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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CONTRIBUTORS

JDMGRL CELEBRATES HER MOD WIN

DRIFTSOUTH ANNOUNCES 23/24 SEASON DATES

NZFC MEMBER ADVANCES TO NISSAN TECHNICIAN FINALS

WRX AKA WE DRIVE ONE OF 10 WRX SPECIAL EDITIONS

CLUBFEST RAISES THE STAKES ONCE AGAIN

THE INDUSTRY AND CAR SHOW FOR THE TRADE

TRIPLE ROTOR KIWI ICON • WEST AUCKLAND HAS NEVER SEEN SO MUCH BILLET — A QUINTESSENTIAL KIWI BUILD, POWERED BY AN ALL-BILLET 20B. IS THIS THE ULTIMATE MAZDA STREETER?

SEVEN SENSATION • GOLDEN-ERA JAPANESE HERO CARS ARE EXPERIENCING A STRONG RESURGENCE OF INTEREST. ALTHOUGH MODIFYING AND PERSONALISING THE BREED IS STILL PREVALENT, THERE’S A SERIOUS UPTICK IN PEOPLE SPIT SHINING THESE CARS BACK TO THEIR ORIGINAL GLORY. ARGUABLY THE BEST EXAMPLE ON KIWI SHORES IS A PEARL WHITE MAZDA RX-7

THE BIG SHOW • THE SUBURB OF AVALON USED TO BE FAMOUS FOR MAKING TV GAME SHOWS, BUT NOW IT’S BECOMING KNOWN FOR FAST CARS AND FANCY CNC-MACHINED PARTS!

STREET FIGHTERS THE AGE OLD SHOWDOWN • MITSUBISHI AND SUBARU ENTHUSIASTS UNITED IN FUN AND COMPETITION TO SEE WHICH VEHICLES BASED ON ’90S RALLY ICONS WOULD REIGN SUPREME

RECEIVE IT AT YOUR DOORSTEP!

DOUBLE CHARGED • FORGET YOUR RUN OF THE MILL GT-B LEGACY, THE 3.0R IS WHERE THE PARTY HAPPENS THESE DAYS! TWO MATES, TWO LEGACYS, AND TWO DIFFERENT METHODS OF FORCED INDUCTION — WHICH WOULD YOU PICK? THANKFULLY, SUBARUS ARE LIKE LEGO — EITHER OPTION WILL BE FUN TO BUILD!

TEAM TURBO – DUANE CRESSY

TEAM SUPERCHARGER – JEREMY TOMKINS

DANCING WITH A DOHCA • THE MAZDA 323 TURBO IS KIWI TUNING ROYALTY. NOT ONLY WERE THESE SYMBOLIC OF THE GOLDEN ERA OF JAPANESE IMPORT PERFORMANCE, BUT THEY ALSO REPRESENTED HEAVILY ON THE RALLY STAGES, BOTH LOCALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY. WE DETAIL AND DRIVE AN EXAMPLE PEDALLED TO THE ASIA-PACIFIC RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP BY NONE OTHER THAN ROD MILLEN

OH LAWD! • STOCK-BLOCK, 320KW V11 STI HOT-HATCH MADNESS — SHAHEL PRATAP SHOWS US THAT THE SUBARU PLATFORM CAN BE A RELIABLE ONE IF DONE RIGHT. STRAP YOURSELVES IN FOLKS, THIS ONE IS SPICY!

BIG ED.’S TYPE R SHENANiGANS! • WAIT, WHAT? THE ED. OWNS AND MODIFIES A JAPANESE PERFORMANCE CAR? STOP IT. IT’S TIME TO CHECK OUT JUST WHAT THE EDITOR OF THIS VERY MAGAZINE HAS TUCKED AWAY IN HIS EAST AUCKLAND GARAGE!

HEINO WENDZICH

YOUR SHOTS IN PRINT

COREY WELLMAN

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GARY INNES

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