Hands down New Zealand has the most surprising car scene we’ve ever experienced — one moment you’re minding your own business, thinking you’re aware of all of the wild builds going on around Aotearoa, then BAM, a fresh one hits you right in the DMs. For four months, Ali Salehi had been building his dream Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R, which was just recently finished up, dialled in, and tuned by the GT-R gurus at ST Hi-Tec.
It wasn’t always Godzillas and Japanese performance cars for Ali, though — the love for them grew over time after driving, then owning, a Subaru WRX STI GC8. “After driving that car I loved how the car worked with barely any technology and how much potential those cars had, so I decided to sell that, then try more JDM cars and try to get into modifying
