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Low life in high society: Loyalty IV Life CC take over Grey Lynn
Grey Lynn is a gentrified suburb of Central Auckland; an area that, while once of a lower socio-economic demographic, has become ever increasingly the home

Turning back time: Dragstalgia Drags at Masterton Motorplex
New Zealand drag racing continues to ride the Nostalgia wave, and, as a result, more and more cars fitting the ‘old school’ theme are popping

Family-friendly firepower: blown, big block Impala family hauler
“When a teenage David Vea dreamed of owning a big block muscle car, he never expected to realize that dream in something the whole

Teretonga truck carnage
Truck racing is always great to watch, unless, of course, it’s on a public road and you’re stuck behind them while they take up both

Eco-friendly: APR’s latest GT300 hybrid weapon
When you think of the word ‘eco’ — or when somebody mentions a Prius — you certainly don’t think about the well-known Japanese race class

Wet and wild: Jetsprint madness at Meremere
How would you like to drive a 1500hp machine flat out, without any brakes? That’s a reality for a handful of the top-end competitors at

Racing line: carnage in the wet at Ruapuna
Andre Heimgartner returned to the BNT NZ Touring Car Championship over the weekend of January 16–17 at Ruapuna in great style, capturing the round win

Dream Shed: Neil Lovejoy’s shrine to speedway
“Most people are happy just to chuck up a few posters of things they like; not Neil Lovejoy — he went one better and

Complete your summer with NZV8 Issue No. 129
Didn’t get what you wanted from Santa this Christmas? Don’t worry, a crisp $10 note is all you’ll need to get something better. And, hey,

Lady luck: Rods by Reid’s latest bare-metal beauty
“It’s been a while since there was a steel-bodied hot rod in the Reid Family’s garage, but very soon Janet’s dream of driving a

Weekend Warrior: Roman Konarski’s mighty BG5 Legacy
We don’t only feature fully modified vehicles in NZ Performance Car magazine — the mildly modified daily drivers get a look in too! It

Spanners and sparkles: Latisha Louise’s S14
“Latisha Louise built this sparkling facelift S14 to battle and she sure as hell plans to use it” It’s not often we’re told over

Double shot: township-terrorizing twin Toranas
“Tworanas — because if one Holden Torana is good, then two is something else altogether! Take a look behind this pair of tough-as-nails, street-fightin’

Orewa beach festival pre-entry closing soon
Preregistration is now open for the 2016 Hibiscus Rodders Beach Festival, which takes place in Orewa over January 29–31. Better still, car owners who preregister

Thrills and spills at Whanganui
A hot and sunny December 27, 2015 marked round two of the PSP New Zealand Jetsprint Championship in Whanganui. New faces, new liveries, and new