Cars, American Style

LAS VEGAS – Luckily, not everything in Vegas STAYS in Vegas. Otherwise, no one would get to see, touch, appreciate and drive beauties like the Baldwin-Motion 1969 Camaro SuperCoupe. It’s a Chevy, kinda, though everything underneath is completely new. A new car with old style, now that’s SEMA, just as the annual festival of auto freaks and fans would be lacking if the one and only Jay Leno failed to make an appearance. The comic’s well-known preference for motor oil is a given, but with the addition of a specially-built ’32 Roadster, his is a garage that must be bursting at the seams with dream cars from virtually every generation. And it’s not just a looker: the roadster creates 508-horsepower out of the Chevrolet Corvette’s LS7 V8 engine.

Celebrities – humph.
Take the good students at Washentaw College in Michigan, certifiedMidwestern gearheads who spent their summer overhauling a breathtakingly beautiful 1970 Chevelle. Thanks to the “Oh So Orange” paint, the 620-horsepower V8 engine and an interior that takes you back in time, the real point of the all this Vegas madness comes shining through: kids building a car, making it beautiful, for really no other reason than to celebrate the romance between Americans and their cars.