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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NEWS

UWANIT! THE ROTARY KING RETURNS • UNIQUELY KIWI, THE ROTARY SCENE HAS CREATED SOME MEMORABLE BUILDS, PERSONALITIES, AND EXPERIENCES ALONG THE WAY. AROUND THE TURN OF THE MILLENNIUM, TIM WOOD’S ‘UWANIT’ RX-3 COUPE WAS UNTOUCHABLE, AND NOW, WITH 25 YEARS OF EXTRA EXPERIENCE UNDER HIS BELT, HE’S REDEFINED THE BENCHMARK FOR A HIGH-END, INIMITABLY TASTEFUL OLD-SCHOOL ROTARY BUILD

MUSIC FOR THE JILTED GENERATION • THE AUTOMOTIVE FESTIVAL THAT HAS SOMETHING FOR ALL GEARHEADS: DRIFTING, RACING, THE OBLIGATORY HARDPARK, AND A TRACTOR PULL AT THE END OF THE DAY IF YOU GET BOGGED IN THE CAR PARK — A WINTER FESTIVAL AT ITS FINEST!

WHAT WORKS, WORKS • SOME COMBINATIONS ARE JUST MEANT TO BE; AN E30 ON BBS WHEELS IS ONE OF THEM, BUT THERE’S MUCH MORE TO THIS CLEAN COMBINATION THAN FIRST MEETS THE EYE

AMONG THE MIGHTY • NZPC SPENDS THE DAY AT THE NISSAN & GTR FESTIVAL, AN EVENT WHERE 500KW IS CONSIDERED NORMAL AND BEING CAPABLE OF A NINE-SECOND QUARTER MAKES YOU JUST FASTER THAN AVERAGE

SUBDUED Stylemaster • SOMETIMES, A GLANCE JUST DOESN’T TELL THE WHOLE STORY. FIRST IMPRESSIONS MAY WELL COUNT, BUT ONCE YOU START TO DIG A LITTLE DEEPER, THE DEPTH AND TALENT OF A PERSONALITY REALLY STARTS TO SHINE — AND LIKEWISE DOES THEIR AUTOMOTIVE CREATION

$3600 CAR CARE KIT GIVEAWAY!

7 ROUND FIGHT! • THE ULTIMATE MITSUBISHI V. SUBARU SHOWDOWN ENTERS ITS SEVENTH YEAR

K-SWAPPED, WHAT? • AH, FINALLY — SOMEONE HAD THE COJONES TO K-SWAP SOMETHING DIFFERENT. WE’VE SEEN PLENTY OF INTEGRAS AND CIVICS WITH THE FAMED CONVERSION, BUT A PRELUDE? NOW WE’RE TALKING!

JOURNEY 2 TSUKUBA • IT’S BEEN A WHILE SINCE WE LAST CAUGHT UP WITH ONE OF OUR OG CONTRIBUTORS. WE HEARD THAT HE’S BEEN BUSY AND HAS AN INTERESTING PROJECT IN THE WORKS, SO WE REACHED OUT TO HIM TO SHARE WHAT HE’S BEEN UP TO

BRING BACK THE NA ENGINES! • THE CIVIC TYPE R IS GONE, BUT WHAT’S NEXT? RENÉ VERMEER BEGINS AN ALL-NEW PROJECT JOURNEY, HOPING TO GET BACK INTO THE SHED AND BACK ONTO THE RACE TRACK!

RECEIVE IT AT YOUR DOORSTEP!

THE PRIUS IS OFFICIALLY KUHL! • LIKE IT OR NOT, THE TOYOTA PRIUS CHANGED THE GAME AS FAR AS HYBRID CARS GO, AND NOW IT IS SETTING ITS EYES ON THE TUNING SCENE. CHANGE IS COMING, AND FOR MANY KIWIS, IT IS TIME TO START GETTING COMFORTABLE WITH THE UNCOMFORTABLE

VAPOUR BLASTING 101 • WITH ALL THE TYPES OF MEDIA BLASTING OUT THERE, WHY IS VAPOUR BLASTING RISING IN POPULARITY? YOU’RE IN THE RIGHT SPOT TO FIND OUT. READ ON AND LEARN WHY IT COULD BE THE PERFECT CHOICE FOR YOUR NEXT PROJECT

CENTRAL BLAST: SPECIALISTS IN MOBILE BLASTING

EVOLUTION MOTORSPORT: EXPERTS IN RESTORATION

AUTOBLAST: MEDIA BLASTING FOR VEHICLE RESTORATION

SYNTECH: SURFACE-FINISHING SUPPLIERS

YOUR SHOTS IN PRINT

WHERE IT ALL BEGAN • THIS MONTH’S THROWBACK TAKES IT BACK TO WHERE IT ALL BEGAN: THE COVER CAR FROM THE VERY FIRST ISSUE OF NZPC!

JAROD NISBET

EDWARD PAJE

KEVIN JHUANG

YOUR BUILDS IN DETAIL

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