Wild and Crazy Cars at SEMA 2009 November 16, 2009
Introduction
The SEMA Show — the biggest, craziest, and by far the most extravagant automotive trade show in the world. With more than 2,000 exhibitors, a million square feet of Las Vegas Convention…
Top Picks from the 2008 SEMA Show November 13, 2008
Introduction
Cram over 2,000 insanely customized cars and over 100,000 people into 2 million square-feet of Las Vegas Convention Center, and you have a recipe for the most glamorous, gigantic, exha…
If We Could Steal One Car from the 2008 SEMA Show November 13, 2008
The Siren
Awash in the finest cars money can buy, there are certain vehicles that call out to you as you pace the carpet at the SEMA show. This particular vehicle, a 1969 Chevrolet Camaro, was our Si…
Ladies Choice: Women at SEMA and Their Top Show Picks November 10, 2008
Let’s try something different
The Women of SEMA. How many times have you seen that gallery during the show? Women wearing clothing that looks like it was purchased at Baby Gap leaning up against so…
Top 5 Electronic Gadgets at the 2008 SEMA Show November 10, 2008
Knight Rider GPS by Mio
Company: Mio Technology
Phone: 510-252-6900
Website: www.mio.com/us
Description: Everybody who still has a mid-1980s Pontiac Trans Am must go out and buy this: the Knight R…
Cool Aftermarket Accessories at the 2008 SEMA Show November 10, 2008
The TaleGator
The TaleGator is what we call a "Why didn't I think of that" automotive accessory, and amazingly, TaleGator claims it is the only product of its kind on the market. With two air-cushion…
Free Trade: Top Imports at the 2008 SEMA Show November 07, 2008
Representing Korea: Hyundai Genesis by DUB Magazine
Until this year, it probably would have been unlikely to see DUB Magazine tackle a Hyundai, and maybe this gallery would have contained a slammed S…
Celebrities at the 2008 SEMA Show November 07, 2008
Funkmaster Flex / Nelly
Rap battle between Funkmaster Flex and Nelly? R&B duet among two hip-hop majors? Not quite. The two were recounting how Funkmaster Flex came to build a customized Ford Flex fo…
Ludicrously Expensive Cars at the 2008 SEMA Show November 07, 2008
Ghostbusters ECTO-1 by Sony Xplod, +$250,000
Sony could have loaded up a Cadillac Escalade with amps, tweeters, and an LCD screen in the gas cap door to show off their Xplod audio gear. The child in …
That Ain't Right: The Dark Side of SEMA November 06, 2008
I thought Halloween was over?
Candy-coat paint jobs are often very attractive. Take the phrase too literally and you get just that: a car that looks like a piece of candy, or in this case, candy corn…
Riding High: Trucks at the 2008 SEMA Show November 05, 2008
2008 Audi Q7 by PPI Automotive
There are a lot of ridiculous body kits at SEMA. Front spoilers on cars so big they actually disturb weather patterns when they speed by. Spoilers so tall that PETA b…
Green Cars at the 2008 SEMA Show November 05, 2008
Toyota "Zimbra" Prius Hybrid
Well, that about does it. The Lamborghini-door trend is officially over. After someone put Lamborghini doors on an Ox, the only thing left to try it out on was a Toyota P…
Dodge Challengers at the 2008 SEMA Show November 05, 2008
Dodge Challenger SRT10 Concept
You knew Phish was going to get back together, you knew Rocky V was going to be terrible, and you knew sooner or later someone would drop a Dodge Viper V-10 engine in a…