Preview: NZ Performance Car Issue No. 247

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NISSAN SKYLINE: SIXTY YEARS

AUDI RETURNS

R A L LY N Z ’ S NEWEST AP4

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R A L LY W H A N G A R E I

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“I HAD SEEN SO MANY ONLINE IN JAPAN AND THE STATES … I LOVED HOW THE KIT LOOKED AND [HAD] ALWAYS WANTED TO DO ONE, BUT, AT THE SAME TIME, I WANTED IT TO BE DIFFERENT, AND I’M PRETTY SURE I GOT THERE”

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THE KING’S NEW WHIP NEW ZEALAND’S FIRST LIBERTY WALK R35

LETZTE RALLYE MASCHINE (‘ULTIMATE RALLY MACHINE’) LOCALLY BUILT AUDI AP4 POWERHOUSE

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34 PROOF’S IN

60 YEARS OF NISSAN SKYLINE

CELEBRATING ONE OF JAPAN’S FINEST

THE DETAILS

368KW OF DAILY DRIVEN SUBARU GOODNESS

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E30 ESTATE WITH ITBS AND SLAMMED ON AIR — NEED WE SAY MORE?

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006 EDITORIAL 008 ED. TEAM CHATTER 010 NEWS 014 SUBSCRIBE AND RECEIVE 062 TECH TEST: PLAY DEAD 082 CRUISE MODE 084 DEMON BABE 088 WEEKEND WARRIOR 094 NEW PRODUCTS 096 UNDER CONSTRUCTION 098 GIG GUIDE 099 DRAG TIMES 100 DAILY DRIVEN 102 LOCAL SPECIALISTS 104 WHAT’S COMING NEXT MONTH

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64 THE STATE OF DRIFT 70 SIMPLE SINGLES 76 JDM TRAVEL 101 90 MUD RUSH

WHERE THE SPORT IS HEADING

9-SECOND MAZDA 323

OUR TOP-10 PLACES TO VISIT, AND HOW

BATTLING THE RAIN AT THE 2017 INTERNATIONAL RALLY OF WHANGAREI

BILSPORT BOOMING

THE BEST BUILDS SWEDEN HAS TO OFFER

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2006 NISSAN 350Z (Z33)

[ THE KING’S NEW WHIP ] PROLIFIC MODIFIER VICK BHATTI IS BACK WITH HIS SWEETEST PROJECT YET — A BAGGED AND WIDE-BODIED 512KW GT-R, AND DON’T FOR A SECOND THINK HE WILL STOP AT THE STATUS QUO! WORDS: MARCUS GIBSON PHOTOS: ADAM CROY

2003 SUBARU IMPREZA WRX STI

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WHEN ALL YOUR MATES ARE BUYING UP EVOS AND YOU WANT SOMETHING DIFFERENT, THE ONLY ANSWER IS TO GET YOUR HANDS ON A RIVAL CHASSIS AND OUTCLASS THEM WITH 368KW OF DAILY-DRIVEN POWER WORDS: JADEN MARTIN PHOTOS: TRAVIS TREMLETT

SIXTY YEARS OF

NISSAN SKYLINE YOU’D BE PISSING INTO THE WIND IF YOU ARGUED THE FACT THAT FEW CARS RIVAL THE HUMBLE SKYLINE AS THE HAILED KING AMONG REGULAR TIN — AND, 60 YEARS ON, IT’S STILL DOMINATING WORDS: JADEN MARTIN PHOTOS: NZPC ARCHIVES

pril marked a special milestone in Japanese motoring history — 60 years ago the Prince Skyline saw its rainy-day debut in Tokyo, on April 24, 1957. It has since served Japanese and international markets

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as everything from your everyday family hauler to the pinnacle of racing greatness, often in the coveted GT-R trim. It’s one hell of a model range — and well loved in little old New Zealand’s streetmodification scene.

1988 BMW 325I (E30)

WAGONAIR MICHAEL’S E30 ESTATE MIXES THE SWEET NOTE OF ITBS AND A LUMPY CAM WITH PERFECT FITMENT TO MAKE A STATEMENT ON THE STREETS OF MELBOURNE WORDS: MARCUS GIBSON PHOTOS: AARON MAI

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1979 MAZDA 323

SON RROW WORDS: MARCUS GIB GIBSON, LANCE FA PHOTOS: MARCUS

TO MADE A RETURN IS M A KH M A S E, SSES A DECAD SINGLE-DIGIT PA EAT FOR NEAR3LY N S U E R TH TO F O ILT T U U B O HAVING BEEN A SIMPLE YET EFFECTIVE 32 THE TRACK IN

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ATROCIOUS WEATHER MADE FOR A SUPER CHALLENGING TIME FOR ONE AND ALL AT THE 2017 INTERNATIONAL RALLY OF WHANGAREI WORDS AND PHOTOS: STEVE RITCHIE

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