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.

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CHROME SHOWCASE BACK FOR 2026

PARK UP FOR HUNGER RETURNS - ROTATIONALS X DOWNTIME ENTERTAINMENT

SOUTH ISLAND CHAMPS NEW FORMAT

NEW SHOW ANNOUNCED: REVCON

THE BASH IS BACK!

D1NZ ANNOUNCES SOUTHERN KICK-OFF AND RETURN TO ICONIC PUKEKOHE

JOYCE & NZKW DRIFT HEAD TO CHINA

OLD SCHOOL DRAGS DAY

NSDW KICKS OFF

MSC RETURNS TO MEREMERE DRIFT PARK

IMMACULATE SILVIALUTION • WE’VE ALL BEEN THERE: CUTTING CORNERS, BUILDING ON A BUDGET, BREAKING THINGS, AND DEALING WITH COMPROMISES. IT CAN WEAR YOU DOWN AND BECOME A BURDEN. UNLESS YOU’RE JOHNNY BAXTER, WHOSE LATEST S15 SILVIA BUILD CHANNELS HIS EDUCATION FROM PAST MISSTEPS AND DELIVERS ONE HELL OF A GOOD TIME ON THE TARMAC …

THE RETURN OF KIWI SHOWCAR CULTURE • CHROME SHOWCASE 2025 IS A NEWLY ESTABLISHED EVENT DESIGNED TO BRING BACK FOND MEMORIES OF EARLY 2000S SHOWCAR CULTURE IN NEW ZEALAND

SUNBURST DREAM • THEY SAY NO BUILD IS EVER TRULY FINISHED, BUT ANDREW’S LATEST TRUENO COMES PRETTY CLOSE. AFTER YEARS OF LATE NIGHTS AND COUNTLESS HOURS IN THE GARAGE, HE’S CREATED HIS BOLDEST BUILD YET — A SUNBURST YELLOW ICON BUILT TO BE DRIVEN

CHASING THE PERFECT LAP • FROM TRACKSIDE TO PIT LANE — NZPC CROSSED THE DITCH TO TAKE IN ALL THE SIGHTS, SOUNDS, AND SENSORY OVERLOAD THAT IS WORLD TIME ATTACK CHALLENGE

FORD BANGER • WHAT BEGAN AS A $1500 TRADE & EXCHANGE FIND IS NOW A SILVIA-POWERED, STREET-DRIVEN RACE CAR THAT MIXES OLD-SCHOOL CHARM WITH MODERN PUNCH

FROM The STREETS 2025 • WHERE CARS, COMMUNITY, AND CULTURE COLLIDE

PURPLE REIGN • NO GARAGE PRINCESS TO SEE HERE — SOFIA’S EJ-POWERED WRX STI PUTS DOWN SOME SERIOUS POWER, AND HER FAVOURITE PLACE TO ENJOY IT IS AT HER LOCAL RACETRACK

IN THE CLUB • AUCKLAND EVOLUTION

SEVEN DAYS IN JAPAN

THE HOTTEST OF HATCH • TOYOTA NEW ZEALAND TOSSED US THE KEYS TO ITS FACELIFTED GR YARIS — MANUAL GEAR-BOX, THREE-CYLINDER TURBO, AND A LOOK THAT’S SHARPER THAN EVER. LIKE WE WERE EVER GONNA SAY NO. SPOILER ALERT: IT ABSOLUTELY RIPS

RECEIVE IT AT YOUR DOORSTEP!

STREET SCENE SURVIVOR • WHAT STARTED AS A DRIVEWAY MYSTERY BECAME A FULL-BLOWN SHOWSTOPPER — 22 YEARS IN THE MAKING

STREET LegaL

YOUR SHOTS IN PRINT

HARRYS EURO PROJECT R — PART 3 • WE’RE BACK AGAIN WITH OUR GOLF R PROJECT! PART ONE COVERED THE ESSENTIALS, WITH A FULL CHECK-OVER AND SOME WELL-DESERVED MAINTENANCE. IN PART TWO, WE SWITCHED UP THE LOOK — FITTING MTS ADJUSTABLE COILOVERS, A FULL MAXTON KIT, AND A FRESH SET OF ENKEIS TO TIE IT ALL TOGETHER. NOW IT’S RUNNING RIGHT, LOOKING SHARP, AND READY FOR WHAT’S NEXT … BRING ON PART THREE!

WEEKEND WARRIOR

From repo 2 rally • HOW TWO YOUTUBERS AND RDA BRAKE SERVICE CENTRES TURNED A $3K REPOSSESSED BMW INTO A TARGA WEAPON

UNDER CONSTRUCTION • YOUR BUILDS IN DETAIL

DRAG TIMES

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