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.

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.

Local and international drivers have been interviewed such as Ken Block, Rhys Millen, Mike Whiddett, Sébastien Loeb, Linkin Park/Fort Minor and Nathalie Kelly (from Fast n Furious Tokyo Drift), Readers' letters, a technical question and answer section, equipment information, CD/DVD/game reviews, and a lifestyle section with clothing and related culture.

In issue 144 readers were invited to Photoshop a Chevrolet Volt into a Pro Import drag racing vehicle.

Previous featured cars have included a Jaguar, a Buick, a Nash Metropolitan, and several types of minitruck.

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 purchase books and DVDs related to the magazine's content, as well as back issues and subscriptions in the online shop.

It features New Zealand racetracks in a time trial format Midnight Sting is a shoot 'em up whereby players protect their ride from damage in a dark alley.

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.

The third Super Lap returned to Taupo Motorsport Park in 2008 where Kreyl suffered mechanical problems and failed to place.

Toured throughout in New Zealand in 2007, the NZ Bikini Model Search culminated in a grand final in Auckland.

[7] In June 2008, editorial assistant Peter Kelly organised a meeting in Hamilton to scout for feature cars.