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Tuning Japanese: the Driftmonkey

  View fullsize   The world of drifting is full of colourful characters, although you would be hard-pressed to find someone with a larger personality

Bionic Behemoth: 2015 Lexus RC-F

  “Staffer Rene gets his hands on the latest performance coupe to come from the Lexus stables — the Lexus RC-F, a 470hp V8 monster”

Tuning Japanese: top gun on wheels

View fullsize The choice of platforms for anyone building a drift car is like a Japanese smorgasbord — plentiful, and with way too many choices.

Furious 7 is finally here!

We’ve been waiting a long time for the release of the latest instalment in the Fast and the Furious franchise, which is now in cinemas

Pistons need not apply: REunion

As a tiny country at the bottom of the world, New Zealand has a very strong car community — one that thrives in all facets. This is especially

Finger this: NZPC 221

Before any of the team found themselves working here at NZ Performance Car magazine we were avid readers. So we know all to well that feeling

Will Hampton Downs finally be completed?

Is Tony Quinn New Zealand motorsport’s Bruce Wayne? It would seem so if the current rumours are true, and the VIP Petfoods giant has finally been successful in his quest

Win a Teng Tools prize pack

Thanks to the team at Teng Tools, we’ve got a prize pack consisting of an Allen key set, a test light, and a pair of

There is no place like Jambo

So that was summer aye? Gone in a blink of an eye, but there is no denying that the V 4&Rotary Jamboree was one hell of

Little ‘Pirate’ up for grabs

It was at the first New Zealand Drag Nationals at Kopuka on a dry summer’s day in 1967, where Bob Rossiter’s ‘Pirate’ dragster faced off