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.

CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE

NZ Performance Car

HERO CONTRIBUTOR

MAD MIKE SUMMER BASH

THE 4&ROTARY SHOW IS BACK

MANAWATU CAR CLUB SUMMER SEASON

KIRKWOOD SECURES WILD CARD

WRECK ’EM DRIVER CLASSIC 9 NOVEMBER, HAMPTON CLUB CIRCUIT

D1NZ ANNOUNCEMENTS

MSC DATES RELEASED

IT’S A TRAP! • AH, AN S15 WITH A ROCKET BUNNY KIT — IT’S A JDM CLASSIC APPEARANCE THESE DAYS. BUT, USUALLY, THEY’RE BUILT FOR LOOKS. THIS S15 IS A MODERN-DAY PERFORMANCE CAR VENUS FLY TRAP — TEMPTING AT THE LIGHTS BUT DEADLY WHEN THEY TURN GREEN!

ONE PERFECT LAP 2024 • NZPC CHECKS OUT THE WORLD’S PREMIER TIME ATTACK EVENT AT SYDNEY MOTORSPORT PARK

A SPARK OF SLIDEWAYS • TOYOTA’S AE86 AND ITS CULT FOLLOWING IS ALMOST A SYNONYM FOR CAR CULTURE AS A WHOLE. THE SNAPPY LITTLE CHASSIS IS RENOWNED FOR BIG FUN, WITH MANY DIFFERENT INTERPRETATIONS THROUGHOUT THE DECADE. FOR LUKE MINOT, THE FABLED ‘EIGHT-SIX’ REPRESENTS HIS ULTIMATE ANALOGUE DRIVING EXPERIENCE, SPARKING PLENTY OF GRINS, BOTH IN THE GARAGE AND ON THE TARSEAL

CHROME Nights 2 • RAIN? WHO CARES? KIWIS LOVE THEIR CARS, AND THEY’LL SHOW UP NO MATTER THE WEATHER. UMBRELLAS WERE SCATTERED AROUND THE AUCKLAND SHOWGROUNDS, BUT THAT DIDN’T STOP THE EXCITEMENT AND UNDERGLOW FROM LIGHTING UP THE NIGHT

LIVING STREETSIDE • WHAT STARTED AS A HUMBLE, NON-TURBO, AUTOMATIC HIGH-SCHOOL RIDE AND HELL PIZZA DELIVERY CAR HAS, AFTER EIGHT YEARS OF HARD WORK AND DEDICATION, MORPHED INTO ONE OF NEW ZEALAND’S WILDEST SILVIAS

ICE, ICE BABY • AUDI NEW ZEALAND INVITED THE NZPC EDITOR TO THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE PROVING GROUNDS TO CELEBRATE THE 15TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE AUDI ICE EXPERIENCE — A BREATHTAKING DAY OF ICE AND SNOW DRIFTING, WHERE THE LATEST PERFORMANCE LINE-UP IS PUSHED TO ITS LIMITS

RETRO ROCKET • BORN AT ROCKET SPEED EQUIPMENT, DAN TYLER’S ECOBOOST-POWERED FORD ESCORT 1600 SPORT IS A TURBOCHARGED FUSION OF ’80S JDM STYLE, CUSTOM FABRICATION, AND SERIOUS PERFORMANCE UNDER THE HOOD

IN THE CLUB • WELCOME, OR WELCOME BACK, TO A NEW OR RETURNING FEATURE, DEPENDING ON HOW LONG YOU’VE BEEN READING THE MAGAZINE. WITH CAR CLUB CULTURE CURRENTLY ENJOYING HIGH LEVELS OF SUPPORT AND NOW A REGULAR FEATURE AT MOST EVENTS, THE TEAM FELT IT WAS TIME TO MAKE IT A CONSISTENT PART OF THE MAGAZINE. SO, LET’S KICK THINGS OFF WITH A BANG!

CLUB CIRCUIT CHAOS • PAINT SWAPS TO ENGINE SWAPS: DRIFT WARS R2 DELIVERS …

RECEIVE IT AT YOUR DOORSTEP!

DOYLE HARRIS-LYNCH

SEAT TIME: JOURNEY TO TSUKUBA PART 2 • HOPEFULLY, YOU’VE BEEN FOLLOWING ALONG WITH PART 1 OF OUR CONTRIBUTOR JACKY’S PROJECT, SEAT TIME AND ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE JOURNEY TO TSUKUBA. IN THIS ISSUE, JACKY DIVES DEEPER INTO THE BUILD, SHARES MORE ABOUT HIS TIME WORKING IN JAPAN, AND LETS US IN ON A FEW SECRETS HE’S PICKED UP. HE ALSO OFFERS SOME INSIGHTS INTO HOW JDM TUNING CULTURE COMPARES TO WHAT WE’RE USED TO HERE.

YOUR SHOTS IN PRINT

SUHAIL SAHIB

THE MET GALA OF MOTORSPORT • THE GOODWOOD FESTIVAL OF SPEED IS THE WORLD’S ULTIMATE GARDEN PARTY FOR PEOPLE WITH PETROL SEETHING THROUGH THEIR VEINS — TO PUT IT SIMPLY, IT IS A GATHERING OF THE WORLD’S BIGGEST HOONS OUT TO PUT ON ONE HELL OF A SHOW

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