He is the man and the mind behind the exponential rise of the car customization industry, who is rising high with his passion, grit and self-belief.
It is very surreal to know about stories that go beyond the usual, stories that infuse the right kind of energies in others and inspire others in ways more than one. Individuals, who have risen their way to the top from creating their stories from the ground up, go ahead in creating milestones in their careers. The world of car customization might have seen many individuals and companies, but one successful journey has been creating a lot of buzz in the automotive industry for the diligence and dynamism of the owner; he is Naveed Barugzai Khan from Bradford, United Kingdom (UK)
Naveed Barugzai Khan is today an award-winning automotive artist whose life’s journey is no less than a movie, where he faced many difficulties and struggles in his early days to reach where he is at today. This man has given more than 25 years to the car customization industry, the one who once belonged to a deprived neighbourhood and rose above all the negativities of life to create his unique niche in the entrepreneurial world with his love and passion for cars and their customization work.
His journey started around the age of 14-15 in his buck garden. By the age of 15, he already owned a car but couldn’t afford to buy body kits. Hence, he modified plastic pieces from the garbage, made spoilers and additional add on things to put in his vehicle. This somewhere created his enthusiasm and love for car customization and started with customizing the cars of his neighbours and friends. To work upon his passion, he went to pursue studies in the same in college, where one of his tutors John Thornham taught him the way of car body repairs and painting. However, Naveed also learned more skills practically, working in small garages to pick up the trade and continued working at his back garden for customizing and repairing vehicles .
In college, this car enthusiastic excelled great and was awarded the Student of the Year in London in the House of Parliament by the ministers. This further ignited the fire in him to take on his dreams. He continued working in places where he exceeded his own and his employee’s expectations and grew rapidly into management positions by the age of 22. He decided to start his own garage for his quest to start something of his own and to master the tricks of the trade. Hence, Naveed Khan rented a small garage in Bradford UK. He slowly grew the business, where customers came to him seeing the passion he had for his work, the focus on quality and the pride he took in his work.
As he saw his business growing, Naveed Khan took a larger garage and employed more people. He divided his business in repairing damaged vehicles and the other half for car customisations where they modified cars, spoilers, alloy wheels, body kits, car interiors etc. However, his I’ve the years his business went more towards car customization and since then, Naveed Barugzai Khan has never looked back. Now he is a world traveller, customizing cars across countries, which has made him a worldwide car customizer.
He started the sister company named “Barugzai” for manufacturing his own product line of car accessories, body kits, alloy wheels for premium SUVs and 4x4s for the likes of cars likes of Range Rovers, Porsches, Rolls Royce, Mercedes G wagons and many other supercars. Enkahnz, which is based in England, is now recognized worldwide. They are currently ina state of the art 20,000 sq. ft workshop with high tech machinery, welding equipments, spray paint booths, upholstery machines to work on the most luxurious cars of the world.
The new age entrepreneur and automotive artist is currently focusing on taking his artistic flair of car customisation around the globe.
Where will he take the Enkahnz and Barugzai brand next ?
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