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.

BIG CHANGES AFOOT

NZ Performance Car

SAYONARA AND ARIGATOU GOZAIMASU

CONTRIBUTORS

DARREN KELLY TRADES DRIFT FOR GRIP

CIVIC TYPE R TO GET NSX HYBRID TECH

SEMA 2020 OFFICIALLY CANCELLED

SUPRA TO GET BIG-DADDY M3 MOTOR

NICK CASSIDY DELIVERS SUPRA SUPER GT DEBUT WIN

ARMAGEDDON 2020 FORGES AHEAD WITH VIRTUAL GUESTS

IS HONDA MAKING A MODERN MOTO–COMPO?

RIP BBS WHEELS

TRS CONFIRMS 2021 DATES; HITS OUT AT INACCURATE REPORTS

MAZDA SCRAPS TCR PROGRAMME

LIAM BURKE SNATCHES PRO CHAMPIONSHIP

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

EXCESSIVE RESTRAINT • WHILE SOME MAY THROW EVERY SINGLE PART THEY CAN GET THEIR HANDS ON INTO AN R35 GT-R, DAN AT GENESIS MASSIVE HAS DONE THE POLAR OPPOSITE TO CREATE A FINISHED PRODUCT SO SLICK THAT IT SITS IN A CATEGORY OF ITS OWN

ENGINEERING A CAREER • FROM CUTTING SPRINGS AND BAGGING MINITRUCKS TO BUILDING RACE CARS AND TRAVELLING THE WORLD WITH THE BIGGEST NAMES IN MOTORSPORT—MIKE SQUIRE IS THE FABRICATOR, ENGINEER, AND CREWMAN JACK OF ALL TRADES WE WISH WE WERE!

NAME: MIKE SQUIRE

RAW APPEAL • NOT COMPLEX IN DESIGN BUT EXTREMELY EFFECTIVE IN FUNCTION, THIS RX-7 IS PROOF THAT ‘KEEP IT SIMPLE, STUPID’WORKS—AND WORKS WELL

THE PARTY MUST GO ON • AUTOMOTIVE PESTING WITH THE DRIVERS AT WINTER MATSURI 2020

SUBSCRIBE AND SAVE!

TEN-SECOND NOODLES • EVERYONE HAS THAT ONE PARTICULAR CAR AT THE TOP OF THEIR MUST-OWN LIST. FOR HENRY KHOV, THAT WAS A MITSUBISHI EVO, AND HE’S FOUND HIS OWN IN A 355KW 2.3-LITRE STROKER EVO VIII INCARNATION THAT’S SET TO ‘SCARY’AT ALL TIMES

BBB Bona fide BONGO BANGER • US KIWIS HAVE SEEN OUR FAIR SHARE OF ROTARY-POWERED BONGO VANS OVER THERE YEARS, BUT I BET YOU’VE NEVER SEEN ONE OF THIS VINTAGE!

TOKYO DRIFT: TAKING THE FAIL • THE STORY OF HOW A MOVIE ABOUT ILLEGAL STREET RACING WAS ACTUALLY FILMED ILLEGALLY AND ONE MAN WAS HIRED PURELY TO TAKE THE BLAME—THE STORY YOU NEVER KNEW ABOUT THE FAST AND FURIOUS: TOKYO DRIFT

THE PERFECT FORM • RACE CARS EVOLVE; CONSTANT DEVELOPMENT IS REQUIRED TO WIN RACES. BUT WHAT IF SOMEONE TOLD YOU THERE’S AN APEX POINT—A TIME AT WHICH THESE CARS PEAKED IN A HARMONY OF AESTHETICS, RELEVANCE, AND PERFORMANCE? THIS 1997 BMW 320I SUPER TOURER MAKES A STRONG CASE FOR THE’90S BEING THE GOLDEN ERA OF RACE CARS

NEARING THE TESTING STAGE

FULL THRUST • NO WHEELS, NO SUSPENSION, AND NO BRAKES—JUST A WHOLE LOT OF BOOS

TWO-AND-A-HALF SECONDS TO TOP SPEED

TOURING THE HOUSE OF boost • THE NZPC TEAM GETS THE ROYAL TURBOSMART TOUR, SO WE CAN SHOW YOU WHAT GOES INTO MAKING SOME OF THE MOST POPULAR BOOSTCONTROL PRODUCTS ON THE PLANET

RESTORING CARBON FIBRE • HOW TO SAVE YOURSELF A BIT OF CASH BY BUYING AND REPAIRING SECOND HAND CARBON-FIBRE COMPONENTS”

RWOTUBE-FRAME CIVIC DRAG CAR

Jenuna

1993 NISSAN SKYLINE GTS-25T (R33)

PUTTING THE NARVA COLT 1000 THROUGH ITS PACES

PRODUCT REVIEW

THE CAR ENTHUSIASTS COMPANION • REVOLUTIONIZING CAR MEETS AND CRUISES WITH THE TURNOUT APP

JAMES WALL’S AWD K24 TURBO...