NZ Performance Car

Since 1996 New Zealand Performance Car has been the voice of the country’s modified import car scene. It was there to see the first import 10-second quarter mile run, there when the first official drift battle ensued, there when the first show trophies were handed out, and there to bring NZ its very first Super Lap time attack event. Each month the very best of NZ’s modified import car scene is served up. It’s New Zealand’s number 1 selling monthly motoring magazine and is New Zealand’s import performance authority and for good reason…it leaves the others for dust.

DONE AND DUSTED

NZ Performance Car

HERO CONTRIBUTOR AARON YATES

CONTRIBUTORS

SUMMERNATS BOUND

PARK UP FOR HUNGER SMASHES IT AGAIN

WELLINGTON HARDPARK

REDLINE KUSTOMZ HARDPARK

REPCO FRANKTON THUNDER CELEBRATES 11 YEARS

EPIK 500 RETURNS FOR ANNIVERSARY WEEKEND

LEARN TO DRIFT THIS SUMMER

THE FINAL DRIFT

FURSTY FOR MORE • ANOTHER CREATION TO ROLL OUT OF THE MADLAB DOORS, BUT THIS ONE HITS DIFFERENTLY. IT SMELLS LIKE 2004 MANUKAU VELODROME SMOKE, HAS PROBABLY BEEN PLASTERED ON YOUR WALL, AND CARRIES A LEGACY FORGED THROUGH DECADES OF TYRE SMOKE, SCARS, AND MADNESS. THIS IS THE STORY OF FURSTY — THE OG WAGON THAT TURNED A YOUNG, BROKE, ROTARY-ADDICTED MIKE WHIDDETT INTO THE ‘MAD MIKE’ THAT THE WORLD KNOWS TODAY

MMSB! • MAD MIKE’S SUMMERBASH HITS ITS EIGHTH ROTATION AND SHOWS JUST WHY IT IS NOW A GLOBAL DESTINATION EVENT

THE SOUND OF SIMPLICITY • IN A PERFORMANCE CAR WORLD SO WRAPPED UP IN PRODIGIOUS POWER, GARGANTUAN GRIP, AND TREMENDOUS TECHNOLOGY, SOMETIMES IT’S NICE TO TAKE A BREATH AND STEP BACK TO THE BASICS. AGILE, FROTHY, ENGAGING PERFORMANCE ON A BUDGET — SORTA THE FULL-SIZED CAR EQUIVALENT OF PLONKING YOUR BUTT AMONG A BUNCH OF TUBES AND A TWO-STROKE, THEN HEADING TO THE KART TRACK

CELEBRATION OF CAR CLUB CULTURE • IS THAT A BIRD, IS THAT A PLANE? WAIT, IT IS … BOOST LIKE THIS CRANKED THINGS UP AT CLUBFEST AND WENT ALL OUT TO RECLAIM THIS YEAR’S TOP CLUB CROWN

SOUTHLAND IGNITES: D1NZ’S DOUBLE-HEADER ROARS INTO THE NEW SEASON • SOUTHLAND HOSTED TWO DAYS OF BACK-TO-BACK DRIFT ACTION AS DRIVERS PUSHED LIMITS, SPARKED NEW STORYLINES, AND SET THE TONE FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP AHEAD

REBOOSTING AN ICON • HADEN WASLEY’S CHOPPED, TUBBED, AND BLOWN RX-7 MIXES THE BEST OF STREET RODDING STYLE WITH A WHOLE LOT OF BRAP!

CARNIVAL KINGS MY TOP FIVE PICKS FROM TAUPO’S WILDEST WEEKEND • FROM RB-SWAPPED WAGONS TO EURO TRACK WEAPONS, HERE’S WHAT STOLE THE SPOTLIGHT AT CARNIVAL 2025 — THROUGH THE LENS OF THE OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHER

RECEIVE IT AT YOUR DOORSTEP!

C’S THE MOMENT • SINCE 2007, C’S GARAGE HAS BEEN A HOUSEHOLD NAME IN KIWI DRIFTING. AFTER A STANDOUT RUN IN THE US, THEY’VE RETURNED WITH ONE OF GRASSROOTS DRIFTING’S BIGGEST TROPHIES, FURTHER CEMENTING NEW ZEALAND ON THE GLOBAL MAP

EVOLUTION OF THE GOAT • NEW ZEALAND’S WILDEST EVO VI? OVER 1000 HORSEPOWER, SEQUENTIAL GEAR-BOX, AND A HINT OF NITROUS, LOCKIE’S ‘GOAT6’ DOESN’T HOLD BACK!

YOUR SHOTS IN PRINT

1996 TOYOTA CHASER TOURER V (JZX100)

PURE LEGEND • ONCE THE KING OF THE SHOW SCENE, THIS HARLEQUIN-COATED ICON RETURNS TO REMIND US WHY IT RAISED THE BAR!

HARRYS EURO - BEHIND THE SCENES • THIS ISSUE, WE’RE PUTTING THE TOOLS DOWN ON THE PROJECT GOLF R FOR A MOMENT TO GIVE YOU A PEEK BEHIND THE CURTAIN AT HARRY’S EURO AND TAKE A TRIP THROUGH OUR STORY.

2009 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT R36 (B6)

1991 HONDA CIVIC SIR (EG6)

1996 NISSAN 180SX TYPE S (RPS13)

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