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WRC Rally Australia: Paddon still favourite to win
“With the Kennards Hire Rally Australia the closest World Rally Championship event to home, it’s no surprise that Hayden Paddon is still the favourite

Why Rally Legend has become the world’s best rally event
We have all seen those rally videos (although some will have lived it), of the Group B and Group A days of rally where fans

Keeping keen, by treating her mean
If you have been to a burnout comp in the upper North Island in the past 10 years, then chances are you may have seen

The DK Keiichi Tsuchiya drifting Beau Yates’ AE86
If we were to say the name Keiichi Tsuchiya and asked you what car first springs to mind, it would have to be the Toyota

Contesting Bonneville Speed Week in a Mini
Kiwis and the salt flats in Utah, USA have a love affair that stretches back to the 1960s with Burt Munroe and his 1920 Indian.

Kiwis infiltrate WRC Rally Australia
“How do you know when the WRC is in Australia? There are more Kiwis in it than Australians” Ha. Just kidding, but seriously there

Good deeds: Dunedin cruising for charity
The terms ‘boy racer’ and ‘Skyline’ seem to be synonymous in the eyes of johnny law and the general public. Wanting to shift such outdated

The splendour of SEMA: in search of SEMA’s greatest performance cars
My feet ache, my back is stiff, I am on an oxygenated high while suffering the withdrawals of a Red Bull overdose. I have survived

How well do you know the Toyota Supra?
Ah, the Toyota Supra. What a classic, in all its forms. It’s hard to say that out of all Japanese makes and models the Supra

The founder of Japanese tuning house HKS has passed away
We recently received the saddening news that Hiroyuki Hasegawa, co-founder of legendary Japanese tuning house HKS, passed away at 71 years of age. View fullsize

Porsche aims to save gas, cash, and environment
German automaker Porsche have announced that they will be unveiling the latest incarnation of their Panamera luxury-saloon range, which features a new 243kW (330hp) V6

CL Auto: turning a dream into a reality
“We follow Jonny from The SignLab as he turns Matt Brown’s dream wrap into reality ” It all started a few months back when

Grab your copy of NZ Performance Car Issue No. 240 now!
The December issue of NZ Performance Car (Issue No. 240) has hit shelves now — take a look at what you can expect from its glossy

Magnus Walker and Sung Kang swap cars
Last year, Sung Kang debuted his beautiful Fugu Z — a Datsun 240Z powered by a naturally aspirated RB engine — at SEMA 2015 in

Wizard of Aus: finishing Aussie with a WTAC bang
“The time has come to leave Sydney, and make my way back home to New Zealand, but not before the best car event on