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• SEMA Scraps: 15-series tire from Nexen barely holds air

  —Autoblog

  

  Filed under: SEMA Show, Etc.

  
  Nexen 365/15-24 tire - Click above for image gallery
  While in Vegas for SEMA this year, we did our best to concentrate on the cars... and occasionally their hostesses. We deliberately stayed away from the thousands of [...]

  Posted: November 13, 2009, 1:02pm EST
  by Frank Filipponio

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• Greener LS3 Crate Engine Into 1955 Chevy

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  Since yesterday’s Ford street rod was so well received, I think it’s time to give Chevy their due. The General Motors division, in addition to bringing along a raft of custom Camaros to this year’s SEMA show, also produced along a [...]

  Posted: November 12, 2009, 4:10pm EST
  by Tony Borroz

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• 2011 GMC Sierra Denali Heavy Duty [Spied]

  —Leftlane News

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  Until now, the GMC Sierra Denali has only been available as a luxury light-duty pickup with a 6.2-liter V-8 gasoline engine. Then, at the 2007 SEMA Show, GMC showed off a diesel-powered Heavy Duty Denali concept, strongly suggesting it wanted to go head-to-head with Ford’s top-of-the-line King Ranch Super Duty. [...]

  Posted: November 12, 2009, 8:59am EST
  by Drew Johnson

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• [VIDEO] SEMA 2009: Camaro's John Fitzpatrick Shows Off The Genuine Corvette Accessories Display

  —Corvette: Sales, News & Lifestyle

  Camaro's Marketing Manger John Fitzpatrick was working the floor at the SEMA show last week when our Man in Vegas showed up. Fitzpatrick was gracious to give us a tour of the new Genuine Corvette Accessories on display. Showcasing many of the new accessories is a Cyber Gray 2010 Corvette [...]

  Posted: November 09, 2009, 11:25pm EST
  

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• High School Hot Rodder at SEMA Show

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  Race Safro played hooky from high school last week. Well, actually, the 16-year-old junior at Highland High School in Albuquerque, N.M., was away on a business trip. Mr. Safro was in Las Vegas at the Specialty Equipment Market Association automotive aftermarket trade show, where two cars he built were on [...]

  Posted: November 09, 2009, 11:32am EST
  by By Larry Edsall

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• SEMA 2009: eVARO plug-in hybrid three-wheeler debuts, returns

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  Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, SEMA Show, Green Daily

  
  eVaro - Click above for high-res image gallery
  If the eVaro from Future Vehicles Technologies pictured above looks familiar, then perhaps you've been following the development of the Alé. A reddish orange Alé,' [...]

  Posted: November 09, 2009, 10:01am EST
  by Sebastian Blanco

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• Best Display at SEMA Last Week: Roland Sands Design

  —Straightline

  

  The SEMA show had its share of hits and misses last week. From bitchin rotary-powered Miata hardtops to plenty of Camaro catastrophes, there was something for everyone.

  Out of all the displays, however, this one was our favorite. Roland Sands Designs [...]

  Posted: November 09, 2009, 6:27am EST
  by Ed Hellwig

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• SEMA 2009: Gran Turismo Best in Show is the Trans-Cammer Mustang

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  Filed under: Aftermarket, SEMA Show, Coupe, Performance, Ford

  
  Philip Koenen's "Trans-Cammer" 1970 Ford Mustang. Click above for high-res image gallery
  
  Phillip Koenen brought a really gorgeous, miles-deep-black, 1970 Mustang to SEMA and came away with another fine piece of hardware:The [...]

  Posted: November 07, 2009, 10:33am EST
  by Frank Filipponio

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• SEMA 2009: Booth Professionals are anything but stock

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  Filed under: SEMA Show, Etc.

  
  Lisa Angeline, aka Catwoman - Click above for high-res image gallery
  This year's SEMA show in Las Vegas didn't have quite the gravitas of years past, as the state of the economy and the automotive industry in particular seemed' [...]

  Posted: November 06, 2009, 8:00pm EST
  by Frank Filipponio

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• SEMA 2009: What we didn't get to cover

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  Filed under: Concept Cars, Motorsports, SEMA Show, Classics, Performance, Etc., Motorcycle, Humor, Specialty, Design/Style, Off-Road

  
  2009 SEMA Show Las Vegas - Click above for high-res image gallery
  Every year at SEMA, we [...]

  Posted: November 06, 2009, 7:30pm EST
  by Frank Filipponio

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• SEMA 2009: Chevy Graphics Camaro not bashful about changing in public

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  Filed under: SEMA Show, Coupe, Performance, Etc., Chevrolet

  
  2010 Chevrolet Camaro graphics options - Click above for high-res image gallery
  Chevrolet decided that it might be fun to have a contest to pick out a new decal pack for its [...]

  Posted: November 06, 2009, 5:30pm EST
  by Frank Filipponio

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• SEMA 2009: Galpin builds custom '69 Mustang right on the show floor

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  Filed under: Aftermarket, SEMA Show, Classics, Performance, Ford

  
  Galpin Auto Sports '69 Mustang build - Click above for high-res image gallery
  While those of us in the media walked around the show floor at SEMA looking for the [...]

  Posted: November 06, 2009, 4:57pm EST
  by Drew Phillips

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• SEMA 2009: Knee-high tri-axle pickup by Air-Zenith is down and (not so) dirty

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  Filed under: Aftermarket, SEMA Show, Convertible, Truck, Specialty

  
  Air-Zenith custom pickup - Click above for high-res image gallery
  We're not exactly sure what this used to be in its former life, but it all kinds of cool in its current' [...]

  Posted: November 06, 2009, 4:39pm EST
  by Frank Filipponio

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• SEMA 2009: 1951 Henry J gasser is a 7-second blast from the past

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  Filed under: Aftermarket, Motorsports, SEMA Show, Coupe, Performance

  
  1951 Kaiser Henry J - Click above for high-res image gallery
  Here's another black beauty that caught our attention in the halls of SEMA 2009. It's a 1951 Kaiser Henry J owned and [...]

  Posted: November 06, 2009, 4:20pm EST
  by Frank Filipponio

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• SEMA 2009: The rest of the best at the Ford display

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  Filed under: Aftermarket, SEMA Show, Ford

  
  The rest of the Ford display - Click above for high-res image gallery
  SEMA is an interesting show. We go in knowing full well that 60-75% of the cars we'll be walking past and/or covering are just' [...]

  Posted: November 06, 2009, 3:39pm EST
  by Jonny Lieberman

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• SEMA 2009: The Chevrolet Camaro 'splosion!!!

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  Filed under: Aftermarket, SEMA Show, Coupe, Performance, Chevrolet

  
  Every 2010 Chevrolet Camaro we could find at SEMA - Click above for high-res image gallery
  In past years at SEMA, there has always been a single vehicle that seems to be the [...]

  Posted: November 06, 2009, 3:20pm EST
  by Drew Phillips

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• SEMA 2009: Pinkee's ignites lust for a Pontiac Firebird

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  Filed under: Aftermarket, SEMA Show, Classics, Coupe, Performance, Pontiac

  
  1977 Pontiac FireBird by Pinkee's Rod Shop - Click above for high-res image gallery
  This year's SEMA show might have been a bit smaller than in years past, but there [...]

  Posted: November 06, 2009, 2:20pm EST
  by Frank Filipponio

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• SEMA 2009: Blackout Bentley balances the bad

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  Filed under: Aftermarket, SEMA Show, Coupe, Performance, Bentley

  
  2008 Bentley Continental custom - Click above for high-res image gallery
  It seems that matte black is the new black this year at SEMA, especially if you broaden if to gray and slip [...]

  Posted: November 06, 2009, 1:59pm EST
  by Frank Filipponio

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• SEMA 2009: Meguiars Wraptivo brings vinyl car wraps to the masses

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  Filed under: Aftermarket, SEMA Show, Etc.

  Meguiars Wraptivo - Click above for high-res image gallery
  When we think of vinyl wraps, we usually picture flat-billed baseball caps worn by tattooed dude-bros driving lifted pickups with the latest energy drink plastered on the sides. Or [...]

  Posted: November 06, 2009, 1:39pm EST
  by Damon Lavrinc

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• SEMA 2009: Ford SVT Raptor even more appealing with 6.2-liter V8

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  Filed under: SEMA Show, Truck, Ford, Off-Road

  
  2010 Ford SVT Raptor with 6.2-liter V8 - Click above for high-res image gallery
  If Ford had only offered the 5.4-liter V8 in the SVT Raptor and called it a day, we doubt anyone would [...]

  Posted: November 06, 2009, 12:59pm EST
  by Drew Phillips

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• SEMA 2009: We expected a Camaro Convertible, but got two

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  Filed under: Aftermarket, SEMA Show, Convertible, Performance, Chevrolet

  
  2010 Chevrolet Camaro Convertible by Drop Top Customs - Click above for high-res image gallery
  When we received the press release from Drop Top Customs saying that they would be bringing a [...]

  Posted: November 06, 2009, 12:40pm EST
  by Frank Filipponio

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• VIDEO: Ford press conference yields surprise $650 car announcement

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  Filed under: Videos, Ford, Humor

  Ford makes surprise $650 car announcement - click above image to watch the video
  Between the hysteria of this week's SEMA Show and Chrysler's never-ending (and partially baffling) revelations yesterday, a shocking announcement by Ford' [...]

  Posted: November 06, 2009, 12:20pm EST
  by Jonny Lieberman

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• SEMA 2009: Meet the world's most desirable Lexus RX450h by Branew

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  Filed under: Lexus, SEMA Show

  Branew Lexus RX450h - click above image to view hi-res gallery
  Let me be blunt: I don't like luxury crossovers. At all. It's a niche with no appeal to me whatsoever. Not a car, not a truck - just a fat' [...]

  Posted: November 06, 2009, 9:08am EST
  by AutoblogGreen Staff

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• G.M. Pulls Out an Old Chevy to Present a Crate Engine

  —Wheels

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  The carmaker's presence at the SEMA Show was significantly reduced compared with last year, with its display cut in half and fewer customized vehicles per square foot. [...]

  Posted: November 06, 2009, 7:30am EST
  by By Rex Roy

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• SEMA 2009: Progressive Automotive X-Prize Contenders

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  Filed under: SEMA Show, Automotive X-Prize

  
  EVI Wave2 Progressive Automotive X-Prize contender - Click above for high-res image gallery
  For us polar ice cap haters, we generally think of the competitors in this kind of thing as a bunch of ultra-light, tofu-fueled playthings for [...]

  Posted: November 05, 2009, 7:58pm EST
  by Frank Filipponio

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• Making Green Cool Zone -- AKA: Where Cars Go to Get Ugly

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  So there I was walking the halls of the SEMA show when, from nowhere at all, I was assaulted by a hogpen of ugly cars. Turns out, every one of these nasties was there to "make green cool." Or at least that's what the banner said. [...]

  Posted: November 05, 2009, 7:22pm EST
  by Josh Jacquot

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• AskPatty Attends the 2009 SEMA Show!

  —Ask Patty

  The Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) show is one of the biggest events of the automotive industry each year. Held at the Las Vegas Convention Center, it is attended by more than 100,000 industry leaders from around the world who amass to participate [...]

  Posted: November 05, 2009, 7:05pm EST
  by AskPatty - Automotive Advice for Women

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• SEMA 2009: Wicked Chevelle isn't as fuelish as it seems

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  Filed under: Diesel, Chevrolet, SEMA Show, Green Daily

  
  1970 Duramax Chevrolet Chevelle custom - Click above for high-res image gallery
  The clean exterior of this 1970 Chevelle hides a wicked little secret. If you take a look at the photo above, you'll' [...]

  Posted: November 05, 2009, 6:01pm EST
  by Frank Filipponio

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• SEMA 2009: Mavizen introduces 130-mph TTX02 electric racebike

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  Filed under: EV/Plug-in, SEMA Show, On Two Wheels, Racing

  
  Mavizen TTX02 - Click above to enlarge
  Right on schedule, Mavizen has released its TTX02 electric motorcycle at the SEMA Show in Las Vegas. Well, if you listen to Azhar Hussain, TTXGP founder [...]

  Posted: November 05, 2009, 5:04pm EST
  by Jeremy Korzeniewski

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• 'Green' and Pony Cars on the Same Stage at SEMA Show

  —Wheels

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  The automotive after-market parts and accessories industry, which holds its biggest gathering annually at the Specialty Equipment Market Association's trade show, would appear to be still alive, if not quite as well as it used to be. [...]

  Posted: November 05, 2009, 4:49pm EST
  by By Jerry Garrett

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