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Weekly Motor Fix: The big olive, aka Hadley Winder’s award-winning GT-R
“Factory wide-body guards and custom paint; an award-winning combination” One of my favourite things about the V 4&Rotary South Island Champs is hunting out
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Father vs son battle at 2016 Leadfoot Festival
The 2016 Leadfoot Festival updates are just getting better! Last week it was announced that Kiwi-born US IndyCar driver Scott Dixon would be racing a
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Video: 2015 Speed Science Honda Drag Battle
It seems as though drag racing in New Zealand is gaining momentum once again — well in the import scene anyway — and individuals such
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Project D: the road-legal stock-block 12-second Civic
If you’re into Hondas and you haven’t heard of Speed Science, there’s something seriously wrong with you. Speed Science is New Zealand’s largest Honda performance
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Prowear NZ Superlap Series: singing in the rain
A big shout out to upstairs for bringing the rain for round two of the Prowear NZ Superlap Series, held November 21, at Hampton Downs
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Emission update: Volkswagen find the answer
Volkswagen have been working as hard as possible to find the solution to put the emissions scandal that they’ve been embroiled in to rest, and
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Black Friday: two Zs, a mall, and a pair of Hoonigans
Every time we get sent something from the crowd at Hoonigan, we’re never disappointed. It’s always something wild, loud, and outright Hoon-ish. This time around,
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Link Flat Nats: official video now live!
That’s right, you read that correctly — the official Link Flat Nats video is now live. Held over September 12–13, Link Flat Nats was the
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The tail ‘wagon’ the dog
Don’t tell your copier rep, but Mercedes-Benz’s latest version of the C63 AMG has arrived. Moneyed Kiwis fell in love with the first-generation C63 thanks
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Build blog: Darren Kelly’s R35 drifter, part one
Midway through last season, NZ Performance Car drifter Darren Kelly announced that he had a new weapon in the shed. He had gone from an
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First look: Bruce Tannock’s Rocket Bunny S13 2.0
With the start of the 2015–’16 Demon Energy D1NZ National Drifting Championship now only a few days away, new and rebuilt cars are dropping thick
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Jerking around in Taupo
Most New Zealand car clubs get together for annual track days, a chance to battle some mates, cut some laps, and have some fun as a
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Video: watch the FuguZ come alive
If you’re a fan of the Fast and Furious franchise, then the name Sung Kang will be a familiar one; or more likely the character he
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Listen to this OS Giken TC24-B1Z–equipped S30Z scream
If you’re a Japanese performance enthusiast, or a regular reader of NZ Performance Car, the name ‘OS Giken’ will be one familiar to you. While