Here is the story of Smokey Nagata and the long shadow he has cast ... However, not just any modified car gets to wear gold –- only those that have Nagata's personal seal of approval.

JDM enthusiasts know of the legend of Smokey Nagata, but not the man himself. For those who do follow him closely, a group of ...

At around 4am on November 4, 1998, Kazuhiko ‘Smokey’ Nagata pulled off the ... For younger audiences, Max Power was a modified car mag like no other. Along with Gatso jousting, car park ...

If you grew up watching ‘Smokey’ Nagata ... before going crazy on the mods. After adding twin turbos and nitrous oxide, the V12 Supra puts out a claimed 943PS. Nagata’s exploits include ...

Lots of infamy was bred from the 1990s Japanese modified car scene, among it an outfit by the name of Top Secret. You may have heard about the exploits of company boss ‘Smokey’ Nagata in his ...

The car features a meticulously crafted V12 engine, delivering extraordinary power and propelling it to incredible speeds. Smokey Nagata fine-tuned the Supra to handle the immense power ...

Smokey Nagata is also known for taking out arguably the best engine (2JZ) from a Toyota Supra and replacing it with the better variant, an RB26. For lovers of early JDM race cars, this car is the ...

Kazuhiko 'Smokey' Nagata is one of the most infamous car tuners to come out of Japan which is quite a bold statement when you consider that, well, the entire tuning scene of the late '90s and ...

Smith remembers Max Power being the biggest car magazine in Europe, full stop, modified or not ... from Chav-branded cars to reporting on Smokey Nagata's famous 197 mile per hour run on the ...

By day, Kazuhiko “Smokey” Nagata worked at Trust, the parent company for GReddy, but by night he worked on engineering parts for his own cars and eventually taking on projects for others under ...

Not many people know who Smokey Nagata is, but mention the word twin-turbo V12 Supra ... at Trust tuning and after a while secretly started working on parts for his car and those of others behind the ...

If you're at all familiar with the over-the-top greatness that Kazuhiko "Smoky" Nagata has birthed from Top ... If you've seen this car on the web somewhere, it's probably referred to as a C210 ...