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 HENRY KHOV

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2023 HONDA CIVIC TYPE R — MOST SOPHISTICATED YET?

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PROWEAR 4 & ROTARY SOUTH ISLAND CHAMPS • TIMARU (SOUTHERN TRUST EVENTS CENTRE AND LEVELS RACEWAY)

A CERTAIN KIND OF SWAGER • A MELTING POT OF STYLES COMES TOGETHER TO CREATE SWAGER, A CANDY-DRIPPING, TYRE-RIPPING, HEAD-TURNING R32 GT-R THAT FUSES JAPANESE STYLE WITH KIWI MOTOR KNOW-HOW

D1NZ PUSHING THE ENVELOPE • NORMALLY, IT’S A WELL-CONNECTED, WELL-SPONSORED DRIVER PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES IN A NEW PLATFORM. THIS TIME THOUGH, IT’S THE SERIES ITSELF, WITH D1NZ BUILDING NEW ZEALAND’S FIRST LATE-MODEL GR SUPRA DRIFT CAR FOR INTERNATIONAL DRIVERS TO CONTEST THE SERIES WITH. OH, AND IT’S PACKIN’ A GOOD OL’ FASHIONED 2JZ TOO!

WOUNDFEST • PRESENTED BY WHOLESOME WORLD

THE FIGHTING SPIRIT OF DRIFT — JAPAN TO NZ

SUPERCAR KILLER • ONE OF THE WORLD’S BIGGEST GT-R ENTHUSIASTS, ANDREW HAWKINS, HAS ‘FINISHED’ HIS R32 GT-R. ANDREW HAS MORE BACKGROUND AND EXPERIENCE THAN MOST WITH THE PLATFORM, SO WE HAD TO KNOW MORE …

THE BIKE DEAL • SUPER TOURERS ARE GENERALLY CHARACTERISED AS NIMBLE, POINTY WEE SEDANS THAT HAVE AT LEAST SOME SORT OF GO-FAST POTENTIAL IN PRODUCTION FORM. BUT A CAMRY? SOUTH AFRICA’S SERIES SAW THIS BIG-BODIED BULLY ENTER, TO WAGE WAR ON ITS DIMINUTIVE OPPOSITION

BLOWN BAY BRAWLER • LUKE COX’S UNASHAMEDLY LOUD ’N’ PROUD SKID MACHINE AND FAMILY CRUISER ALL ROLLED INTO ONE!

Love AT FIRST SIGHT • DAVID KNOWSLEY’S 20-YEAR JOURNEY TO HIS VERY OWN DREAM CAR TOOK HIM FROM NON-TURBO AUTOMATIC TO THE PERFECT 398KW WEEKEND STRESS RELIEVER

YOUR SHOTS IN PRINT

RYAN MCCOOK • AGE: 24 // LOCATION: AUCKLAND // OCCUPATION: PLUMBER

JAYDEN BROAD • AGE: 26 // LOCATION: KUMEU OCCUPATION: MARKETPLACE ENTHUSIAST/STEEL FRAMER

Hyper Hyundais • TWO VERY DIFFERENT, YET FAMILIAR HOT HATCHES. A DYNAMIC DUO DESTINED TO DESTROY — ARE THE I20N AND THE I30N THE KOREAN GOLF AND POLO GTI?

MARCO HATTINGH • AGE: 24 LOCATION: AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND OCCUPATION: ELECTRICIAN

INTERMARQUE CONCOURS D’ELEGANCE RX-7 RZ IN THE WORKS

WHEN TUNING CULTURE ENTERED THE MAINSTREAM • NZ Performance Car continues our look back at iconic moments in automotive history as we help celebrate “Repco Driven by Passion for 100 Years”, this month focusing on the most celebrated automotive movie series of our generation: Fast and Furious!

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