N
News

Hyundai i30 N delayed

Hyundai’s i30 N performance flagship Australian launch pushed back to early 2018

Explained: Mazda G-Vectoring Control
Features

Explained: Mazda G-Vectoring Control

Wheels delves into the tricky tech behind Mazda's software-based torque-vectoring system