Pure Ecstasy – Widebody & Bagged Mazda RX-7 (FD3S)
Dan Moller’s 22-year journey to create one of the best-quality show builds unveiled in New Zealand in the past decade — an inch-perfect Series 6 RX-7 featuring one of the best paint jobs we at NZPC have ever seen, ticking every ‘feature car’ box there is to tick!
Best-laid plans: Matt Heslin’s killer SR20DET AE86
“Matt Heslin never meant for his AE86 to turn out anything like this, but we doubt anyone will tell him that’s a bad thing
Form rules everything around me: Super-Lush 1.5JZ-powered Soarer
Jono Smith’s Soarer serves up pure JDM drift style from an era when power was secondary and swagger was king “It’s not a
Levin La Mala Vida – TE37 Corolla Levin
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
Digital Reality – 2.2-litre Evo VII
Trading in the Dual-Shock controller for a steering wheel and turning virtual dreams into reality — Shoneel Ram’s 2.2-litre Evo VII is a childhood fantasy in
The True School – FC3S Mazda RX7
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
Street Legal – 1997 Nissan 180sx Type X
Corey Wellman’s absolutely stunning 180SX Type X, tastefully modified to perfection with all the right period-correct Japanese parts.
Weekend warrior: real-deal Skyline R31 GTS-R
View fullsize Name: Shannon Thickpenny // Age: 40 Location: Auckland // Occupation: Owner/CNC machinist at RS Works NZ Performance Car: Hey, Shannon. You’re no stranger to
The Best of Both Worlds – Widebody Turbo BMW 330CI E46
A Japanese-inspired Euro? Callum Coombs shows us how it’s done with his boosted wide-body weapon, giving the other E46s a run for their money
Cruise Mode: Sleeper MZ11 Soarer
View fullsize 1981 Toyota Soarer MZ11 Name: Tom Acott // Age: 31 Location: Wellington // Occupation: Diesel mechanic View fullsize NZ Performance Car:
Triple Rotor Kiwi Icon – 1973 Mazda RX-3
West Auckland has never seen so much billet — a quintessential Kiwi build, powered by an all-billet 20B. Is this the ultimate Mazda streeter?
Mack daddy: bagged and bodied Evo X
Temptation is dangerous when playing the show-car game — Khrunal’s Evo X is the by-product of giving in to that urge more times
Events
Show and Shine Blitz at the Rotationals X Repco I Am Hope Meet 2023
Unleashing the spirit of car culture: Relive the epic meet that rocked the roads of Auckland.
We take you on a thrilling journey back to the roots of automotive passion
Claiming the Southern Throne: 2020 Chrome Expression Session Christchurch
Checking out the goods at the 2020 Chrome Expression Session Christchurch View fullsize If we’ve learned one thing from our years and
Welcome to the Waikato: 2020 4 & Rotary Nationals
The 4 & Rotary Nationals has a new home, but the party is still as good as ever View fullsize For as long
Southern comfort: 2019 4 & Rotary South Island Champs
The South Island’s greatest phenomenon since the invention of Speights: the 2019 V 4&Rotary South Island Champs View fullsize We live in one hell
Motorsport
D1NZ champion Darren Kelly trades drift for what?!
Swapping tyre-destroying for grip-chasing View fullsize Fresh out of his 2020 drifting campaign, former national drifting champion Darren Kelly has confirmed that he
Chasing the smoke: driver updates from the 2020 Valvoline D1NZ National Drifting Championship (Feb)
Regular updates from the 2020 Valvoline D1NZ National Drifting Championship View fullsize The 2019–’20 season of the D1NZ National Drifting Championship has seen
Toyota FT-60 cuts first laps in NZ
View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize Announced in June as the latest incarnation of the Toyota Racing Series (TRS) open-wheelers, the Toyota FT-60
MCA Hammerhead breaking records ahead of WTAC
View fullsize As the world gears up for the largest Time Attack event on the calendar, the Yokohama World Time Attack Challenge (WTAC) in