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Daily Driven: Danielle and her tough Legacy 3.0R
We don’t only feature fully modified vehicles in NZ Performance Car magazine — the mildly modified daily drivers get a look in too! It doesn’t
Scrapyard Gains: considering building a Nissan Primera TE P10?
View fullsize With racing heritage from the famous British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) and Japanese Touring Car Championship (JTCC) series of the ’90s, and
JZ club: a collection of JZ-powered features
There’s no doubting that the JZ line of engines are extremely strong and reliable, so it’s no surprise that NZ Performance Car have had a
Pre World Time Attack Challenge shakedown for Duffin
The discipline of time attack racing, might only require a single lap of perfection to claim glory, but it requires months, sometimes years, of hard
New Audi S4 joins the competitive turbocharged sports sedan race
German automaker Audi has just announced that next year’s Audi S4 won’t be supercharged, but rather turbocharged, which is the best news we’ve had all
A mixed bag of radness in NZ Performance Car 226
Now what do we have here? View fullsize View fullsize It looks to be the new issue of NZ Performance Car fresh from
From spare parts to mountain climber, a Galant VR4 with a difference
“Damian Johnson has transformed this Mitsubishi heavyweight from a parts shell into a nimble hill-climb warrior” View fullsize If you had seen this Mitsubishi
Shark attack: the Mark II bringing Fukuoka style to New Zealand
“Fukuoka style hits New Zealand with Michael Macnaughtan’s Toyota Mark II ” Early adopters are like entrepreneurs of the automotive world. They forge ahead
A 770kW-plus 7M-GTE–powered monster Toyota Supra
There are high-power 1JZ and 2JZ cars situated all over the world, but it’s not often that we find a 1000hp-plus 7M-GTE engine–powered Supra. Plagued
Weekend Warrior: a home-built Primera racetrack weapon
We don’t only feature fully modified vehicles in NZ Performance Car magazine — the mildly modified daily drivers get a look in too! It doesn’t
Cruise Mode: a ’67 bug that’s been slammed to the floor
We don’t only feature fully modified vehicles in NZ Performance Car magazine — the mildly modified get a look in too! It doesn’t matter what
Today’s highly important question: is Hyundai cool yet?
Remember that kid in school who always gave 110 per cent to try and fit in with the cool clique? A river of awkwardly timed
What happens when you dump a V8 in a Hilux?
The humble Toyota Hilux is a Kiwi institution. Seemingly everyone has their own Hilux story, making the nameplate one of the nation’s most culturally ingrained.
Catch up on Mad Mike’s Texas Formula Drift journey
Our boy ‘Mad Mike’ Whiddett and his insane ‘RADBUL’ Mazda MX-5 have been out doing their thing at round six of the highly competitive Formula Drift championship. Check
Scrapyard Gains: considering building a Toyota Starlet GT EP82?
NZ Performance Car have covered some extremely popular chassis in previous instalments of Scrapyard Gains, but it seems — judging by the endless emails —
