In this ‘tuner’ car sphere we all so enthusiastically occupy, there’s a pretty staunch argument to be made for a conventional thought pattern to ‘stand out from the crowd’. It makes sense, right, that in a culture that since its inception has been dominated damn near exclusively by pushing the limits, to stand out you need to be concocting something wild.
Innovation and imagination has long been at the forefront of creating a presence, or making some waves within this scene. Whether centred on bleeding-edge performance upgrades, or retina-assaulting aesthetic techniques, individuals have strived for years to create something representing their zenith.
It’s an attitude that’s come to epitomise this publication. NZPC has undoubtedly represented the cream of the crop — an aspiration for those pushing things the furthest to gain recognition from that immortalisation within these hallowed, tangible pages.
So why the hell are you staring at a bog stock, 100 per cent completely as-it-left-Hiroshima Mazda RX-7?
Because times are a’changin’ son, that’s why.
Cars from the so-called ‘golden era’ of Japanese performance are rapidly becoming a hot commodity. Unless you’ve been living under a rock, the attainability has been on something of a decline, and as a result the appeal of unmolested examples has been going through the roof.
It’s given rise to something of a new appreciation for a crispy clean example of these machines we called
