NZV8 (magazine)
NZV8 is a monthly automotive magazine and website that focuses on V8 cars, car clubs and the related culture predominantly in New Zealand, but also Australia and the United States.
The magazine's readership was 96,000 in 2011. It was the third automotive magazine to be published by Parkside Media, the other two being NZ Performance Car and NZ Classic Car.
NZV8's offices are in Grey Lynn, Auckland, New Zealand. The magazine's tagline was originally Feel the power. It was changed in issue 32 to ''NZ's top circuit, strip and street machines.''
Content
[Image:NZV8 Cover Issue 42.jpg|thumb|Issue 42][Image:NZV8 Cover Issue 1.jpg|thumb|Issue 1 of NZV8]
As of the December 2008 issue, the typical magazine contents include:
- Feature car reviews
- Event overviews
- New car and car tuner news from around the world
- Driver interviews
- Editor and contributor columns
- Scale model reviews
- Book reviews
- Events calendar
- Drag racing records
- Readers’ letters
Website
Daily news articles are available weekdays which are additional to magazine content. Full magazine articles are available from previous issues, often including additional photos and information that could not be fitted into the magazine. Some writers run blogs on the website, and a forum is run as a subsite to encourage user interaction.Users can purchase books related to muscle cars, Pony cars, V8s and motorsport, as well as back issues and subscriptions in the online shop.
;Online games
Jetsprint Legends is the first game in the world to feature jet boat racing on New Zealand's jet boat tracks.