Tony O'Kane

Contributor

The first book Tony ever read cover-to-cover was the maintenance manual for a Volkswagen Beetle, and he’s been reading and writing about cars ever since.

A journalist by training but a car freak by nature, Tony is fascinated by the technology behind automobiles – whether it’s archaic side valve engines or hydrogen fuel cells. His product knowledge and road-testing expertise have been helping Australian new-car consumers buy smarter for more than a decade.

Toyota Hilux hybrid
Tokyo Motor Show

Toyota wants hybrid Hilux, Landcruiser for Australia

Make no mistake, Toyota Australia reckons Australia’s workers and farmers are ready for the brand’s first hybrid workhorses

News

Lexus to launch first production EV next month, and Australia wants it

Lexus isn’t known for making big, bold leaps, but it’s finally about to join the EV fraternity

News

Lexus LF30 concept revealed as brand’s first pure EV

The wild LF30 concept is certainly an adventurous step for typically conservative Lexus

2019 world's fastest gamer competition
Gaming

Virtual racers to compete for $1.46M prize

E-sports gets serious as 10 virtual racers battle for a seven-figure prize.

Is Drift 19 the game oversteer addicts have been waiting for
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Is Drift 19 the game oversteer addicts have been waiting for?

A new indie title is promising big things for those who like to get sideways.

2020 Toyota Corolla
News

Toyota Corolla range gets price bump, smartphone mirroring for 2020

Toyota Australia adds more equipment and tweaked styling for the Corolla hatch, but prices jump as a result

Toyota Granvia
Reviews

Toyota Granvia VX review

Toyota’s Granvia luxury van takes over from Tarago

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Queenslander claims he was fined for drinking water while driving

Is the penalty for quenching your thirst behind the wheel too harsh?

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Second-generation Toyota Mirai fuel cell EV revealed

Toyota’s second crack at a hydrogen car is a sleek, rear-driven object of lust.

Gaming

Video games saved me a whole lot of cash at the Nurburgring

Planning a visit to the world’s most dangerous race track? Better fire up your favourite racing sim first.

Reviews

2019 Hyundai IONIQ Electric Premium – long term review

Is an electric car with fairly limited range still useful enough for the daily grind? We put Hyundai’s electric IONIQ to a long-term test to see what cracks might develop.

Lexus IS 350
News

Lexus replaces faulty Takata airbags... with faulty airbags

The Takata saga gets worse, as Lexus calls in previously repaired IS models over concerns that replacement airbags were improperly manufactured.

Car Style

Top 20 weirdest car names

We would have LOVED to be in the marketing meetings where they conjured up these monikers

Toyota Granvia
News

2020 Toyota Granvia range detailed

Toyota puts a price tag on its quasi-luxe Granvia big van which will be packed with gear and offered in two grades with either six or eight seats

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Car list and track list announced for Grid 2019

No more Bathurst, but Eastern Creek and other Aussie heroes join latest Grid instalment

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2020 Nissan Juke revealed

Nissan's whipped the covers off its second-generation Juke, and the compact crossover remains defiantly different

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DiDi starts autonomous driving trial in Shanghai, but is Australia ready?

Chinese ridesharing company DiDi will now allow the public to hail a robotic taxi in Shanghai, but are Australians comfortable with sharing the road with self-driving cars over here?

Toyota Hiace SLWB diesel automatic review
Reviews

Toyota Hiace SLWB diesel automatic review

Toyota reckons it can make a better van than the Europeans, and the new Hiace gives the company reason to be confident.

2019 Skoda Kodiaq RS
News

Skoda Kodiaq RS pricing revealed

Seven seats, lots of tech and a bit of attitude... what will the new Skoda Kodiaq RS cost?

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Need For Speed Heat – full car list revealed with 127 playable vehicles

It’s no Gran Turismo, but Need For Speed Heat will have a whopping number of cars for you to race and modify

2019 BMW 7 Series
Reviews

BMW 740Li review

BMW's biggest sedan oozes luxury, but what's it like to live with as a daily driver?

McLaren GT
News

Supercars surge against car sales slump

There’s one kind of car that’s proving immune to the slide in new car sales, but sadly it’s the kind that’s the least attainable

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Need For Speed Heat teaser trailer has dorkiest hero car imaginable

As far as street racer cred goes, we’re not so sure about EA’s latest choice of whip

Toyota HiAce 2019
Advice

The non-luxurious cars that fall afoul of the Luxury Car Tax

Why on earth are you expected to pay a 'Luxury Car Tax' on something as prosaic as a Toyota?