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Written by Ollie Kew
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 flagship: a gold-painted, 900bhp Toyota Supra. In the winter of 1999, he shipped his ultra-modded Supra to the UK, and set about smearing the south of England in rubber from tortured rear tyres. When that became boring, he hit a claimed 197mph on a stretch of the A1 M motorway in the Midlands at 4am. In the rain. Arrested and deported shortly afterward, the Top Secret Supra unofficially holds the dubious record of the fastest speed ever reached by a car on a public highway in Britain. Needless to say, it"s not something you should go looking to beat.However, if you"d like a slice of that era of Japanese tuning madness, we have good news. The Top Secret Supra is up four auction in Japan, albeit in a guise even more extreme than during its illegal activity on British soil.
Date written: 15 Dec 2017
More of this article on the Top gear website
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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 flagship: a gold-painted, 900bhp Toyota Supra. In the winter of 1999, he shipped his ultra-modded Supra to the UK, and set about smearing the south of England in rubber from tortured rear tyres. When that became boring, he hit a claimed 197mph on a stretch of the A1 M motorway in the Midlands at 4am. In the rain. Arrested and deported shortly afterward, the Top Secret Supra unofficially holds the dubious record of the fastest speed ever reached by a car on a public highway in Britain. Needless to say, it"s not something you should go looking to beat.However, if you"d like a slice of that era of Japanese tuning madness, we have good news. The Top Secret Supra is up four auction in Japan, albeit in a guise even more extreme than during its illegal activity on British soil.
Date written: 15 Dec 2017
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 10287
