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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RX-VISION IN THE WORKS?

NEXT-GENERATION WRX TEASER

IMPULSIVE — ROTARIES ONLY!

DESPICABLE ME • MEET MINION, THE 781KW NINE-SECOND STREET CAR

THE STRESS BUSTER • WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN THE PRESSURE OF OPERATING A FULL-NOISE TIME ATTACK CAR SAPS A LITTLE BIT OF THAT CAREFREE FUN OUT OF JUST GOING FOR A HOON? YOU GET YOURSELF SOMETHING NOT TAKEN TOO SERIOUSLY; THAT MAKES A BUNCH OF THE RIGHT NOISES; HAS A CHARACTERFUL AESTHETIC; AND, ABOVE ALL, LETS YOU REDISCOVER THE REASON WE ALL DO THIS IN THE FIRST PLACE

WORLD’S FASTEST CIVIC RETURNS • WILLIAM AU-YEUNG TACKLES PIKES PEAK IN THE RECENTLY REFRESHED, RELAUNCHED, AND REINVENTED MONSTER TIME ATTACK CAR THAT SHOOK UP THE TIME ATTACK SCENE, TSUKUBA IN 2019, AND SYDNEY’S WORLD TIME ATTACK CHALLENGE!

FEMALE INSPIRATION • HIGHLIGHTING LOCAL LADIES THAT INSPIRE LIKE-MINDED PETROLHEAD ENTHUSIASTS TO PURSUE THEIR HOBBIES AND DREAMS

INTEGRAL Evolution • AFFINITY TO A BRAND, AND ONLY THAT BRAND. IS FAIRLY COMMON IN THE CAR SCENE. BUT LOYALTY TO A CHASSIS, AND JUST THAT CHASSIS? TAKE A RIDE DOWN THE PATH OF AN EVOLVING HONDA INTEGRA HABIT, CULMINATING IN ONE OF THE COUNTRY’S FINEST CIRCUIT MACHINES TO WEAR AN H-BADGE

SOUTHERN CHROME SHINE • CHROME EXPRESSION SESSION HITS THE SOUTH ISLAND IN A BIG WAY, WITH MIKE PERO MOTORSPORT PARK, RUAPUNA AND THE PREMIER EVENTS TEAM PUTTING ON AN EPIC EVENT OF ROLL RACING, BURNOUTS, HARDPARKING, AND CRUISING WITH MATES — WHO ELSE THINKS CHROME IS ONE OF THE BEST SOUTH ISLAND CAR EVENTS OF THE YEAR?

NORTH ISLAND EXPRESSION FOUR SEASONS • NOT TOO LONG AFTER THE SOUTH ISLAND CHROME EXPRESSION SESSION, THE NORTH ISLAND EVENT KICKS OFF WITH THE PROWEAR CHROME HORSEPOWER FESTIVAL, POWERED BY HALTECH AND MILWAUKEE TOOLS. BOTH ISLANDS WERE COVERED WITHIN THE SPACE OF WEEKS, WITH MORE CRUISING, MORE BURNOUTS, MORE ROLL RACING — AND MORE DRIFTING

BACK ON LIM1TR • AFTER SITTING DORMANT FOR A FEW YEARS NOW, THE MARSDEN MOTORSPORT S13 HAS BEEN REIMAGINED. NOW SPORTING A NEW LOOK, WE DELVE DEEP INTO THE BACKGROUND OF HAMISH AND THE MARSDEN MOTORSPORT’S S13.5 AND ITS FRESH NEW LOOK!

BIG AMBITIONS • A WEEK AT DRIFT MATSURI IN EBISU WITH THE S14 AND SOME NEW ZEALAND FRIENDS

Project GRB • AT LONG LAST, ANOTHER PROJECT IS ON THE CARDS FOR THE EDITOR — THIS TIME, IT’S A 2007 SUBARU WRX STI GRB IN FACTORY TRIM. WHERE SHOULD WE START?

BEN RICE • AGE: 37 //LOCATION: PIKOWAI //OCCUPATION: COMMERCIAL MANAGER AND VOLUNTEER INSTRUCTOR AT NZ DRIFT MATSURI EVENTS

DREAMS TO REALITY Hot WHEELS

CARL • AGE: 35 //LOCATION: TAURANGA //OCCUPATION: FUEL-TANKER DRIVER

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DRIFT ACADEMICS • SKY ZHAO AND THE ONE-STOP SHOP FOR LEARNING THE SUBTLE ART OF THE SIDEWAYS SLIDE

YOUR SHOTS IN PRINT

1994 MAZDA RX-7 (FD3S)

YOUR BUILDS IN DETAIL MRX BMW

SPECIAL K — K-SERIES STARLET IN THE WORKS

INSIDE Llama Engineering • WE TAKE A LOOK AROUND THE NEW PREMISES OF ONE OF WELLINGTON’S TOP PERFORMANCE SHOPS

PRODUCT REVIEW

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