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New and improved: LVVTA offers updated standards
Just about every single street car featured on our pages has an LVVTA cert. It’s just one of those facts of life; if you’re modifying
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Community spirit: scenes from Waiau Pa Hop 2016
Waiau Pa Hop is a special kind of event. Maybe it’s the welcoming atmosphere that you only really feel at events run for the benefit
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Did you get your Mazda MX-5 RF invitation?
That’s right Miata fans, if you want one of the awesome-looking Mazda MX-5 Retractable Fastbacks (RF), you’re going to need to be on Mazda’s
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Ford gives GT buyers a second chance
“If you’re like me and you got rejected with your Ford GT application (just kidding), then you’ve got a second chance!” I didn’t get
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Burnt bald heads a thing of the past for McLaren
When you own a McLaren 570GT you want to look good … and impress the opposite sex. Why else would you buy one? Unfortunately, the
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How well do you know your Japanese tail lights?
Since you all enjoyed trying to identify Japanese headlights in our last quiz — with some very interesting results — we’ve whipped up another quick
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The only six-second 13B in Australasia
In the October 2016 issue of NZ Performance Car (Issue No. 238) we take a detailed look at the Abbott Brothers Racing 13B-powered FD RX-7.
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Ken Block maximum hoonage in a rock stock RS
We had the pleasure of pedalling the all-new 2016 Ford Focus RS this month (you can read all about it in our October issue of
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Kiwi-built Mini dominates land-speed records
“When Kiwis travel abroad to do battle, it’s a big deal, and a long way. So you may as well make the trip worthwhile,
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Build update: that four-rotor Lexus preps for WTAC
When Carl Thompson’s quad-rotor Lexus GS300 first broke cover back in 2013, there was no one denying the turbo quad-rotor was a game-changer, internet atom
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Scott Dixon to headline Legends of Speed event
When you’ve got an event where all of those in attendance could be the headline act, it’s hard to be blown away by just one
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Eurohaus: an EDM winter wonderland
August 13 marked the very first Eurohaus event, held at the Bruce McLaren Motorsport Park. An event purely for European vehicles held at a central
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South Island Champs 2015 Top Six: Lawrence Knight’s 1992 Mitsubishi Evo II
“Seeing as the V 4&Rotary South Island Champs entries are open, we thought we’d take a look back at last year’s standouts” View fullsize
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Win a $10,000 family holiday thanks to Repco!
To celebrate Father’s Day, Repco are giving customers the chance to win a once-in-a-lifetime experience, and it couldn’t be any easier to enter. By simply
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See what’s inside our 1000hp garages
You’ve got 1000hp and an unlimited budget to play with. You can buy as many or as few cars as you like. One custom R32