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NZ Performance Car Issue No. 223: five reasons to part with $10
Our latest instalment of NZ Performance Car has hit the stores this week, so I thought it right and proper to give you all five
Scraping cats off the road: Michael Macnaughtan’s GX81 Mark II
View fullsize Just a quick little heads up for all of you NZ Performance Car fans. Here’s a video we’ve shot of next month’s feature on
Scrapyard Gains: Nissan Silvia S13 and 180SX
Previously in NZ Performance Car, Scrapyard Gains has covered two very popular cheap project cars — the Honda Integra DC2 and the Subaru WRX GC8.
We’re on the hunt for the ultimate Demon Babe — is it you?
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Scrapyard Gains: top three OEM turbos
With so many aftermarket turbos available at the moment, many are buying up large, and forgetting that Japanese car manufacturers actually released some very aggressive
Ryan Millen to pilot Toyota RAV4 rally car
Ryan Millen has been a part of Toyota and Toyota Racing Development (TRD) since he was a child. With a long history in stadium truck
Darren Kelly tames the Puke monster
Having drifting return to Pukekohe Park Raceway has been a dream for many drifters and fans alike for the past four years. So it was with
Holden enters turbocharged all-wheel-drive market
Just when you thought there was nobody else entering the all-wheel-drive turbo market, Holden comes out of nowhere with the new Insignia VXR turbo. Like
FJ fury: FJ20ET-powered Datsun 1600
View fullsize A lot of the old-school cars we feature in NZ Performance Car magazine are of the rotary-powered variety, and it seems piston-powered classics
The history of Meremere: part two
“Kevin Shaw takes a look at how New Zealand’s oldest dedicated drag strip came to be, and gives thanks to those who made it
The history of Meremere: part one
“Kevin Shaw takes a look at how New Zealand’s oldest dedicated drag strip came to be, and gives thanks to those who made it
Daily Driven: Nissan Laurel C33
View fullsize Name: Andre Finney Age: 22 Location: Auckland Occupation: Automotive parts sales at Dasko Make/model: 1991 Nissan C33 Laurel Engine: RB25DET, top-mount manifold, T3/T4
10 reasons to get your arse to D1NZ Pukekohe this weekend
In case you have been under a rock for the past few months the Demon Energy D1NZ National Drifting Championship is making a return to Pukekohe
Whipped Up: the uprise of the JZX
View fullsize It’s fairly safe to say that in New Zealand we’re used to drifting and modifying Nissans. For some reason, a lot of us
Look what we’ve found at Supercheap Auto: a new quick fix for dings and scratches
Check out some behind the scenes footage of when we visited Supercheap Auto at their Albany store to try out the new Lyndar paint-mixing system