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.

THROUGH A NEW LENS

NZ Performance Car

NZPC TEAM

GT-R FESTIVAL NZ GOES GLOBAL

4 & ROTARY JAMBO FINAL FOUR

D1NZ FINALE

INTRODUCING CHROME SHOWCASE

BACK BEACH DRIFT LIGHTS UP THE ’NAKI

LZFEST DEBUTS ON NZ SHORES

BOWDEN’S OWN HITS NZ SHORES!

Focus On The Finest • BUILDING A TRULY SPECIAL PIECE OF GEAR ISN’T A SHORT PROCESS. FOR THE DETAIL FOCUSED, IT CAN BE A DRAWN-OUT AFFAIR, FRAUGHT WITH DIRECTION CHANGES AND DELAYS AS THEY STRIVE TO GET THINGS JUST RIGHT. IN THE CASE OF LUKE NEILAN’S MAZDA RX-7, TIME HAS BEEN A BLESSING, WITH THE RECENT DEBUT OF ONE OF THE FINEST FD RX-7S EVER TO TURN A WHEEL ON KIWI SOIL

Slammed BY A SOUTHERLY • MAD MIKE BRINGS THE BASH TO HIGHLANDS MOTORSPORT PARK FOR AN EXPERIENCE LIKE NO OTHER!

FIRE & ICE • WE CHECK OUT ALEX AND MONIQUE’S TWIN SILVIA GARAGE — A COUPLE NOT ONLY BUILDING CARS TOGETHER, BUT ALSO A LIFE

Gazoo Galore TGR 2025 Festival • THE NZPC EDITOR SHOT DOWN TO THE STUNNING HIGHLANDS MOTORSPORT PARK IN CROMWELL FOR A DAY PACKED WITH ALL THINGS TOYOTA. WITH DIEHARD FANS ROLLING IN FROM EVERY CORNER OF THE COUNTRY, THE SOUTH ISLAND FESTIVAL TURNED INTO ONE MASSIVE TOYOTA-FUELLED HURRAH!

Rotor Rewind • TOBY RICHARDS REVIVES HIS MISSPENT YOUTH WITH ANOTHER ’79 626, PROVING THAT SOME FIRST LOVES ARE WORTH A SECOND SPIN

Until We meet Again • REUNION HAS BECOME THE GOLD STANDARD FOR ROTARY-ONLY EVENTS IN THE COUNTRY, PROBABLY THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE, AND MAYBE EVEN THE WORLD. IT’S A UNIQUELY KIWI EXPERIENCE, AND AFTER AN EIGHT-YEAR HIATUS FROM COVERING IT, ROVING NZPC PHOTOJOURNALIST RICHY HIT UP TAUPO TO TAKE IT ALL IN

1999 TOYOTA ALTEZZA RS200Z (SXE10)

Southern Shine • THE CHROME EXPRESSION SESSION MAKES ITS ANNUAL RETURN TO EUROMARQUE MOTORSPORT PARK IN CHRISTCHURCH, AND IT’S BIGGER, BETTER, AND LOUDER THAN EVER, FILLING THE VENUE WITH A BUZZING CROWD AND A SERIOUSLY IMPRESSIVE LINE-UP OF CARS

IN THE CLUB • GIRLS IN MOTORSPORT (GIMS) IS BACK AND THIS TIME WITH SILVERWARE

YOUR SHOTS IN PRINT

SHE’S A KEEPER • CHRISTY BRADLEY’S SHOW-SPEC S14 MAY SEEM TAME BY TODAY’S STANDARDS, BUT IN THE HEYDAY OF THE AUTO SALON SCENE, IT WAS UP THERE WITH THE BEST

SEAT TIME: JOURNEY 2 TSUKUBA PART 4 • WE’RE BACK WITH PART FOUR OF JACKY TSE’S SEAT TIME: JOURNEY TO TSUKUBA PROJECT, WHERE HE GIVES US THE LOW-DOWN ON TIME ATTACK AND JAPAN’S TUNING CULTURE, ALL THROUGH THE EYES OF A KIWI

PROJECT LINKED • WHEN OUR MATES AT LINK ENGINE MANAGEMENT HINTED AT A K24 TURBOCHARGED MR2 PROJECT BEING IN THE WORKS, WE HAD TO CHECK IT OUT. K-SWAPS ARE BECOMING A WORLDWIDE FAVOURITE FOR THEIR AFFORDABILITY, RELIABILITY, AND EXTENSIVE AFTERMARKET SUPPORT — PLUS, THEY CAN HANDLE SERIOUS POWER, WHETHER NA, TURBO, OR SUPERCHARGED

MAKING THE LEAP: YOUR GUIDE TO BUYING YOUR FIRST EURO • READY TO MAKE THE SWITCH FROM JDM TO EURO? HERE’S EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW TO MAKE THE LEAP WITH CONFIDENCE, STRAIGHT FROM THE EXPERTS AT HARRYS EURO

1971 TOYOTA COROLLA (KE25)

UNDER CONSTRUCTION • YOUR BUILDS IN DETAIL

DRAG TIMES

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