2012 V8SuperTourer season
The 2012 V8SuperTourer season is a motor racing championship for touring cars held in New Zealand. It began on 17 February at Hampton Downs Motorsport Park and ended on the 25 November at Powerbuilt Tools Raceway, Ruapuna after seven rounds. All cars use a chassis built by Paul Ceprnich of Pace Innovations in Australia, and are powered a Mosler 7-litre engine.
While the chassis and engines are the same, the cars can 'wear' body panels from any suitable model. So far, cars have appeared as either the Ford Falcon or Holden Commodore, but the chassis are a generic enough shape that a manufacturer such as Toyota or BMW could likely fit their bodywork to a Supertourer chassis and race as Lexus or 5 Series model.
16 cars were confirmed to run in the inaugural season. The V8SuperTourer also confirmed an exclusive broadcasting deal with TV3 to screen all of the races live on the Gillette Motorsport show.
Teams and drivers
The following teams and drivers competed during the 2012 V8SuperTourer season.| Team | Vehicle | No | Driver | Co-driver | Rounds |
| International Motorsport | Ford Falcon | 2 |  Jonny Reid | Wade Cunningham | All |
| International Motorsport | Ford Falcon | 32 | Mitch Cunningham |  Dean Canto | 5–7 |
| International Motorsport | Ford Falcon | 96 | Ant Pedersen | Matt Halliday Alex Davison | All |
| Knight Motorsport | Ford Falcon | 5 | Andy Knight | 1–4 | |
| Edgell Performance Racing | Holden Commodore | 8 | Tim Edgell | Nick Chester Chris van der Drift | All |
| MPC Motorsport | Holden Commodore | 12 | Geoff Emery |  Christian Klien Steve Owen | 1–2, 4–7 |
| MPC Motorsport | Holden Commodore | 93 | Scott McLaughlin | Jonathon Webb | 1–2, 4–7 |
| M3 Racing | Holden Commodore | 10 | Richard Moore | Owen Kelly | All |
| M3 Racing | Holden Commodore | 15 | Paul Manuell | Scott Harrison John Penny | All |
| M3 Racing | Holden Commodore | 51 | Greg Murphy Fabian Coulthard Nick Cassidy | Jack Perkins | 1, 3–4, 6–7 2 5 |
| AV8 Motorsport | Holden Commodore | 22 | Andre Heimgartner Gene Rollinson |  Paul Morris Andy Booth | All 6 |
| AV8 Motorsport | Holden Commodore | 23 | Andy Booth | Tony D'Alberto | All |
| M2 Racing | Holden Commodore | 26 | Simon McLennan | Craig Innes Cameron Waters | 5–7 |
| PSR Racing | Ford Falcon | 27 | Craig Baird George Miedecke | Chris Pither | All |
| Tasman Motorsports Group | Ford Falcon | 31 | Daniel Gaunt | Andrew Waite | 4–7 |
| John McIntyre Racing | Ford Falcon | 47 | John McIntyre | Jono Lester | All |
| John McIntyre Racing | Ford Falcon | 556 70 | Steven Richards | Will Bamber Scott Harrison Dominic Storey | All |
| Racing Projects | Ford Falcon | 66 | Colin Corkery |  Jeroen Bleekemolen | 1–3, 5–7 |
| Eddie Bell Racing | Ford Falcon | 69 | Eddie Bell | Luke Youlden Will Bamber | All |
| Farmer Racing Services | Holden Commodore | 99 | Kayne Scott | Simon Evans | All |
| Angus Fogg Racing | Holden Commodore | 247 | Angus Fogg | Hugh Gardiner | 4–7 |
Notes:
- – Scott Harrison was Paul Manuell's co-driver for Round 5 at Taupo, and John Penny was driving with Manuell at Pukekohe and Ruapuna.
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