Deflated refinement: bagged 1UZ-powered E30 cruiser
This may have been Sean Clark’s first car in high school, but it’s all grown up now, with a level of refinement fit
Street Slaying STI – 2004 Subaru WRX STI
Not your usual gripped-up all-wheel drive Subaru here, sorry folks. Drew’s Subaru WRX STI is no longer rally-bred, but rather drift-bred, with only two wheels down the back doing the talking!
Ridiculousness: twin-turbo V12-powered Toyota Chaser
Guy Ellwood is the type of guy who likes a challenge — a twin-turbo V12-sized challenge View fullsize What constitutes a challenge
Honda Heritage
Yes, there’s a hint in that title that there may be some sort of Jazz action involved in this story, but mostly, we pedal Honda New Zealand’s ENTIRE heritage collection and the latest Jazz offering!
Kyusha crush: Neel Singh’s ’71 Datsun 1600
Paying the ultimate respect to ‘old car’ styling with a period-correct Datsun 1600 Old cars (kyusha in Japanese) have carved out a rather
Escort Etiquette – 1978 Ford Escort (MKII)
When old school proves just too damn cool
Kelvin Taylor’s ’91 Nissan Laurel (C33)
View fullsize Name: Kelvin Taylor // Age: 73 // Location: Hamilton // Occupation: Coachbuilder/fabricator NZ Performance Car: Hey, Kelvin. You’ve amassed a
555 Street Edition – 1995 Subaru WRX STi (GC8)
Mitchell Lowe sends a GC8 Subaru WRX into a new dimension, far further than the factory intended back in the ’90s. If you saw this future classic cruising the streets, how much power do you think it would be packing?
JZX46 M Sport Redefined – 1JZ-GTE 2000 BMW 328CI
Logan West creates his take on the ultimate driving machine — a 1JZ-packing street-legal slider
The Tarmac Ideal – K24 Turbo 2004 Mazda RX-8 (SE3P)
This Mazda RX-8 is the culmination of decades of racing, with years of learned
experiences and tastes wrapped up in a package aimed at fulfilling a long-held dream
Better Than Lego – 2000 Subaru WRX STI
NZPC gets up close and personal with a largely self-built 370kw garage racer that is making all the right noises in the Wellington motorsport scene
Vinny Fabbed – 1992 Mazda RX-7
What do you build when you’re the owner of Vinny Fab, one of New Zealand’s leading fabrication workshops? One hell of an FD3S dripping in fabrication perfection is what!
Events
Show and Shine Blitz at the Rotationals X Repco I Am Hope Meet 2023
Unleashing the spirit of car culture: Relive the epic meet that rocked the roads of Auckland.
We take you on a thrilling journey back to the roots of automotive passion
Claiming the Southern Throne: 2020 Chrome Expression Session Christchurch
Checking out the goods at the 2020 Chrome Expression Session Christchurch View fullsize If we’ve learned one thing from our years and
Welcome to the Waikato: 2020 4 & Rotary Nationals
The 4 & Rotary Nationals has a new home, but the party is still as good as ever View fullsize For as long
Southern comfort: 2019 4 & Rotary South Island Champs
The South Island’s greatest phenomenon since the invention of Speights: the 2019 V 4&Rotary South Island Champs View fullsize We live in one hell
Motorsport
D1NZ champion Darren Kelly trades drift for what?!
Swapping tyre-destroying for grip-chasing View fullsize Fresh out of his 2020 drifting campaign, former national drifting champion Darren Kelly has confirmed that he
Chasing the smoke: driver updates from the 2020 Valvoline D1NZ National Drifting Championship (Feb)
Regular updates from the 2020 Valvoline D1NZ National Drifting Championship View fullsize The 2019–’20 season of the D1NZ National Drifting Championship has seen
Toyota FT-60 cuts first laps in NZ
View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize Announced in June as the latest incarnation of the Toyota Racing Series (TRS) open-wheelers, the Toyota FT-60
MCA Hammerhead breaking records ahead of WTAC
View fullsize As the world gears up for the largest Time Attack event on the calendar, the Yokohama World Time Attack Challenge (WTAC) in
