Channelling gravel-carving heritage with one of Toyota’s finest power plants: this is Lewis Hicks’ turbo 4A-GE–powered Ford Escort tarmac terrorizer View fullsize They
View fullsize Name: Robbie Jonker // Age: 33 // Location: Christchurch // Occupation: Fabricator/owner at JB Fab NZ Performance Car: Hey, Robbie. You’re known as a
Bright green and ready for battle — Joseph Curphey’s Japan slider–style Silvia is ready to shred! View fullsize I was planning on feeling
The never-ending refinement of Jesse Remkes’s 2JZ-swapped E46 has seen this J-styled Euro come back wider, wilder, and more wet-patch-inducing than ever before
Checking out the goods at the 2020 Chrome Expression Session Christchurch View fullsize If we’ve learned one thing from our years and
For the third time on New Zealand shores, the RAUH-Welt name has been bestowed on an air-cooled Porsche 911, although this time the doors
What do you do when your Evo I of nearly a decade disappears at the hands of a thief and is never seen
Too often, a car build becomes a victim of its own evolution. Starting without a plan risks an aesthetic with no real flow
Meet the wildest import drag car to come out of New Zealand in recent years — and it’s about to set Meremere on fire!
View fullsize World Import record: 5.55 at 254mph (409kph) We finally got to see a 5.50 from an import in 2019, run by a racer
View fullsize In a field of much newer, far bigger-budget cars, Chris Henderson and his Midway Motors LS-powered AE86 were the underdog that
View fullsize Name: Brooke Burmester // Age: 20 // Location: Christchurch // Occupation: Sales NZ Performance Car: Hi, Brooke. Tell us how you
View fullsize Name: Dominic Griffin // Age: 24 // Location: Tauranga // Occupation: Electrician NZ Performance Car: Hi, Dom. Can you recall when
View fullsize It’s been a few years since we got behind the wheel of Honda’s latest R-badge offering, but for 2020 the model
The 4 & Rotary Nationals has a new home, but the party is still as good as ever View fullsize For as long
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