Aftermarket/Tuning
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Chevrolet has released information on the four Camaros it is bringing to this week's SEMA show in Las Vegas, and here's the skinny. First up, we have the Synergy Series 2011 Camaro. Chevy is going to be releasing a special-edition Camaro every year, with each car showing different approaches to aftermarket customization. These cars will be part of the Synergy Series. The series started with the 2010 Synergy Green Camaro, and due to that car's popularity, Chevy has decided to extend the series. The 2011 edition is based on the Camaro Chroma, which was first shown at last year's SEMA show. The...
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2010 SEMA Preview: Jake Edition Corvette Grand SportSEMA is revving up ahead of the first official show day starting tomorrow, and Chevrolet has opened the floodgates on its "surprises." First up we have the "Jake Edition" Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport. Based on the standard Corvette Coupe, the Grand Sport adds a dry-sump version of the LS3 engine...
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2010 SEMA Preview: Toyota And Lexus Prepare An Armada
Two kinds of cars will be making their debut from Toyota and Lexus at this year's SEMA show: the NASCAR-inspired Camry, which is focused on performance, and the rest. The rest is composed of hybrid Lexus vehicles slammed, stanced, and body-kitted to present the most street-worthy image possible...
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Camaro Beating Challenger And Mustang In Hottest SEMA Car Vote
For the first time ever, SEMA is running an awards contest for "hottest" vehicle, and the Camaro is beating both the Ford Mustang and the Dodge Challenger in the voting. The votes are submitted through SEMA's website, and SEMA officials are saying that the Camaro leads the voting by a large margin...
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Preview: Ford Mustangs At SEMA
There will be plenty of ponies in Las Vegas next week at the annual SEMA show, as Ford plans to bring nine modified Mustangs to the show. Nine. That's right, enough Mustangs to field a baseball team, if cars could play baseball (Forgive the metaphor, but it is late in the workday). The first...
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2010 SEMA Preview: Mummbles Marketing 2011 Hyundai Equus
The 2011 Hyundai Equus was just priced earlier this month, and alreday Hyundai is building hype for the car, with next week's SEMA show as an early focal point . The latest addition to the modded-Equus fold? One from Mummbles Marketing. Despite the unfortunate name, the Mummbles Marketing Equus...
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Leave it to the upcoming SEMA show to bring out some interesting custom concepts. When the Chevrolet Camaro was reborn recently, there was no Pontiac Firebird version, primarily since Pontiac ceased existence as a company as part of General Motor's bankruptcy reorganization. But even if Pontiac stuck around, GM never appeared to have any serious plans for a new Firebird on the drawing board. Enter Heide Performance Products, or HPP for short. The company is bringing a pair of modified Camaros--one that pays homage to the late Firebird--to SEMA next week. HPP has turned a Camaro into a...
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2010 SEMA Coverage Preview
Tuners, fans of highly modified cars, outrageous horsepower junkies, and lovers of everything aftermarket will soon have their annual Tunerpalooza in the form of the 2010 Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) show. Far from just a one-off custom car show, however, OEM involvement has grown...
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First 2011 Shelby GT350s Ready For Sale
The first production 2011 Shelby GT350s began rolling off the line last week, and based on photos posted on Mustangs Daily, it appears that the first units to hit the streets have the Whipple-supercharged Ford Racing package. This version adds $7,000 to the car's cost, but as MD points out, Motor...
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The Conversation That Led To Mariah Carey's Hot Pink Porsche Cayenne
You know what? We are not on top of everything. For example, we just found out that Selma Blair and Neve Campbell are different people. And apparently, the Olsen Twins can't feel one another's pain. And, pull tabs on sodas? WHERE DID THEY GO YOU GUYS? Also, according to our colleagues at Celebrity...
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SEMA 2010: Hyundai Genesis Coupe Gets ARK-ed
The 2010 SEMA show comes to Las Vegas at the end of October, but Hyundai's getting ahead of the aftermarket action by releasing these sketches of its Genesis Coupe, as re-envisioned by ARK Performance of South Korea. ARK's Genesis kit takes the basic 306-horsepower, 3.8-liter V-6 found in the Coupe...
Martin Padgett
