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.

SUMMER WOES

NZ Performance Car

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MAD MIKE NEW HQ

KING KONG AWAITS BIGGER HUFFER

MORE POWER! TOYOTA UPDATES A91 SUPRA FOR 2021

KEN BLOCK AND FORD ARE NO LONGER

MAD MIKE ROTARY SUMMER DRAGS • AFTER AN EIGHT YEAR HIATUS, THE MAD MIKE ROTARY SUMMER DRAGS BY PREMIER EVENTS AND HELD AT MEREMERE DRAGWAY IS FINALLY BACK, BUT THANKS TO COVID WILL NOW BE HOSTED IN AUTUMN. THERE’S NOTHING BETTER THAN A ROTARY-ONLY DRAG, AND WE’RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE DRAG BATTLES, BURNOUT COMP, HARD PARK, AND ROTARY SWAP MEET. WITH A VENUE BANG SMACK IN THE MIDDLE OF HAMILTON AND AUCKLAND, THIS WILL NO DOUBT BE A MAJOR TURNOUT — BRING YOUR EAR MUFFS!”

THE BULA BULLET • GTX4202R-PACKING, 698KW 2.2-LITRE STROKED KAVA-SIPPING MONSTER — BEGGZ STRIKES BACK HARDER THAN EVER IN HIS STREET-LEGAL DRAG MACHINE!

DEAL WHIDD-ETT • THERE’S NOTHING COOLER THAN A FAMILY PROJECT, AND TONI AND MIKE HAVE PULLED THE COVERS OFF LINCOLN’S VERY FIRST DRIFT CAR: ‘NOKIDN’, A 12A-POWERED MAZDA MX-5

SUPREME POWER • WHEN YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR HUNDREDS OF RB-POWERED ROAD, RACE, AND DRIFT CARS MAKING BULK POWER, YOU’D BETTER BELIEVE YOU SHOULD KNOW A THING OR TWO WHEN IT COMES TO MAKING SUPREME POWER — ENTER BRIAN INGHAM’S 814KW R32 GT-R

YOUR SHOTS IN PRINT

THE GREAT ROTARY ROADIE • MAXING OUT SMILES AND MILES IN THE SOUTH ISLAND, AND BACK!

The Grinder • THERE’S NOT MUCH THAT DAN PETERSON HASN’T BEEN ABLE TO DO HIMSELF ON THIS KE30, STARTING WITH BRINGING OUT THE GRINDER TO FIT A LARGE MOTOR WHERE ONCE A VERY SMALL ONE SAT

SMILES FOR MILES • THREE DAYS OF IMPORT CAR–FUELLED MADNESS DESCENDS ON THE WAIKATO, WITH ENTRANTS AND FANS TRAVELLING FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY TO WHAT HAS LONG BEEN THE PINNACLE EVENT IN THE IMPORT CALENDAR

BIG AMBITIONS PART 3 • SHAUN CONSTABLE OF AMBITION WORKS DESCRIBES THE JOYS OF BEING ABLE TO DRIFT ANY TIME, ANY DAY

OLD-SCHOOL SIMPLICITY • GREG PASK’S VR4 GOES TO SHOW THAT A LITTLE BACKYARD KNOW-HOW AND MECHANICAL TRICKERY CAN GO A LONG WAY!

SUBSCRIBE & SAVE!

DENNIS THE MENACE • TOYOTA IS BACK IN THE GAME WITH A MAKINENDESIGNED ALL-WHEELDRIVE, THREE-CYLINDER TURBOCHARGED HOT HATCH — AND IT’S A TRUE BADASS!

REunion 2021 • FOUR HUNDRED AND THIRTY ROTARY-POWERED MACHINES BLOW EARDRUMS, POP TYRES, AND DRINK A SHIT-TONNE OF PREMIX AT THE 2021 REUNION, HELD AT BRUCE MCLAREN MOTORSPORT PARK — YES, IT’S THAT TIME AGAIN!

RAZAK NAZEER • AGE: 21 // LOCATION: CENTRAL AUCKLAND // OCCUPATION: PERFORMANCE CAR MECHANIC

SCRAPYARD GANS IT’S BACK! • VAG (VOLKSWAGEN AUDI GROUP) ENTHUSIASTS! THIS IS THE DAY YOU’VE BEEN WAITING FOR — A TUNING GUIDE FOR THE HUMBLE YET POTENTIAL-PACKING MK5 GOLF GTI. THE MK5 GTI NOW FITS INTO THE SCRAPYARD GAINS AFFORDABILITY SPECTRUM, AND FOR LITTLE COIN IT CAN BE TRANSFORMED INTO A CAR CAPABLE OF KEEPING UP WITH — OR CHARGING PAST — ITS SUPERIOR FACTORY PARTNER, THE GOLF R.

BABE

GERALD TRASS • AGE: 62 // LOCATION: HAMPTON DOWNS // OCCUPATION: RETIRED

PRODUCT REVIEW

FAST FIX WITH MEGUIAR’S HEAVY DUTY BUG & TAR REMOVER

ALLISTON’S R33 GT-R

NICK’S KE70

RYAN’S NISSAN RESTORATIONS

TERROR-TONGA DRIFT SOUTH...