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

HERO CONTRIBUTOR WARREN SARE • Welcome back dear readers and, crucially, WELCOME BACK EVENTS!

CONTRIBUTORS

ELLICOTT SETS NEW PB

MUSCLE GARAGE

DOWNTIME MEGA WEEKEND—QUEEN’S BIRTHDAY

REUNION RESCHEDULE

GR FOUR TOYOTA COMES FULL CIRCUIT

FORMULA FOR SUCCESS • IN A HISTORIC MOMENT IN KIWI DRIFTING AND MOTORSPORT, DARREN KELLY IS SHOWING THE WORLD HOW NEW ZEALAND GETS DOWN! WITH THE HEART OF RACING, HE’S COMPETING IN FORMULA DRIFT USA IN A COMPLETELY INSANE 2020 ASTON MARTIN GT4. V12 AND TWIN SUPERCHARGED, IT’S CAUSING A MAJOR STIR!

JZX 46 M SPORT REDEFiNED • LOGAN WEST CREATES HIS TAKE ON THE ULTIMATE DRIVING MACHINE — A 1JZ-PACKING STREET-LEGAL SLIDER

BIG AMBMONS IMPORTATION, CERTIFICATION, AND A SHELL OF RUST • WOULD YOU PACK UP YOUR LIFE AND MOVE OVERSEAS? IT’S A BIG DECISION TO MAKE, ESPECIALLY AT THE RIPE AGE OF 23, BUT THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT I DID WHEN I MOVED TO JAPAN — SOMETHING MANY PEOPLE COULD ONLY DREAM OF

UNFINISHED BUSINESS • WE CHECK OUT PETE HOPPING’S VR-4, KNOWN AS ‘IN4WAR’ — 440KW AT THE WHEELS OF STROKED TO4Z-PACKING TRIPLE DIAMOND FURY!

KIWIS SET TO FLY • NEW ZEALAND MODERN DAY RALLY HERO HAYDEN PADDON SETS HIS SIGHTS YET AGAIN ON THE WORLD STAGE WITH AN UPCOMING WRC2 DRIVE!

SERI 555 STReeT eDiTiON • MITCHELL LOWE SENDS A GC8 SUBARU WRX INTO A NEW DIMENSION, FAR FURTHER THAN THE FACTORY INTENDED BACK IN THE ’90S. IF YOU SAW THIS FUTURE CLASSIC CRUISING THE STREETS, HOW MUCH POWER DO YOU THINK IT WOULD BE PACKING?

BRRRRRRRRRZ WILL THE 2.4-LITRE NA BE ENOUGH? • NZPC IS THROWN THE KEYS TO NEW ZEALAND’S VERY FIRST NEW SHAPE AND REVISED BRZ — AND IT’S MODIFIED! WITH NEW ZEALAND SAID NOT EVEN TO BE GETTING THE NEW BRZ, AND WITH TOYOTA NOT KNOWING WHEN IT’LL HAVE THE GR86 ON NEW ZEALAND SHORES, THIS IS ONE RARE MACHINE INDEED!

LIGHTS GAMERAS… ACTION • WORLD TIME ATTACK FINALLY RETURNS TO SYDNEY MOTORSPORT PARK FOR 2022, WITH AN AUSSIE-HEAVY ATTENDANCE AND A STACK OF ACTION!

UDAY SINGH

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DANIEL CHO

THE ULTIMATE

TPD K-SERIES FIT FOR CHARITY PART 3 • HUGE PROGRESS IN THIS ISSUE ON THE TPD K-SERIES FIT! IT’S RUNNING AND MAKING SOME SERIOUS NATURALLY ASPIRATED SAUCE!

MATT HOLT

DOCTOR CUTS DEALING WITH BURNOUT

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