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.

2020 CELEBRATIONS

NZ Performance Car

THE GOOD OLD DAYS

CONTRIBUTORS

KIWI ASIA LE MANS TRIO DNF

DISGRACED NISSAN CEO ESCAPES JAPAN

CMR ON THE HUNT FOR CREW

TOYOTA 86 GETS BOOST

CARL HOMPSON TEARS UP HOONIGAN BURNYARD

TARGA DROPS MSNZ FOR AASA

MAD MIKE THE BIOGRAPHY

SIMPSON RACING PRODUCTS FOUNDER DIES

KRIS ROBB AIMS FOR SIXES IN NEW FULL-CHASSIS

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

#NZPC SOCIAL SLAM • Want to see your photos here? Include the hashtag ‘NZPC’ for a chance to be published! Each month, one photo will be chosen as the featured shot and will take home a $100 voucher from Auckland Camera Centre!

MAXIMUM ATTACK • TEAM C’S GARAGE AND D*CLUB EXECUTE AFIVE-CAR BUILDPLAN AHEAD OF THE ANIMALSTYLE GP

ENTER THE ANIMAL KINGDOM • THREE YEARS ON FROM ITS LAST DRIFT INVITATIONAL, THE TEAM FROM D-CLUB AND C’S GARAGE SHIFTED UP A GEAR FOR 2020’S WILDEST DRIFT PARTY. WITH NONE OTHER THAN A COUPLE OF DRIFT TEAM ANIMAL STYLE’S FOUNDING MEMBERS, A GROUP OF WILD SOUTHERNERS, AND THE CREAM OF THE NORTH ISLAND’S GRASSROOTS SLIDERS, THE FIREWORKS WERE SET TO IGNITE

REINCARNATION • SPITTING IN THE FACE OF A DIFFICULT DECADE-LONG BUILD, TIM BUTLER FINALLY GOT TO TURN A WHEEL IN ANGER — ALTHOUGH IT TOOK A NEW BUILD TO GET THERE, A CIRCUIT SLAYER OF THE HIGHEST ORDER

PRODRIVE AND SUBARU A MATCH MADE IN HEAVEN

SECOND COMING HARDPARK 2020

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

HI-POWER MODE • WHEN YOU’RE THE OWNER OF ONE OF NEW ZEALAND’S BEST GT-R TUNING SHOPS, YOU’D BETTER BE SURE YOUR PERSONAL VEHICLE MATCHES THE BUSINESS’S NAME. IN THE CASE OF ETHAN LOWE, HE CERTAINLY HAS HI-POWER MODE ENGAGED

CAN’T STOP, WON’T STOP • EV BUILD BREAKDOWN WITH HAYDEN PADDON

CHASING THE SMOKE • REGULAR UPDATES FROM THE 2020 VALVOLINE D1NZ NATIONAL DRIFTING CHAMPIONSHIP

FOUR DRAG IMPORT RECORDS SMASHED IN 2019

STAY OFF THE GRASS • CHANNELLING GRAVEL-CARVING HERITAGE WITH ONE OF TOYOTA’S FINEST POWER PLANTS: THIS IS LEWIS HICKS’ TURBO 4A-GE–POWERED FORD ESCORT TARMAC TERRORIZER

BABE

2016 SUBARU WRX STI

CLEAR EYES — • RAIN-X HEADLIGHT RESTORATION KIT

1997 TOYOTA CHASER TOURER V (JZX100)

JDM STYLIN • ADD THE ULTIMATE JDM ACCESSORY TO YOUR STREETER WITH A JAPANESE-STYLE PERSONALISED PLATE FROM KIWIPLATES.CO.NZ — IT’S COMPLETELY LEGAL TO USE ON NEW ZEALAND ROAD

PRODUCT REVIEW

YOUR BUILDS IN DETAIL

1990 EUNOS ROADSTER (MX5)