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NZ PERFORMANCE CAR

THRASH-TESTING THE NEW SUPRA!

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OCT. 2019

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ISSUE 274 ∞ OCTOBER 2019

SEVEN THREE TWO DRIFT

+ 500KW FD RX-7 + 1.5JZ KE DRAGGER + CHROME COVERAGE + RECREATING LEGENDS IN 1:24 SCALE

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16 1994 HONDA CIVIC SIR-II (EG)

IT CLEANED UP THE SHOW SCENE IN THE EARLY ’00S, AND NOW ALLAN GRANT’S ‘DVI0US’ EG CIVIC IS BACK FOLLOWING A GROUND-UP OVERHAUL THAT HAS LAUNCHED IT STRAIGHT TO THE FOREFRONT OF THIS DECADE WORDS: JADEN MARTIN PHOTOS: DRAGPICS.COM.AU

MASH THE GAS ALL THE RADNESS FROM THE 2019 CHROME EXPRESSION SESSION

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WORDS: JADEN MARTIN PHOTOS: NZ PERFORMANCE CAR, JACK GLAZER

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hen you boil down this massive love affair with all things automotive that we share, it’s a few simple factors that make it so damn addictive: that thrill of mashing the loud pedal and feeling the drive wheels light up while trying to hold the steering wheel straight, being forced back into your seat harder and harder the faster that you get, and having your ear drums tickled by the symphony of automotive instruments just cannot be beaten. Nothing makes you feel quite as good as driving a car hard; it’s what most of this scene is built on, and at the very heart of that is doing it all with a bunch of good people around you.

Chrome has long been the go-to event for piling your mates into available seat space and using whatever you have on hand to satisfy this very craving, without having to resort to illegal back-road antics that will land you in hot water with the law.

Grab yourself an entry to Chrome and you can line up your nana’s Corolla against a GT-R and get eaten in a glorious blaze of mutual laughter, hurt a few feelings in your 500kW sleeper, or give those chassis rails a good workout in your low-and-slow car-park queen. However you choose to do it, there’s a shit ton of fun to be had and something to keep everyone happy; cruising, drifting, grip chasing, burnouts, gymkhana, hard parks, and plenty of feeds. It’s events like Chrome that make all the late nights worth it. Each frustration and setback is forgotten the second that you get behind the wheel, fire it up, and roll down pit lane towards track entry.

If you didn’t quite make it in time this year, don’t worry; there will be plenty more to come, and we’ve done the hard yards to cover all the good bits from 2019, so you can feel like you were there too. Enjoy.

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