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.

SPINNING OUT OF CONTROL

NZ Performance Car

HERO CONTRIBUTOR DANNY WOOD

CONTRIBUTORS

NEWS • GOT SOMETHING COOL COMING UP THAT’S OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND WORTH ATTENDING?

NSDW SEASON CONCLUDES

WTAC 2026

VD1 — D1NZ LAUNCHES VIRTUAL DRIFT COMP

NEW LEVIES AT ENTHUSIAST EVENTS

MITSUBISHI OWNERS DAY MOVES TO MEREMERE DRAGWAY

CHOICE EVENTS PROVING GROUNDS

BORN TO DRIFT • THE MADLAB HAS BUILT SOME OF THE WORLD’S MOST ICONIC DRIFT CARS. BUT PERHAPS ITS MOST EXCITING PROJECT YET HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH CRAZY HORSEPOWER FIGURES OR WIDE-BODY KITS. IT’S THE EIGHTEEN-YEAR-OLD BEHIND THE WHEEL OF THIS 20B TURBO ROCKET BUNNY S14.

Rotrary Reunion THE GREAT KIWI LOVE AFFAIR • FOR DECADES, KIWIS HAVE LOOKED TOWARDS THE JDM MOTHERLAND FOR INSPIRATION, TRENDS, AND STYLING — LITTLE DID WE KNOW THAT THE MOTHERLAND WAS KEENLY SPYING ON US. OUR LOVE AFFAIR WITH THE ROTARY HAS MADE NEW ZEALAND ONE OF THE WORLD’S FINEST ROTARY HAVENS, AND ROTARY REUNION SHOWS YOU EXACTLY WHY!

7 YEARS ONE VISION • SEVEN YEARS OF SETBACKS, SACRIFICES, AND STUBBORN PERSISTENCE CREATED THIS JET BLACK RX-2, AND JASON STEINER STILL DRIVES IT LIKE IT WAS MEANT TO BE DRIVEN

THE FINAL CHAPTER • FOR DECADES, PUKEKOHE HAS BEEN AT THE HEART OF NEW ZEALAND MOTORSPORT. ROUND 3 OF D1NZ AND DRIFT GP GAVE FANS A FINAL CHANCE TO EXPERIENCE THE ACTION BEFORE THE CIRCUIT’S ERA COMES TO A CLOSE

ACCIDENTAL HERO • NOT ALL TROPHY-SNATCHING SHOW CARS ARE BUILT WITH FILLING UP THE POOL ROOM IN MIND. SOME ARE BUILT TO BE DRIVEN AND CRAFTED SIMPLY TO THE OWNERS TASTE AND SKILL SET. WHEN THEY TURN UP TO ONE OF THE MOST STORIED CLASSIC CAR EXHIBITIONS ON KIWI SHORES, YOU CAN BE CERTAIN THAT IT’S SOMETHING SPECIAL. THIS IS ONE SUCH CAR — AN ACCIDENTAL PRIZE PONY CRAFTED WITH VISION AND GOOD OLD FASHIONED GRIND

WHERE THERE’S SMOKE THERE’S CHROME • THE PROWEAR CHROME EXPRESSION SESSION RETURNS TO CHRISTCHURCH WITH A NEW BURNOUT PAD AND A RECORD TURNOUT

NO SHORTCUTS • SHIPPING A SIX-FIGURE FOUR-ROTOR SUPRA HALFWAY ACROSS THE GLOBE ISN’T FOR THE FAINT OF HEART. AFTER YEARS OF BUILDING TRUST IN THE PITS, THE CREW AT CHOICE EVENTS FINALLY PULLED OFF THE ULTIMATE MISSION OF BRINGING A GLOBAL ICON TO OUR SHORES FOR THE LOCAL SCENE TO EXPERIENCE IN THE FLESH

RECEIVE IT AT YOUR DOORSTEP!

WHAT THE HECK IS A GAZOO ANYWAY? • THE TOYOTA GAZOO RACING FESTIVAL RETURNS TO HAMPTON DOWNS FOR ITS 13TH INSTALMENT. A CELEBRATION OF THE WORLD’S BIGGEST CAR BRAND PAST AND PRESENT, AND A CLEAR “THANKS” TO THE LOYALTY OF KIWI TOYOTA FANS, IT’S A SOLID ARGUMENT FOR WHY TOYOTA JUST MIGHT BE THE BEST CAR MAKER ON THE PLANET RIGHT NOW IF YOU’RE INTO MORE THAN JUST GOING FROM A TO B.

STREET Legal • 1993 NISSAN 180SX (RPS13)

TERETONGA TAKEOVER • NEW ZEALAND’S SOUTHERNMOST CIRCUIT HOSTED ITS BIGGEST HPTO FEST YET — 150-PLUS CARS, THOUSANDS OF SPECTATORS, AND THE KIND OF GRASSROOTS CHAOS ONLY TERETONGA CAN PULL OFF

FIVE UNDER PAR • HARRYS EURO CLOSE THE CHAPTER ON THEIR WILDEST GOLF PROJECT YET — SAVING THE MOST AMBITIOUS BUILD FOR LAST, WITH AN RS3 FIVE-CYLINDER SWAP THAT CEMENTS THEIR PLACE AT THE TOP OF NEW ZEALAND’S EURO SCENE.

IN THE CLUB • THE DOOR IS ALWAYS OPEN

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