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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JOYCE GETS THE JAPANESE PAPER

4&ROTARY JAMBOREE AND IMPULSIVE LOWER NORTH ISLAND

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400R — STREET STYLE! • THE 400R IS THE UNOBTAINIUM NOW, AND IF YOU COULD GET ONE, WOULD YOU ENJOY OWNING IT, BEING SO RARE? MELVIN SAMI WANTED TO BUILD HIS ULTIMATE R33 GT-R, PAYING HOMAGE TO THE ICONIC 400R PLATFORM

HONDA Is where the heart is • JE POY IS BACK WITH A K24-PACKING DRAG AND CIRCUIT WEAPON SO CLEAN YOU COULD EAT YOUR ADOBO OFF IT

DRIFT WEEK 6 THE FULL USA EXPERIENCE! • GUY MAXWELL MAKES THE TRIP OVER TO THE BIG OL’ US TO TAKE PART IN THE YOUTUBE DRIFT SENSATION THAT IS DRIFT WEEK! A COUPLE OF KIWIS ABROAD, THRASHING THE PANTS OFF A LEFT-HOOK 350Z FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS — WHAT COULD GO WRONG?

LET’S GET READY TO RUMBLE! • NEAR-ON 400KW OF 2.2-LITRE BOXER STROKER, SHOEHORNED INTO ONE OF NEW ZEALAND’S MOST ICONIC STATION WAGONS — WE CATCH UP WITH JOSH ELMIGER TO SEE JUST WHAT IT TAKES TO BUILD ONE OF NEW ZEALAND’S MOST EPIC WAGONS

ESCORT ETIQUETTE • WHEN OLD SCHOOL PROVES JUST TOO DAMN COOL

NISSAN’S LATEST Z BIG YES OR BIG NO? • AH, AT LAST — THE WEATHER GODS HAVE ALLOWED US TO HAVE A GOOD PLAY IN NISSAN’S LATEST Z, A TOUCH LATE TO THE PARTY. IS THE LATEST Z WORTHY OF THE BADGE?

THE SHOW MUST GO ON! • THE ANNUAL 4 & ROTARY NATIONALS SHOW RETURNS AFTER A TWO-YEAR BREAK IN THE MIDDLE OF WHAT WE NOW KNOW WAS THE WORST DAY OF RAIN IN THE AUCKLAND AREA EVER!

HYUNDAI N FESTIVAL 2022 NZPC ON TOUR! • HYUNDAI NEW ZEALAND FLEW THE NZPC CREW OVER TO ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA, TO SEE JUST HOW THE BIGGEST ‘N’ ENTHUSIAST BASE IN THE WORLD PARTIES AT THE BEND MOTORSPORT PARK!

WRC’S RALLY NEW ZEALAND • NO EVENT GOES TOE-TO-TOE WITH THE WRC FOR BRINGING YOU A TRULY FAN-CENTRIC MOTORSPORT EXPERIENCE, AND RALLY NEW ZEALAND 2022 WAS OUT TO REMIND KIWIS PRECISELY WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN MISSING OUT ON!

AARON TUCKER • AGE: 39 // LOCATION: WAIKATO // OCCUPATION: DAIRY FARMER

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Born to be BOLD • NOT MANY FAMILY CARS CAN TRANSFORM THEMSELVES FROM B*TCH TO BULL, BUT NOT ALL FAMILY CARS ARE THE MOONCRAFT JACCS HONDA ACCORD …

MARK HOLROYD • AGE: 38 //LOCATION: AUCKLAND OCCUPATION: CONSTRUCTION COST CONSULTANT

JOHN BOYCE (AKA BOYCE) • AGE: AMBIGUOUS 25–40ISH // LOCATION: AUCKLAND // OCCUPATION: SALES

ZERO DOLLAR MK3 BUILD NOT UNDER CONSTRUCTION!

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THE INDUSTRY AND CAR SHOW FOR PROFESSIONALS • AUTORAMA 2023 IS A NEW EVENT PLANNED FOR MYSTERY CREEK EVENTS CENTRE IN HAMILTON ON 10 – 12 NOVEMBER, 2023. IT WILL BRING TOGETHER BUSINESSES SUPPLYING PERFORMANCE PARTS AND ALL TYPES OF AUTOMOTIVE SERVICES WITH CAR OWNERS AND CAR ENTHUSIASTS.

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