Weekend Warrior – 1998 Subaru WRX Type R STI (GC8)
19 June 2024
Forget how rare a blue WRX STI two-door is, this one’s built and ready to rumble with 480kW at the wheels!
Forget how rare a blue WRX STI two-door is, this one’s built and ready to rumble with 480kW at the wheels!
Will we ever get sick of the pure insanity that comes from Lord Bemrose? We seriously doubt it. Stage two of the ‘cheap’ Ferrari build pushes the boundaries of pure race car porn and Japanese car performance engineering. Is this New Zealand’s ultimate track day ‘thing’?
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“And finds a bunch of very like-minded individuals” View fullsize If you’re reading this magazine, you’ve probably got at least some idea
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What began in 2013 as a modest track day organised by the 86 Owners Club and MR2 Owners Club has now evolved into one of the biggest single-manufacturer track days of the year. It didn’t matter what was under the hood; as long as it bore the Toyota or Lexus badge, you were welcomed with open arms.
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For Andy Duffin, it might just seem that three is most definitely the elusive magic number. Revered for his exploits in his crowd favourite 3-rotor FD RX-7, he’s come to the party with another magical three. Except this time, it’s old, it’s loud, and it’s a retro riot!
Dan Moller’s 22-year journey to create one of the best-quality show builds unveiled in New Zealand in the past decade — an inch-perfect Series 6 RX-7 featuring one of the best paint jobs we at NZPC have ever seen, ticking every ‘feature car’ box there is to tick!
When you’ve already got an R34 GT-R in the garage that’s too good to touch, the only option is to build one that’s even better
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Corey Wellman’s absolutely stunning 180SX Type X, tastefully modified to perfection with all the right period-correct Japanese parts.
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