Maximum acceleration: New Zealand’s fastest and quickest street-legal import
24 July 2018
In drag racing, the objective always remains the same: reach the other end of the strip as quickly as possible — a goal
In drag racing, the objective always remains the same: reach the other end of the strip as quickly as possible — a goal
The latest Honda Civic Type R only launched internationally and hit our shores late last year — which we thrash tested back in
Air on demand View fullsize No enthusiast’s home workshop is complete without compressed air, and, to have that, you need a compressor that
View fullsize Name: Shannon Thickpenny // Age: 40Location: Auckland // Occupation: Owner/CNC machinist at RS Works NZ Performance Car: Hey, Shannon. You’re no stranger to these pages,
Making the local roadways your personal playground is risky business, but it’s all in a night’s work for these Kanjo-inspired Civics View fullsize
Think Muzuno Works is all about shakotan? Well, think again … The drag racing scene in Japan was white hot from the mid
Five years of hard work took this once-rusted Beetle to show-stopping dragster hell-bent on the New Zealand import H-pattern record View fullsize While
We delve into ethanol flex-fuel systems with Jacky Tse from Jtune to find out what’s required to run one and what to look
Carl Robertson’s ‘JRCOZY’ is no stranger to these pages. However, following a crash in 2017, it’s been reborn, and now it’s got a
Honda really missed the chance to produce the best special edition of all time, so Matthew Holt has gone and built it for
Buying tyres online made easy View fullsize Money don’t come easy, and when you’ve worked hard for them dollars, blowing them on the
Only the most determined souls and sturdiest cars can claim that they won — or even survived, for that matter — the running
View fullsize Even the most casual Hot Wheels collectors would have undoubtedly purchased one of the many recreations of Japanese car culture in
Mixing subtle aero aesthetics with the bite of a four-litre heart, Philip Huynh’s ‘Hyper Roadster’ is every bit as rapid as its name
View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize As of 2017, New Zealand was ranked fourth on the global scale of vehicles
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