Golden-era Japanese hero cars are experiencing a strong resurgence of interest. Although modifying and personalising the breed is still prevalent, there’s a serious uptick in people spit shining these cars back to their original glory. Arguably the best example on Kiwi shores is a pearl white Mazda RX-7
Words: Aaron Mai Photos: Florent Gooden Following your passion and not a paycheck has the ability to land an individual in some incredible situations. This
With a staggering 746kW of power and a svelte 750kg weight, the Wiborg Engineering ‘Evo VI’ is an absolute beast. this two-seater, mid-engined, 4G63-powered marvel is engineered for one singular purpose — complete dominance!
This may have been Sean Clark’s first car in high school, but it’s all grown up now, with a level of refinement fit
Not your usual gripped-up all-wheel drive Subaru here, sorry folks. Drew’s Subaru WRX STI is no longer rally-bred, but rather drift-bred, with only two wheels down the back doing the talking!
Guy Ellwood is the type of guy who likes a challenge — a twin-turbo V12-sized challenge View fullsize What constitutes a challenge
Yes, there’s a hint in that title that there may be some sort of Jazz action involved in this story, but mostly, we pedal Honda New Zealand’s ENTIRE heritage collection and the latest Jazz offering!
When old school proves just too damn cool
Mitchell Lowe sends a GC8 Subaru WRX into a new dimension, far further than the factory intended back in the ’90s. If you saw this future classic cruising the streets, how much power do you think it would be packing?
Logan West creates his take on the ultimate driving machine — a 1JZ-packing street-legal slider
This Mazda RX-8 is the culmination of decades of racing, with years of learned
experiences and tastes wrapped up in a package aimed at fulfilling a long-held dream
NZPC gets up close and personal with a largely self-built 370kw garage racer that is making all the right noises in the Wellington motorsport scene
What do you build when you’re the owner of Vinny Fab, one of New Zealand’s leading fabrication workshops? One hell of an FD3S dripping in fabrication perfection is what!
Sure, it ain’t your usual old-school build, but this 1980 Toyota Corona packs a bit of retro muscle beneath its arrow-straight stock lines. For what the outside doesn’t scream, its powerplant sure makes up for, all the while retaining its early ’80s character.
There’s full bolt-ons, then there’s another realm beyond that — Shivneel pushed past the generic and entered into full race car territory with his road-going Evo X. Are we mad about it? Hell no!
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