NZ Performance Car

Since 1996 New Zealand Performance Car has been the voice of the country’s modified import car scene. It was there to see the first import 10-second quarter mile run, there when the first official drift battle ensued, there when the first show trophies were handed out, and there to bring NZ its very first Super Lap time attack event. Each month the very best of NZ’s modified import car scene is served up. It’s New Zealand’s number 1 selling monthly motoring magazine and is New Zealand’s import performance authority and for good reason…it leaves the others for dust.

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NZ Performance Car

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ODM RETURNS TO SYDNEY

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TEAM NEWTON RACING TO FLY THE NZ FLAG

D1NZ RETURNS TO THE SOUTH ISLAND

MR AND MRS REPRESENT NZ

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PERFECTING EVOLUTION • SOME BUILDS TAKE YEARS, OTHERS TAKE DECADES. THIS ONE’S THE RESULT OF A 20-YEAR PURSUIT OF PERFECTION — SANIL’S VISION OF THE ULTIMATE SHOW AND STREET-DRIVEN MITSUBISHI EVOLUTION

FOR THE HOMIES • ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED EVENTS OF THE YEAR IS BACK AT HAMPTON DOWNS MOTORSPORT PARK FOR THREE DAYSOF PURE MAYHEM — THE PROWEAR CHROME HORSEPOWER FESTIVAL, BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE PREMIER EVENTS CREW

THE ESSENCE OF Spirit • ELEGANCE. REFINEMENT. COURTLINESS. PROBABLY NOT QUITE WHAT YOU’D THINK OF WHEN YOU IMAGINE YOUR STANDARD S13 SILVIA — WELL, THAT IS UNTIL YOU’VE SEEN THIS ONE. A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF THOSE THREE WORDS, INTRICATELY PIECED TOGETHER BY ELISE MACFARLANE AND HELPED ALONG BY A LONG LIST OF LOCAL LEGENDS IN THE NEW ZEALAND AND INTERNATIONAL CAR SCENE

BIG BODY BOOSTING • AFTER SEVEN YEARS OF OWNERSHIP, A SIMPLE TURBO UPGRADE ACCIDENTALLY SNOWBALLED THIS PREVIOUSLY UNTOUCHED JZX90 MARK II INTO A STUNNING BIG BODY BEAST

RETURN OF THE KING • AFTER NEARLY A DECADE AWAY FROM THE TOOLS AND OUT OF THE SCENE, VAN NGUYEN SCRATCHED THE ITCH THE ONLY WAY HE KNEW HOW: WITH A GARAGE-BUILT, BOOSTED, K-SWAPPED CRX THAT MARKS THE ULTIMATE COMEBACK!

RECEIVE IT AT YOUR DOORSTEP!

NO GRIP, NO QUIT • THE FORECAST CALLED FOR CARNAGE, AND THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT WENT DOWN. TAUPŌ MOTORSPORT PARK FELT MORE LIKE A WATER PARK AS ROUND 8 OF CHOICE EVENTS’ STREET FIGHTERS UNFOLDED

THE SILVER LINING • BREWED FROM THE SHARED LOVE OF STYLISH NISSANS, COFFEE, SHIT YARNS, AND SENDING IT SIDEWAYS, SOUTH ISLAND’S TEAM GUSTO! IS ONE OF THOSE CREWS THAT REMIND YOU WHAT GRASS-ROOTS DRIFTING IS ALL ABOUT: GOOD MATES, GOOD LAUGHS, AND EVEN BETTER-LOOKING CARS

STILL DAM LO • THIS NAVARA BROUGHT MINITRUCKS TO NEW HEIGHTS IN THE EARLY 2000S, AND IT’S STILL DRAGGING ALONG THE GROUND TWO DECADES LATER!

MELTING AWAY THE MID-WINTER BLUES • WE SEEM TO GO A LITTLE SOFT WHEN IT COMES TO WINTER — CARS LIVE IN THE GARAGE, AND WE LIVE ON THE COUCH. THROUGHOUT THE CRISP, COLD MORNINGS, ALL WE NEED IS A LITTLE MOTIVATION, AND TUI’S MELTING AWAY THE MID-WINTER BLUESANGATAINOKA MOTORS DELIVERED EXACTLY THAT!

PROJECT R PART 2 • IN PART ONE, WE PICKED UP OUR NEW GOLF R AND GAVE IT A FULL SERVICE TO MAKE SURE IT WAS HEALTHY AND FREE FROM ANY MAJOR ISSUES; NOW IT’S TIME TO BOLT ON THE FUN STUFF AND MAKE IT LOOK SHARPER AND STAND OUT ON THE ROAD

STREET LEGAL • 1990 NISSAN SKYLINE GTS-T TYPE M (HCR32)

YOUR SHOTS IN PRINT

CRUICE MODE • 1999 MAZDA RX-7 (FD3S)

STILL PUNCHING • SUBARU’S LATEST WRX TS SPEC B IS A BACK-TO-BASICS PERFORMANCE SEDAN WITH ALL THE RIGHT INGREDIENTS — WE TOOK IT FOR A SPIN TO SEE IF IT STILL LIVES UP TO THE BADGE

PROJECT ZOKU IN THE CLUB • NZPC MEETS PROJECT ZOKU (LOOSELY TRANSLATED, ‘PROJECT...