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Staff picks: top five under-construction cars
We had a spare second in the NZ Performance Car office to kick back and look at this year’s issues thus far, and we decided
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Weekly NAC Tech Tip: add a new skill to your arsenal
NAC Insurance has teamed up with some of New Zealand’s best fabricators to help you broaden your technical horizons in their weekly NAC Tech Tip
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Why we should be hyped for stadium drifting coming to D1NZ
If you’re a follower of the Demon Energy D1NZ National Drifting Championship then no doubt you will have heard the announcement made at the CRC
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South Island Champs Top Six: Daniel Currie’s 2JZ S15
“Now that the 2016 V 4&Rotary South Island Champs entries are open for the December 10–11 event, we thought we’d take a look at
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Showcase of speed: why you should be at CRC Speedshow 2016
It’s not every day that you get to experience something like CRC Speedshow. A dream expo for those with a love of all things
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CRC Speedshow: a weekend built for speed and adrenalin
Year after year, the CRC Speedshow never fails to disappoint. It’s a motorsport enthusiast’s dream event in which they can get up close and personal
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Grab a bag full of badass — the August issue of NZ Performance Car is stacked!
The latest issue of NZ Performance Car has hit shelves in a store near you. Check out this sneak peek into what to expect from
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Six drift cars you hadn’t considered yet; which one would you choose?
Some time ago now, we wrote an article about six affordable drift cars you hadn’t considered yet. You argued with some, and loved others,
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Pimp my ride, Canterbury style
“No matter what has been thrown at Cantabs over the past five years, generosity in the south is still strong!” Many of us have
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Daily Driven: a Japan-based McLaren P1 commuter
If I were to say to you that you have one choice of car to make your daily commute in, in a city as congested
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Prowear NZ Superlap Series Spotlight: the ST Hitec R35 Godzilla
When you roll into the Prowear NZ Superlap Series with an R35 GT-R, people always assume that you’ll be fast, but nobody realized just how
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Wizard of Aus: night drifting in Sydney
“Night drifting has been going for some time here in Sydney and happens every two weeks, so is it about time it became a
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Carbon-clad warrior: Acura peels off top layer of NSX racer
After a seven-year tease, Acura and Honda finally announced that they were to have car babies, and there was to be a newly improved
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Stadium Super Truck mayhem
If you’ve managed to pick up a copy of the August issue of NZV8 (Issue No. 135), you’ll know all about Stadium Super Trucks —
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Prowear NZ Superlap Series Spotlight: Jason Shortt’s giant slayer
Jason Shortt may have had one of the lowest-powered vehicles in Pro Open, but he didn’t struggle to lay down some of the quickest times