NZ Performance Car TV
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NZ Performance Car TV is a free-to-airFree-to-air
Free-to-air describes television and radio services broadcast in clear form, allowing any person with the appropriate receiving equipment to receive the signal and view or listen to the content without requiring a subscription or one-off fee...
television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
program in its eighth series, produced in-house by Parkside Media
Parkside Media
Parkside Media is New Zealand's 2nd largest independent publisher representing 2% of the magazine market. Its offices are in Grey Lynn, Auckland. Established late in 1990 it is owned by Greg Vincent....
. It has had airtime on TV ONE, TV2, TV3, Prime and Sky Sports, often with several networks simultaneously which is unique in its genre. Each series consists of 13 episodes. Two series are usually screened per year. It is also available via TVNZ ondemand
TVNZ ondemand
TVNZ ondemand is a New Zealand online television viewing and downloading service offered by Television New Zealand in 2007. It offers a variety of free content, such as news updates and programmes seen on TVNZ channels .TVNZ ondemand has been featured in some newspapers and radio interviews because...
.
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.
The show builds on the NZ Performance Car
NZ Performance Car
NZ Performance Car is a monthly automobile magazine and website, and is the biggest selling automotive and men’s lifestyle magazine in New Zealand.As Parkside Media’s second title, it has eclipsed the success of NZ Classic Car...
magazine brand, featuring similar content.
Show content
- DriftingDrifting (motorsport)Drifting refers to a driving technique and to a motorsport where the driver intentionally over steers, causing loss of traction in the rear wheels through turns, while maintaining vehicle control and a high exit speed...
- Drag racingDrag racingDrag racing is a competition in which specially prepared automobiles or motorcycles compete two at a time to be the first to cross a set finish line, from a standing start, in a straight line, over a measured distance, most commonly a ¼-mile straight track....
- Import car culture
- Event coverage
- Driver interviews
- Modified car features
- Tech and tuning tips
- Competitions
The show’s content reflects the seasonal nature of the scene in New Zealand. Series filmed in winter tend to feature more modified cars and less motorsport; series filmed in summer feature more motorsport
Motorsport
Motorsport or motorsports is the group of sports which primarily involve the use of motorized vehicles, whether for racing or non-racing competition...
and less modified cars.
Series overview
The series has endured much criticism because of its niche nature, including presenters and their ties to the scene, content choice and timeslots (each series had a different timeslot and sometimes a different channel or network).Series 8
Series 8 saw a return to a regular timeslot within Sunday afternoon’s Powerbuilt Tools Motorsport on TV ONE, with a longer more adult-themed show which aired late night on TV2.Presenters Dan Gibson and Craig ‘Puka’ Linn.
Series 5
Series 5 featured well-known TV presenter Brooke Howard-SmithBrooke Howard-Smith
Brooke Howard-Smith is a New Zealand broadcaster. He is currently married to Amber Peebles who is a former Miss New Zealand and presents for MTV.Brooke owned a bar in Auckland, New Zealand called The Pony Club...
. As Howard-Smith is a TV3 presenter, when NZ Performance Car TV moved to TVNZ for Series 6, he was replaced.
Series 3
Frank Liew, noted Auto Salon judge with deep involvement in the import car scene, presented series 3.Controversy
NZ Performance Car TV, like NZ Performance Car magazine has typically been criticised by groups not in favour of import car culture, or those concerned about ‘boy racer’ activity.Series 8 focused much more on motorsport, covering the NZ Drift Series
NZ Drift Series
The NZ Drift Series is a five-round motorsport series organised by Parkside Media, publisher of NZ Performance Car magazine. Competing against D1NZ it has achieved greater success because of NZ Performance Car and NZ Performance Car TV's marketing power....
in New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
, drifting overseas, drag racing in New Zealand and Australia (e.g. Jamboree 18 from Willowbank Raceway
Willowbank Raceway
Willowbank Raceway is a drag racing facility in Queensland, Australia. It is located approximately 30 - 45 minutes drive west of Brisbane. It is part of the Ipswich Motorsport Precinct, which includes a kart racing track; Ipswich Sprint Racing Circuit, a short circuit dirt racetrack; Ipswich Motor...
and Super Lap
Super Lap
Super Lap is a time attack motorsport event. Super Lap events are being held in Australia and New Zealand.The inaugural Superlap Australia Superlap Australia event was held at the Oran Park Raceway in July 2008...
from Taupo Motorsport Park
Taupo Motorsport Park
Taupo Motorsport Park is a motorsports circuit located in Broadlands Road, Taupo, New Zealand. It is owned and operated by MIT Development Ltd....
, including interviews with and profiles of drivers such as Daniel Woolhouse
Daniel Woolhouse
Daniel 'Fanga Dan' Woolhouse is a drifting driver from Whangarei, New Zealand. He has been drifting competitively since 2003 and was crowned the 2006 D1NZ champion...
and Carl Ruiterman
Carl Ruiterman
Carl Ruiterman is a drifting driver from Pukekohe, New Zealand. Carl was crowned the 2007 D1NZ champion driving a Nissan Silvia S14. He made his D1NZ debut during the 2005 season, driving a Nissan Skyline R32....
. Feature cars and other event coverage were still present, but the increased focus on motorsport marked a divergence from NZ Performance Car
NZ Performance Car
NZ Performance Car is a monthly automobile magazine and website, and is the biggest selling automotive and men’s lifestyle magazine in New Zealand.As Parkside Media’s second title, it has eclipsed the success of NZ Classic Car...
magazine content.