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The magazine’s focus has evolved from initially covering all high performance cars, including Australian V8s, to Japanese import cars, and more recently import car culture and associated activities (BMX, FMX, interviews with local and international musicians, etc.).
Early issues featured cars such as Holden Toranas alongside Mitsubishi Galant VR4s.
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| Typical cars featured in NZ Performance Car | 3>
Nissan Skyline GT-R
Nissan Silvia
Nissan Pulsar GTI-R
Nissan 300ZX
Nissan 350Z
Nissan Laurel
Subaru WRX
Subaru Legacy
Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution
Honda Integra
Honda Civic
Honda S2000
Toyota Celica
Toyota Supra
Toyota Levin AE86
Toyota Altezza
Mazda RX-7
Mazda 323
[edit] | Tags: Modified car features | 3>
The extent that a car is required to be modified has steadily increased since the first issues. While 300 hp was considered to be a huge amount of power when the magazine started, 300 kW may not even secure a spot as a feature car, unless the rest of the car is outstanding or unusual.
This is not to say that NZ Performance Car solely focuses on power, but power figures are part of a more holistic approach considered when modifying a car.
[edit] | Tags: New car features | 3>
Less common are new car road tests. Recent examples have included the Mazda RX-8, Mini Cooper John Cooper Works (JCW), and BMW 135i.
[edit] | Tags: Cover girls | 3>
Female nudity in association with the magazine has polarised readers. The magazine took an online poll at the end of 2008, the results of which found that more than 80% of readers wanted to keep the cover girl[3].
Cars were originally graded using a Jane-o-meter (a picture of Jane with a ranking from one to ten). This method was scrapped after car owners became reluctant to have their cars featured in case it received a low mark.
[edit] | Tags: Poster | 3>
Two posters (a double-sided A2) have been included in most issues of the magazine since issue 80.
[edit] | Tags: Event coverage | 3>
Drag racing, drifting, rallying, Super Lap, Japanese Super GT, hillclimbing, touring cars, auto salon, auto shows and club events are covered, as long as the racing includes Japanese cars.
[edit] | Tags: Driver and celebrity interviews | 3>
Local and international drivers have been interviewed such as Ken Block, Rhys Millen, Mike Whiddett, Sebastian Loeb, Linkin Park/Fort Minor and Nathalie Kelly (from Fast n Furious Tokyo Drift),
[edit] | Tags: Regular sections | 3>
Readers’ letters, a technical question and answer section, equipment information, CD/DVD/game reviews, and a lifestyle section with clothing and related culture.
[edit] | Tags: Chop shop | 3>
A monthly Photoshop competition is run. An image of a standard car is modified in Photoshop to adopt a certain theme or style, such as hakosuka, rally, etc. In issue 144 readers were invited to Photoshop a Chevrolet Volt into a Pro Import drag racing vehicle.
[edit] | Tags: Growth | 2>
Readership peaked at 336,000 in 2007. To address the fall in readership since then NZ Performance Car was relaunched with perfect binding, a new logo, and a broader focus on the import car culture in issue 132, December 2007
[edit] | Tags: Drop! (previous Street Style) | 3>
Drop! features hardcore modified show cars, auto salon features, and SPL competitions (db Drag Racing). The emphasis on Japanese imports is less. Previous featured cars have included a Jaguar, a Buick, a Nash Metropolitan, and several types of minitruck.
[edit] | Tags: Drift Factor | 3>
Drift Factor is a drifting special with driver interviews, in-depth profiles on drifting and the cars, and how-tos on starting in drifting.
[edit] | Tags: Yearbook | 3>
The Yearbook is a round up of the scene and also contains many of the similar features to the magazine.
[edit] | Tags: Posterbook | 3>
A posterbook has been produced yearly since 2005 with 12 A2 posters of cars and/or cover models
[edit] | Tags: Spine art | 3>
For 2008 collecting all the issues created an NZ Performance Car logo when stacked together. This was to highlight the transition to perfect binding.
[edit] | Tags: Website | 2>
NZ Performance Car relaunched its website in July 2007 with a web 2.0 site featuring video, blogs, forums, news, articles, cover girls, event coverage and more.
Users can register to the site, start a blog, upload their own media, and generally interact with the site.
Daily news articles are available weekdays which are additional to magazine content. Full magazine articles are available from previous issues, often including additional photos and information (including videos) that could not be fitted into the magazine.
Some writers run blogs on the website, such as Peter Kelly’s Pedeyworld, and a forum is run as a subsite to encourage user interaction.
Users can purchase books and DVDs related to the magazine’s content, as well as back issues and subscriptions in the online shop.
The website is run by Convergent Online Media, a separate company owned by Greg Vincent (owner of Parkside Media) and Darren Cottingham.
[edit] | Tags: Drift Legends | 3>
Drift Legends is a drifting game which features New Zealand tracks as well as custom tracks. Players can submit their score to a score board
[edit] | Tags: Super Lap Legends | 3>
Super Lap Legends was released to coincide with Super Lap. It features New Zealand racetracks in a time trial format
[edit] | Tags: Midnight Sting | 3>
Midnight Sting is a shoot ‘em up whereby players protect their ride from damage in a dark alley.
[edit] | Tags: Britney’s Rehab Run | 3>
Britney’s Rehab Run is a shoot ‘em up which sees the player attempt to get Britney to rehab past scores of paparazzi.
[edit] | Tags: Mobile | 2>
A free opt-in text club which has more than 23,000 members is utilised to disseminate special offers from sponsors, and promote the magazine, games and events.
NZ Performance Car is also one of the largest suppliers of mobile content (ringtones, screen wallpapers and the like) via Vodafone’s network.
[edit] | Tags: NZ Performance Car TV | 2>
NZ Performance Car TV is a free-to-air television program in its eighth series. It has had airtime on TV ONE, TV2, Prime and Sky Sports, often simultaneously which is unique in its genre. Each series consists of 13 episodes. Two series are usually screened per year.
First airing in 2004 the series has evolved to match the changing tastes of the import car scene. Series 8 had a large focus on drifting.
[edit] | Tags: NZ Drift Series | 3>
The NZ Drift Series is a drifting motorsport series run on New Zealand tracks. It made its debut in 2007 with a professionally run, five-round championship series.
[edit] | Tags: Super Lap | 3>
Parkside Media organised the first Super Lap event at Taupo Motorsport Park in April 2007. Scott Kreyl in a Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII took the overall win. At the second event at Pukekohe in March 2008 Kreyl successfully defended his title.
The third Super Lap returned to Taupo Motorsport Park in 2008 where Kreyl suffered mechanical problems and failed to place.
[edit] | Tags: New Zealand Bikini Model Search | 3>
Toured throughout in New Zealand in 2007, the NZ Bikini Model Search culminated in a grand final in Auckland.
[edit] | Tags: Import All-Stars | 3>
Every summer, NZ Performance Car organises the biggest import drag racing event of the year at Fram Autolite Dragway, Meremere, Import All-Stars. Guest competitors are invited from Australia to race against New Zealand’s quickest imports.
[edit] | Tags: Drag Masters | 3>
Drag Masters, run in 2005, was a V8 vs. import drag racing event held at Fram Autolite Dragway, Meremere.
[edit] | Tags: Performance Car of the Year | 3>
Performance Car of the Year is a competition with 12 performance cars where users text their vote.
[edit] | Tags: Awards | 2>
Cam Leggett, designer since issue 68 has won two awards for Designer of the Year at the MPA Awards in the Special Interest Category in 2007[5] and 2008.[6]
[edit] | Tags: Controversy | 2>
NZ Performance Car magazine has typically been criticised by groups not in favour of import car culture, or those concerned about ‘boy racer’ activity.[7].
In June 2008, editorial assistant Peter Kelly organised a meeting in Hamilton to scout for feature cars. News quickly spread via text and over 1000 people descended on The Base. Despite attempts by NZ Performance Car to warn the police, messages went unanswered.[8].
[edit] | Tags: References | 2>
^ a b "Circulation". Magazine.abc.org.nz. http://magazine.abc.org.nz/audit.html?&type=2&titleid=584&publisher=246&frequency=7&sort=t.name&display=. Retrieved 2008-12-02.
^ "NZ Classic Car issue 66". Classiccar.co.nz. http://www.classiccar.co.nz/back-issues/shopping_detail?pid=nz-classic-car-magazine-issue-066-jun-96. Retrieved 2008-12-02.
^ "Should NZ Performance Car have cover girls?". Performancecar.co.nz. http://www.performancecar.co.nz/news/poll_archive/should-new-zealand-performance-car-magazine-feature-cover-girls/. Retrieved 2008-12-02.
^ "Television star files for bankruptcy". Nzherald.co.nz. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10400607. Retrieved 2008-12-02.
^ "MPA Awards listing for 2007". Mpa.org.nz. http://www.mpa.org.nz/EventsAwards/MPAAwards/MPAAwards2007.aspx. Retrieved 2008-12-02.
^ "MPA Awards listing for 2008". Mpa.org.nz. http://www.mpa.org.nz/EventsAwards/MPAAwards/MPAAwards2008.aspx. Retrieved 2008-12-02.
^ "Death Behind the Wheel". Nzherald.co.nz. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=3566555. Retrieved 2008-12-02.
^ "Cops 'Warned' Over Boy Racers". Stuff.co.nz. http://www.stuff.co.nz/waikatotimes/4587006a6579.html. Retrieved 2008-12-02.
[edit] | Tags: External links | 2>
NZ Performance Car
Parkside Media
Super Lap
Drift Legends
NZ Performance Car Youtube channel
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