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.

100 Repco • DRIVEN BY PASSION FOR 100 YEARS

BACK IN THE HONDA GAME!

NZ Performance Car

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DRAG RACING IS BACK • ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT, YOU COULD ARGUE IT NEVER WENT ANYWHERE — BUT, WITH A STRING OF EIGHT-SECOND PASSES IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS, YOU COULD ALSO ARGUE THERE’S A NEW WAVE OF IMPORT RACERS PAVING THE WAY INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS. HERE’S THE LATEST IN THE EIGHT-SECOND CLUB:

FORMAT CHANGE — 4&ROTARY NATIONALS • WE ALWAYS LIKE TO KEEP OUR READERS IN THE KNOW AND WE LIKE THE CHANGE TO THE 2023 4&ROTARY NATIONALS DRAGS FORMAT

PERFORMANCE PARTS SUPPLY REIMAGINED — ENTER THE NSTPARTS.COM ERA

MSC ROUND 1

THREE DEEP • IT’S ONLY FITTING THAT THE 300TH NZPC COVER CAR HAS THREE ROTORS, IS AN RX-3, AND WEARS THE NUMBER PLATE 3DEEP. GET READY FOR ONE OF THE BEST — IF NOT THE BEST — RX-3 WAGONS TO BE BUILT HERE IN NEW ZEALAND!

CREATED ON impulse • JOKERS WILD KUSTOMS STEPS INTO THE EVENT GAME WITH THE IMPULSIVE — ROTARY ONLY DAY

SATURDAY NIGHT LIGHTS • THE LONG-DELAYED 4&ROTARY NATIONALS DRAGS GO DOWN AT DUSK

TYPE R-INVIGORATION • HONDA NEW ZEALAND HOSTED A THREE-DAY HONDA TYPE R CELEBRATION FOR THE LAUNCH OF THE LATEST HONDA CIVIC FL5 TYPE R. WE ATTENDED THE PRESS-ONLY-DAY ONE, WHERE WE PUT THE NEW TYPE R THROUGH ITS PACES!

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NISMO Clubman Race Spec • AH YES, WE’RE ENTERING THE RETRO-MOD ERA, WHERE THE JAPANESE PERFORMANCE CARS WE’VE ALL KNOWN AND LOVED ARE FAST BECOMING CLASSICS AND GOOD FOLKS SUCH AS GWEN ARE BRINGING THEM BACK TO LIFE, ONE EPIC RESTORATION AT A TIME!

STREET SLAYING STI • NOT YOUR USUAL GRIPPED-UP ALL-WHEEL DRIVE SUBARU HERE, SORRY FOLKS. DREW’S SUBARU WRX STI IS NO LONGER RALLY-BRED, BUT RATHER DRIFT-BRED, WITH ONLY TWO WHEELS DOWN THE BACK DOING THE TALKING!

WELCOME BACK OLD FRIEND… • WRC HITS NEW ZEALAND SHORES AFTER A 10-YEAR HIATUS — WE SEND RESIDENT RALLY NUT AARON MAI ALONG FOR THE RIDE!

MY WORKSHOP RULES • KEVIN BOVEY KNOWS A THING OR TWO ABOUT COOKING UP A RACING MACHINE THAT WORKS, AND WORKS WELL. FOR HIS LATEST DISH, HE’S MOVED AWAY FROM ROARING V8S TO A FLAME-SPITTING, TURBOCHARGED ESCORT

STAYING TRUE TO FORM • NATHAN CLARIDGE ROLLS OUT A HYPER HONDA THAT’S PART UPCYCLE, PART BAD-LUCK STORY ROLLED INTO ONE RAPID LITTLE THREE-DOOR STREET MONSTER

NATHAN MALMO • AGE: 28 //LOCATION: AUCKLAND //OCCUPATION: AUTOMOTIVE FABRICATOR FAVOURITE DRIFT TRACK (WORLD OR NEW ZEALAND): AS CLICHÉ[D] AS IT IS, THE MEIHAN C COURSE IN NARA WOULD BE AWESOME TO DRIVE ONE DAY! NIKKO CIRCUIT WOULD HAVE TO BE A CLOSE SECOND

YOUR SHOTS IN PRINT

SHENANIGANS ABOUND AT KUMEU HOT ROD SHOW!

RECREATING A JAPANESE ICON

PRIVATE LABEL #4 • ASH AND THE BOYS GET DOWN AT MEREMERE DRAGWAY AND HUNT THOSE TENTHS OVER 400M!

KAI • AGE: 38 //LOCATION: AUCKLAND OCCUPATION: FINANCE BUILD TIME: 11 MONTHS //LENGTH OF OWNERSHIP: 11 MONTHS

STUART WOOD • AGE: 31 LOCATION: AUCKLAND OCCUPATION: AIRCRAFT ENGINEER

JACOB"S LEGACY • A BUDGET-BUILD BOXER THAT IS PUNCHING ABOVE ITS WEIGHT

UNDER CONSTRUCTION • YOUR BUILDS IN DETAIL

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