THE COVER STAR! — FULLY BUILT 2004 MITSUBISHI EVO VIII MR
Thirteen years, countless setbacks, and endless late nights later, Shalvin Sharma’s Evo VIII MR is now a perfectly balanced time-attack Evo, built to handle anything the street or track can throw at it!
Being a car enthusiast isn’t just about picking a car and calling it a day. There’s always that itch — the little voice nudging you toward the next build before the current one is even finished. It’s a vicious cycle most of us know too well, bouncing from car to car, never really wringing the full potential out of anything. But some enthusiasts break that cycle.
FROM THE STREETS — 9 SECOND STREET LEGAL R32 & S13
Infamous? An appropriate word to describe Ash Azad and his fleet which have been turning heads around the country for a few years now. Why, well when you mix someone who is known for ruthless driving with a pair of dyno and time slip proven 500kW+ weapons, add in no desire to back down from any challenge and a willingness to travel the country to show and go, well you can lay fair claim to the title ‘Most Hated’, which this owner does with pride
NZPC caught up with Ash at Meremere, but we quickly came to learn this has only been his race track of choice for a short period of time, with over 20 years spent “messing with cars and getting up to the usual dumb stuff and in trouble on the streets.”
PURE SUPREMACY — KIWI 1200HP SUPRA TAKES ON SUMMERNATS
From a smashed-up daily to the world stage at Summernats, Naz Poshklidi’s Supra is more than a 1200hp smoke machine. It’s a promise kept to his boy, a nod to his roots, and proof that Kiwis do it better at 8,000rpm
For a country that’s basically a couple of islands at the bottom of the map, New Zealand punches way above its weight. Whether it’s banging doors in overseas drift comps, chasing world-record passes on the strip, or lighting up the burnout pad, drivers here know how to show up and show out. One of those Kiwis leading the charge is Nazim “Naz” Poshklidi.
HARDPARK: GROWING INTO ITS OWN
NZPC heads to Wellington to check out the capital’s most laid-back park-up and the community growing around it
Wellington’s annual Hardpark might be one of the biggest car meets in the capital now, but it didn’t start that way. Like most good things, it’s taken years of quiet evolution to grow into what it is today. Beginning as a handful of people keen for a chill park-up, that overtime turned into something far more meaningful — a weekend where the cars are still the drawcard, but the real magnet is the people and the way they show up for each other.
DER RETRO-MEISTER — DTM GOLDEN ERA MERCEDES-BENZ 190E EVO II
It’s undeniable that ‘tuner’ car culture, as we know it, was influenced by what was happening on race circuits around the globe, especially during the 1990s. You think massive wheels, belly-scraping ride heights, skyscraping wings and five-figure RPM limits are something new? Mercedes-Benz and AMG went to war in the ’90s to prove none of it is just window dressing
During the late 1980s and early 1990s, Germany was embroiled in a fierce, uncompromising civil war. Despite the intensity of the clash, it wasn’t a battle that was making front page headlines internationally. Rather, it was a series of fast-paced skirmishes, enacted on the twisting ribbons of tarmac throughout the Bavarian landscape.
HIGH FIVE — WE DRIVE THE NEW 2026 AUDI RS3
Can a die-hard JDM enthusiast find happiness in Audi’s latest five-cylinder weapon? We take the 2026 RS3 for a blast to find out
Over the last few years, European performance cars have been showing up in bigger numbers at local events, track days, and drag strips. With Japanese performance car prices climbing through the roof, plenty of enthusiasts have started “joining the dark side.” Among the Golfs, Beamers, and Mercs, one platform has really stood out for its potential: the RS3. It’s quickly earning cult-classic status in the Euro tuning scene, with workshops like Harrys Euro pushing these things harder than most would dare.
IN THE CLUB — NO NAME CUSTOMS
NZPC meets No Name Customs, unapologetically from the far, far North of New Zealand and proud of it!
MONSTER BEETLE — 4G63 SWAPPED BUG
It looks like a ’55 Beetle, but under the skin it’s anything but ordinary. Built by Wiborg Engineering as a tribute to their grandad,
this monster is ready to tear up the streets of Sweden
FULL NOISE FEVER DREAM — TOKYO AUTO SALON
I told myself I’d keep it brief. I promised this would be short, sharp and sweet. But the reality is, Tokyo Auto Salon is anything but. It’s a glistening, addictive oasis that draws any automotive tragic with a pulse into its web like an immersive alternate dimension
STREET LEGAL — SLAMMED S14 DRIFTER
Laying frame on Weds Kranze LXZs with a Works9 and Origin Labo wide-body mashup, Josh Moffat’s S14 proves you don’t need an air tank to tuck rim
CRUISEMODE — BAGGED & BBS’D 240Z
Billy’s 1973 Nissan 240Z has come a long way since we first laid eyes on it in the ‘Under Construction’ section of NZPC. Now finished, it sits low on a set of three-piece BBS RS wheels, tucked under the arches by bags all around. If you ask us, it’s the perfect old school cruiser.
AND MUCH MORE!
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