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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!
The Purist Touch – 1980 Toyota Corona XR (TT130)
Sure, it ain’t your usual old-school build, but this 1980 Toyota Corona packs a bit of retro muscle beneath its arrow-straight stock lines. For what the outside doesn’t scream, its powerplant sure makes up for, all the while retaining its early ’80s character.
Evo X Rated – 415kW Forged 2009 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X MR
There’s full bolt-ons, then there’s another realm beyond that — Shivneel pushed past the generic and entered into full race car territory with his road-going Evo X. Are we mad about it? Hell no!
Rise of the Fenix – Widebody 2JZ 1999 Toyota Chaser JZX100
NZPC gets thrown the keys to ‘NOHEAT’, the Fenix demo car packing 520kW of 2JZ heart!