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.

HOW THE OTHER HALF LIVES

NZ Performance Car

NZPC TEAM

NEWS

DRIFTSOUTH CHAMPIONS CROWNED

FENIX CHRISTCHURCH NEW FACES

KASE PULLEN-BURRY, A NEW KING RISES

WTAC KIWI CONTENDER

IMPULSIVE V4.0

IGNITE THE FLAME

THE MIDAS TOUCH • ARGUABLY NEW ZEALAND’S MOST RECOGNISABLE EVO AND ITS RX-7 GARAGE-MATE ROAM THE AUCKLAND STREETS WITH A DISTINCTIVE GOLDEN TOUCH

candy Crush • ANOTHER BEAST TO ROLL OUT THE DOORS OF HI-POWER PERFORMANCE — AN EYE-CATCHING CANDY-RED R34, PACKING A MONSTROUS 650KW RB32. THIS STREET-SWEEPING SEDAN MEANS SERIOUS BUSINESS AND IS PRIMED TO LEAVE ITS MARK ON NEW ZEALAND ROADS

Rotationals: Drag Festival 2024 • FROM HUMBLE STREET MEETS TO TAKING OVER THE NAPA AUTO PARTS DRAGWAY IN MEREMERE, ROTATIONALS IS ALL ABOUT KEEPING NZ CAR CULTURE ALIVE. WITH THOUSANDS OF ENTHUSIASTS GATHERED FOR A GOOD CAUSE, ROTATIONALS PROVES ONCE AGAIN THAT IT’S NOT JUST ABOUT THE CARS BUT THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE WHEEL

PISSING OFF THE PURISTS • IN AN AGE WHERE JDM ICONS ARE BEING HIDDEN AWAY AND WRAPPED IN COTTON WOOL, CODY HAMILTON JUST WANTS TO CUT THEM UP, WIDEBODY THEM AND THEN THRASH THEM ON TRACK!

DIAMONDS’ DAY OUT • MITSUBISHI OWNERS DAY SERVES UP ITS ANNUAL MIX OF TRIPLE DIAMOND DELIGHTS

PRISTINE, POTENT &… PERFECT! • SCREAMING AROUND A RACE TRACK IN AN HISTORIC BIT OF HARDWARE IS A HABIT THAT TYPIFIES TRUE COMMITMENT. IT’S A COMMITMENT TO A PAST ERA, OF DOING THINGS A LITTLE BIT OLD SCHOOL, AND REVELLING IN THAT EXPERIENCE WHILE KEEPING IT ALIVE FOR THE PRESENT GENERATION. IT’S A PURSUIT THAT THIS IMMACULATE BENSON & HEDGES SIERRA RS500 EMBODIES WITH EVERY MICRON OF ITS VIBRANT SILHOUETTE

2024 SUPERLAP SEASON FINALE • HAMPTON DOWNS ONCE AGAIN PLAYED HOST TO THE LSM LTD SEASON FINALE OF THE PROWEAR NZ SUPERLAP SERIES, FUELLED BY HALTECH, RACEWORKS, AND AUTOIGNITE. STACKED WITH BIG AERO, FAST CARS, AND MILDLY UNHINGED DRIVERS, OVER $6K WORTH OF PRIZES AND VOUCHERS WERE GIVEN AWAY, THANKS TO HALTECH, LEON SCOTT MOTORSPORT, AND PREMIER EVENTS

HERO STATUS • WHEN ALL BLACK LEGEND JONAH LOMU WASN’T SCORING TRIES, HE WAS BUSY MOVING THE CAR AUDIO GOALPOSTS

RECEIVE IT AT YOUR DOORSTEP!

A CHOICE WEEKEND • DRIFT KINGS AND JDM LEGENDS MEET FOR A WEEKEND TO REMEMBER AT TAUPO MOTORSPORT PARK

TIREE WESTON • AGE: 25//LOCATION: AUCKLAND//OCCUPATION: MICROBIOLOGIST

JOHN KANTERS • AGE: 51//LOCATION: HENDERSON, AUCKLAND

YOUR SHOTS IN PRINT

GRAHAM DAVIS • AGE: 34//LOCATION: WEST AUCKLAND OCCUPATION: COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL PAINTER/DECORATOR

PRODUCT REVIEW

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