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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LIBERTY WALK DROPS NEW SUPRA WIDEBODY

MSNZ REVEALS $200K SUPPORT PACKAGE

FUEL TAX GOES UP — AGAIN!

HONDA CUP CALLS SEASON EARLY

GYMKHANA — TRAVIS PASTRANA TO REPLACE KEN BLOCK

WRC NEW ZEALAND CANCELLED

HONDA HIT BY RANSOMWARE ATTACK

SVG CLAIMS SUPERCARS E-SERIES CHAMPIONSHIP

CIVIC TYPE R (FK8) LOCAL RECALL

NPD LAUNCHES NORTH ISLAND TAKEOVER

GIG GUIDE • IF YOU HAVE AN EVENT THAT YOU’D LIKE TO SEE IN THE GIG GUIDE, EMAIL EDITOR@PERFORMANCECAR.CO.NZ WITH ALL THE DETAILS

YOUR SHOTS IN PRINT

SERIAL tyre KILLER • JESSE GREENSLADE MIGHT BE A RELATIVE NEWCOMER TO DRIFTING, BUT HE’S WASTED NO TIME IN AMASSING A BADASS ARSENAL OF TYRE-KILLING MACHINERY

THE SERIES 6 MAZDA RX-7 FD3S

THE S15

THE QUAD-ROTOR GS300

THE FC

WHERE TO FROM HERE?

UNCAGING GODZILLA • CELEBRATING ONE OF THE GREATEST NAMEPLATES EVER CREATED AT THE 2020 GTR FESTIVAL NZ

SORDID PAST • ISAAK FORAKER’S JZA80 SUPRA MAY HAVE BEEN THROUGH SOME SHIT UNDER PREVIOUS OWNERSHIPS, BUT IT’S COME OUT THE OTHER SIDE AS A LOW-SLUNG 435KW STREET SHARK

SUBSCRIBE AND SAVE! • SUBSCRIBE, RENEW, OR EXTEND YOUR SUBSCRIPTION TO NZ PERFORMANCE CAR MAGAZINE AND SAVE UP TO 36%

DOING IT FOR THE ’GRAM • NOT A PRO PHOTOGRAPHER? ONLY GOT A KUMARA FOR A PHONE? THAT DOESN’T MEAN YOUR INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT NEEDS TO LOOK LIKE A FAILED YEAR 10 ART PORTFOLIO

The Late Bloomer • NOT EVERY MACHINE BUILT FOR MOTORSPORT IS DESTINED FOR SUCCESS, OR EVEN NOTORIETY. ONE OF THESE IS THE AE101 TOYOTA COROLLA, DEVELOPED FOR JTCC BY TRD. ONE OF ONLY TWO LEFT ON THE PLANET, IT TOOK AN OWNER WITH A CRAVING FOR THE OFFBEAT AND AN EYE FOR DETAIL TO REALIZE ITS SECRETS

POWER PLAY • IT SEEMS THAT OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS, WHAT WE WOULD DEEM TO BE REASONABLE POWER FOR A STREET CAR HAS ALMOST DOUBLED. HOW AND WHY HAS 500KW BECOME THE NEW 300KW?

DIME STACKER • THINKING OF TACKLING A STAINLESS WELDING JOB? THIS GUIDES FOR YOU

OUR QUICKEST MAN • THE NEW ZEALAND LAND-SPEED RECORD SWAPPED HANDS EARLIER THIS YEAR. WE TEAR THE MAGNESIUM SKIN BACK TO SEE HOW THIS EX–TOP FUELLER WAS ABLE TO CLAIM THE RECORD

INSEPARABLE DUO • WINDING BACK TIME TO THE RETRO ’80S, WE MEET THE COMMUTER COMBO RADNESS OF A FOLDING SCOOTER THAT FORMED THE FOUNDATIONS FOR THE BOOT SPACE OF HONDA ECONO CAR!

MAKING THE MOST OF NO MOTORSPORT • SOME VISUAL ASPECTS … HAVE YET TO BE SEEN ON A RALLY CAR

REFURBISHING ALLOY WHEELS

REPCO ENATS • NEW ZEALAND’S BIGGEST VIRTUAL CAR SHOW

1996 HONDA INTEGRA TYPER (DC2) • NAME: RICHARD HEAD // AGE: OLD ENOUGH // LOCATION: AUCKLAND OCCUPATION: FINANCIAL CRIME INVESTIGATION OFFICER

Harper

1996 NISSAN PRIMERA (P11) • NAME: MATTHEW DODDS // AGE: 27 // LOCATION: AUCKLAND OCCUPATION: ASSISTANT GROOMING MANAGER

BIKES

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