NZ Performance Car #301 Apr-May 2023

Issue 301

Redefining what it means to have a NZ Performance Car cover car, Melvin Sami shows us his immaculate R33 GT-R with modern-day 400R Nismo styling. Packing over 400kW at the wheels, it’s certainly no slouch. Photographed by Archee Lal, it’s a photoset you do not want to miss! Jepoy de los Reyes is known among enthusiasts in New Zealand for being one of the Honda tuners and builders to watch out for. All it takes is a quick look at his Instagram to see he’s Honda mad. Jepoy’s EK9, powered by a K24A3 engine, is one of — if not the cleanest — we’ve seen in New Zealand. With Spoon styling throughout, it’s dripping in JDM goodness. If you’ve wondered what it’s like to be a Kiwi taking part in Drift Week USA, Guy Maxwell and Calvin Clark made the trip over and documented it for your reading pleasure. For the rumble fans, we have New Zealand’s cleanest, most well-built Subaru Legacy ‘LATRHO’, built by Josh Elmiger. A five-year project, Josh can now close the doors on the build and start to enjoy the 386kW he now has on tap! Nissan throws us the keys to the latest ‘Z’, and we battle some B roads with Toyota’s latest A90 Supra to compare the two. With the wettest weather in New Zealand’s history, the most recent 4&Rotary Nationals is one to remember, with only the show going ahead this time around. With that, we’ve got extra pages of show-only action for you to drool over. The Ed takes a trip over to Adelaide with Hyundai to check out how the world’s largest ‘N’ enthusiast base gets down on the race track, and thrashes the pants off a 430kW RN22E EV prototype around The Bend Motorsport Park. Aaron Mai runs us over his latest JTCC scale-model creation, and we check out some incredible Weekend Warriors, Cruise Moders, and Street Legal drift cars! Much like this EDM, this issue is JAM PACKED with JDM Icons!

$24.45 NZD