V-Spec Performance’s M-Spec NÜr R34 delivers the perfect contradiction: road-going luxury and race-bred mechanicals sprinkled with a hearty serving from the Nismo catalogue
A slammed, two-tone bug with a screaming rotary crammed into the back is the automotive embodiment of a complete scumbag who only
Finding an unmolested Mazda RX-3 coupe isn’t an easy task, as many examples have been seriously modified — however, with values of
Jono Smith’s Soarer serves up pure JDM drift style from an era when power was secondary and swagger was king “It’s not a
New Zealand Performance Car Magazine clicks over a milestone issue this month having printed 250 monthly installments dating back to September 1996. Take a stroll
Prolific modifier Vick Bhatti is back with his sweetest project yet — a bagged and wide-bodied 512kW GT-R, and don’t for a second
After a trip to Meihan Sportsland (Japan) seven years ago, the C’s Garage boys knew that one day they would bring world-renowned
Michael’s E30 estate mixes the sweet note of ITBs and a lumpy cam with perfect fitment to make a statement on the
Name: Nathan Claridge // Age: 25Location: Hamilton // Occupation: Engineer View fullsize NZ Performance Car: Hi Nathan. The trusty Civic is a weapon out on track
Aaron has teased us with the wonders of JDM tuning culture for the past seven years, now we pin him down to his
With 19 years of very successful race history between Subaru and UK motorsport legends Prodrive, it would come at no surprise to anyone that Prodrive
“The toughest import street car ever built!” View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize After 30-plus years of people worldwide building heavily modified Mazda
We got our hands on the only 2017 Honda Civic Type R (FK8) currently in New Zealand for the first Australasian road test
This TE71 Trueno proves the ’80s have never looked fresher View fullsize Across the 120-odd years the car has been driving the planet’s
Toby Nikolas isn’t a guy who simply follows his dreams, he spends his time chasing them down through clouds of tyre smoke —
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