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.

SOCIAL DISTANCING? YEAH, NAH

NZ Performance Car

HERO CONTRIBUTOR ASHLEIGH MONAGHAN • Teamwork made the dream work for this particular photoshoot. I can be bloody fussy at the best of times, let alone trying to herd three Southerners to a sleepy sunrise location on the outskirts of Ashburton. Cheers to Simon from Luisetti Seeds Ashburton and Johnny for locking in the spot. Despite the overwhelming fog, I reckon we all pulled it off. I’m looking forward to seeing the B-Style fellas again at the track sometime soon. Maybe they’ll all have their cars running by then, aye Sean!

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LEVIN LA MALA VIDA • HAVE YOU EVER STEPPED BACK AND CONSIDERED WHAT ‘COOL’ REALLY IS? ONE LOOK AT THIS SUBLIME TE37 COROLLA LEVIN WILL REALIGN YOUR PARAMETERS. ITS RICH BUILD STORY OWES AS MUCH TO ITS OWNER’S VISION AS IT DOES TO THE BOND OF A SOLID GROUP OF MATES

B-STYLE: PRIDE OF THE SOUTH • WE CHAT TO THE LADS OF TEAM B-STYLE ABOUT WHAT SETS ’EM APART FROM OTHER ORDINARY DRIFT TEAMS

JOHNNY BAXTER // NISSAN SILVIA S14

DANIEL LIEMBURG // NISSAN SILVIA S13

SEAN BINNEMA // NISSAN SILVIA 180SX

MAZDA MADHOUSE • WE ALL KNOW ABOUT THE AUCKLAND HOUSING MARKET AND THE SUBSEQUENT STRUGGLES WITH FINDING A HOME WITH A GARAGE. SO WHEN YOU’RE AN AUTOMOTIVE ENTHUSIAST WITH INTEREST IN INTERIOR DESIGN AND A NEED FOR CAR STORAGE, ALONGSIDE NOSTALGIC KIWI MOTORSPORT HISTORY, WHAT DO YOU DO?

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HD GRAN TURISMO OVERLOAD • FORGET YOUR STAGE 4-EQUIPPED LM EDITION ON GRAN TURISMO, RYAN’S FACE-LIFT GTO IS THE REAL-DEAL: 588KW AT THE WHEELS OF PURE MITSUBISHI SUPERCAR WIZARDRY — IT’S THE TIME FOR THE GTO DIAMOND BADGE TO SHINE!

YOUR SHOTS IN PRINT

BIG AMBITIONS PART 2 • SHAUN CONSTABLE FROM AMBITION WORKS RUNS US THROUGH HIS FIRST-EVER DRIFT DAY IN JAPAN AT HIS LOCAL CIRCUIT, BIHOKU HIGHLAND CIRCUIT, IN HIS NEWLY PURCHASED NISSAN SILVIA S14

IN FULL FORCE • SO IT’S AN EVO CLUB, AND IT’S JUST FOR LOCALS? WELL, THIS COULD GO ONE OF TWO WAYS …

THE TRUE SCHOOL • NOSTALGIA, IT SEEMS, IS ACCELERATING. THE NEW-OLD HOTNESS IS NOW THE 1990S, FROM POP-UP HEADLIGHTS TO ANGULAR LINES GIVING WAY TO ORGANIC CURVES. THE GENESIS OF MODERN TURBO TUNING IS VERY MUCH IN DEMAND, AND WITH CARS LIKE THIS FC3S MAZDA RX7 DRIPPING IN PERIOD-PERFECT RE AMEMIYA PARTS, THE GOLDEN ERA IS VERY MUCH STILL BUZZING

SOUTH ISLAND CHAMPIONS • SUN, CARS, AND A MASSIVE ATMOSPHERE SET THE SCENE FOR THE SOUTH ISLAND’S LARGEST AUTOMOTIVE AND LIFESTYLE EVENT: THE 4&ROTARY SOUTH ISLAND CHAMPS. WITH RECORD ENTRIES AND SPECTATORS, THERE’S PROOF THE AUTOMOTIVE SCENE DOWN SOUTH IS KICKING HARDER THAN A DB DRAG RACE!

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