
Taking the crown: Darren Kelly’s D1NZ-winning Skyline
“Darren Kelly became the first driver to win both the Pro and Pro-Am championship, but what does it take to get there? We sat

“Darren Kelly became the first driver to win both the Pro and Pro-Am championship, but what does it take to get there? We sat

The year was 2000, and this Japanese form of driving a car sideways through a set of corners, known as drifting, was beginning to take

“Amid a sea of 2JZs there is one Japanese workshop that’s staying true to its roots, and it has teamed up with a Kiwi

“Aaron checks out a Kobe-based street drifter who lives and breathes the underground side of drifting ” Red is an interesting colour, as it

“Ever wondered how the pros would tackle the task of building a seriously cool custom hood scoop? Bodymods’ Paul Duff explains.” Words and photos:

We don’t only feature fully modified vehicles in NZ Performance Car magazine — the mildly modified daily drivers get a look in too! It

“Fanga Dan’s VE is built for one thing — war ” Daniel Woolhouse, more commonly known as Fanga Dan, is what we would describe

We don’t only feature fully modified vehicles in NZ Performance Car magazine — the mildly modified daily drivers get a look in too! It doesn’t

We don’t only feature fully modified vehicles in NZ Performance Car magazine — the mildly modified daily drivers get a look in too! It doesn’t

Akira Nakai is without a doubt one of the most iconic automotive tuners of the modern day. His humble Japanese man cave has become the

“Sometimes it’s the silent ones you need to watch out for. Stuart’s R35 is the most powerful road-going GT-R in New Zealand, but at

““It takes three generations for a restaurant to perfect the taste of its dishes” — Kozo Watanabe, founding father of the modern GT-R” Nissan

It’s been almost 10 years since we checked out every evolution of the almighty Godzilla, way back in our 2006 yearbook. So we took four

It’s been almost 10 years since we checked out every evolution of the almighty Godzilla, way back in our 2006 yearbook. So we took four

“Although two-door Honda Civic hatchbacks are a common sight, it’s not often you spot a genuine coupe — especially a turbocharged 2.0-litre VTEC example”
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