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Concept Corner: Pro Mod power
“Every month we ask the cover car owner for the concept they’d most like to build, or see built” As you’ll know, if you read

Powercruise: Taupo gets rocked!
Every November there’s an event that fills Taupo Motorsport Park with more horsepower and action than any other month. That event is Supercheap Auto Powercruise.

Get your paintwork looking on point
“Looking at getting paintwork done? Here are a few tips and businesses to check out” Aesthetically, the paint finish on your car is its

Weekly Motor Fix: the RX-7 duo presenting the best of both worlds
On my recent trip to Nelson, I was driving around with my friend, and The Motorhood contributor, Mikey Mayers whilst scouting locations for the day’s

Kiwinats turns Christchurch to smoke!
With high hopes for good numbers this year, the organizers of Kiwinats Powerplay #2 — held at Mike Pero Motorsport Park in Ruapuna on

Get inside the Possum Bourne BRZ Behemoth
“It’s been a long time coming, but the Possum Bourne Motorsport–built Subaru BRZ owned by Gary Morgan is ready for the world stage” You

Art Deco understatement: learn the art of subtlety from this custom ’47 Delivery
“At first glance, this may look like a tidy, yet stock, sedan delivery, but park a truly stock one next to it, and you’ll

Galactic dragster: one of Ford’s toughest, just don’t call it a Galaxie!
“It might be about the same size as a cosmic entity, but don’t go calling it a Galaxie in front of Mark Barton —

The nostalgia factory: one was not enough
“The array of Japanese nostalgic bliss tucked away under this North Shore home is as varied as a pack of liquorice allsorts, so we

Cruise Mode: checking out the rad Tamiya GX81
We don’t only feature fully modified vehicles in NZ Performance Car magazine — the mildly modified get a look in too! It doesn’t matter

Dream shed: west-side collection
“When a car-obsessed husband and wife decided to get a place they could call their own, the results were always going to be impressive!”

Who’s running the numbers? New Zealand’s quickest street and drag cars
In every issue of NZV8 magazine we feature a list titled New Zealand’s Quickest Drag Racers (as seen below). The list isn’t so much

The success that was the ITM 500 Auckland
The 2015 ITM 500 Auckland will go down in the record books as a huge success. The weather over the weekend was just what the

75 things every Kiwi car person should do before they die: part one
“For a small country, we’ve got not only an amazing number of cars, but also an amazing amount of things we can do with

Strewth! Have a gander at the cars of Christchurch’s All OZ Car Show
Whether you were a Ford, Holden, or Mopar fan, there were plenty of great vehicles to keep even the fussiest of diehards happy at the