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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AUTOFEST RETURNS TO THE MOUNT

40PSI CROSSES THE DITCH

FINK UNSTOPPABLE: NZ’S DRIFT KING IS AUSTRALIAN!

WORLD TIME ATTACK CHALLENGE TICKETS SELLING FAST!

IMPORT X WINDS BACK THE CLOCK

DEANE YOUNG WINS THE TIGHTEST D1NZ PRO SPORT RACE EVER

DRIFT ROYALE OFFERS UP $20K PRIZE POOL

MEGAWATT MADNESS • IT STARTED WITH A HANDSHAKE — AND ENDED WITH ONE OF NEW ZEALAND’S BADDEST STREET GT-RS. JAYDEN DOUGLAS IS BACK WITH A 1000KW WEST AUCKLAND–BUILT MONSTER THAT’S READY TO TEAR UP THE STREETS!

MORE THAN JUST A BOX • YOU RECKON SKYLINES ONLY CAME OF AGE IN THE EARLY 1990S? THAT TURBO TECH AND ALL-WHEEL DRIVE WERE THEIR KEY PARTY TRICK? THINK AGAIN. THIS 1972 NISSAN SKYLINE ‘HAKOSUKA’ RAISES THE GAME FOR THE REVERED NAMEPLATE AMONG THE KIWI CAR SCENE — AND MAYBE EVEN ON A GLOBAL SCALE

LZ WORLD TOUR – DRIFTING DOWN UNDER • AOTEAROA’S FINEST GO HEAD-TO-HEAD WITH GLOBAL DRIFT SUPERSTARS ON KIWI SOIL!

2025 EUROCLASS — NZ’S EUROPEAN CAR FESTIVAL • LET’S FACE IT, KIWIS ARE OBSESSED WITH JAPANESE CARS. YOU’LL FIND THEM AT ALMOST EVERY AUTOMOTIVE EVENT HELD ACROSS NEW ZEALAND, SOMETIMES EXCLUSIVELY. BUT WHERE DOES THAT LEAVE EUROS? DOWNTIME ENTERTAINMENT HAS THE ANSWER

THREE DIAMOND THREE-PEAT • ONE BRAND, ONE CLUB, AND A WHOLE HEAP OF WINNERS AT MOD 2025

LINKING THE DOTS • FOR JOEL HEDGES, ONE HALF OF C’S GARAGE, DRIFTING HAS BEEN A CONSTANT EVOLUTION. KNOWN FOR THE CREW’S CAPERS WITH SILVIAS, IT’S A LITTLE-KNOWN FACT THAT AN ENTHUSIASM FOR RETRO TOYOTAS HAS BEEN QUIETLY SIMMERING IN THE BACKGROUND. UNTIL NOW THAT IS, WITH ONE HELL OF A NATURALLY ASPIRATED (NA) DRIFT AE86 SET TO BE UNLEASHED

FULL HOUSE IN THE SOUTH • JAPFEST 2025 PROVED THAT CHRISTCHURCH IS WELL AND TRULY HOLDING ITS OWN ON THE NATIONAL JDM CALENDAR

RECEIVE IT AT YOUR DOORSTEP!

IN THE CLUB CULT OF THE COUPE • WE HEAD DOWN TO CHRISTCHURCH TO CATCH UP WITH MK4HOUSE — THE BEATING HEART OF THE SOUTH ISLAND’S SUPRA SCENE. FOUNDED BY SUPRA ENTHUSIAST JASON HAM, THIS TIGHT-KNIT CLUB BRINGS LOCAL OWNERS TOGETHER TO CONNECT AND CELEBRATE TOYOTA’S CULT-FAVOURITE COUPE

GT-FOUR FIEND • PAUL WIGZELL HAS AN INSATIABLE LOVE FOR THE TOYOTA CELICA GT-FOUR, SO AFTER 25 YEARS OF VARIOUS ALL-TRAC PROJECTS, HE DECIDED TO GO ALL-OUT FOR THIS SPECIAL ST165

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HARRYS EURO PROJECT R • MAINTENANCE IS KEY TO THE LONGEVITY OF ANY PERFORMANCE VEHICLE, AND EVEN MORE SO WITH EUROS; JOIN US FOR A FULL DRIVETRAIN SERVICE ON THE SHOP’S LATEST PROJECT: A 2018 GOLF R

TRACK DAY TAKEOVER • HAMPTON DOWNS MOTORSPORT PARK GETS PACKED OUT FOR ANOTHER DAY FULL OF CELEBRATING AUTOMOTIVE CULTURE WITH THE ULTIMATE TRACK DAY AS PART OF THE ANNUAL 4 & ROTARY PACKAGE

YOUR SHOTS IN PRINT

1995 NISSAN SILV(SI1A4)

KILLER WHALE • GROWING UP WATCHING THE GLORY YEARS OF VR-4S RULING THE STREETS, JAMIE SMYTH ALWAYS WANTED ONE OF HIS OWN. TWENTY YEARS ON, HE’S STILL GOT IT!

UNDER CONSTRUCTION YOUR BUILDS IN DETAIL

1993 MITSUBISHI MIRAGE CYBORG-R 4WD

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