It’s said that one hundred monkeys typing for eternity will eventually bang out the complete works of William Shakespeare. However, they will also come up with a whole bunch of other, um… stuff. Including the design brief for this thing. Yes friends, you are looking at a pickup truck... 

6-11-2009

Yeah… Toyota is painting this one as a what-would-happen if Tundras existed back during the hot rodding heyday of the 1950s. We’ll let you draw your own conclusions about that. However, we would like to take this opportunity to point out that the grill would have been chrome, not matte.... 

6-11-2009

While it might be tempting to dismiss the Lexus C (either the 250 or 350) as a bustled buttocksed luxury faux-sports car, Lexus implanted enough good handling (in the 250 C) and/or POWA! (in the 350 C) to make ‘em pretty much OK in our book. Still, this is SEMA — pretty much OK is never... 

6-11-2009

Saleen Performance Vehicles has finally given us our first live view of its 2010 S281 Mustang. Those initial pictures showed lots of potential, and our positive first impressions were confirmed when we saw the car in person. To put it bluntly, Saleen has perfectly hit the mark with their new design.... 

6-11-2009

In addition to announcing its plans to reinvigorate its participation in grassroots racing, Honda revealed two Mugen-accessorized models — a 2010 Accord Sedan and Fit — each outfitted with a range of parts available at dealers, but not a standalone model, ala Mugen Civic. While the... 

6-11-2009

After seeing some pretty incredible cars built by Ringbrothers over the past few years at SEMA, we couldn’t have had higher expectations for their newest vehicle dubbed “Afterburner”. Even so, we were absolutely floored by this latest creation after seeing it in person on the show... 

6-11-2009

We can’t believe it’s been just a year since Hurst unveiled its stunning white and gold Hemi Challenger. Since that time we’ve seen a few variations, including different color combinations and the Competition/Plus model, and we even got to see how the cars were built. Up to this... 

6-11-2009

We like subtle and we like power. But at SEMA the two are usually mutually exclusive. Usually. After laying eyes and hands all over the 2010 Chevrolet Camaro HPE700 LS9 and talking at length with John Hennessey, we think we’ve found our favorite Chevy of the show. We’ve been covering... 

5-11-2009

If someone hadn’t reread the Hyundai press release, we might have totally missed seeing the Genesis Coupe 2.0T R-Spec. Compared to the RM460 and other tuned Coupes in the booth, the R-Spec just didn’t sparkle enough for us to pursue it. And perhaps that’s the point. The 2.0T R-Spec... 

5-11-2009

Okay, this is so awesome it hurts. The guys at Legacy Innovations took a perfectly lovely but woefully underpowered 1959 Fiat 500 and turned it into a Fiat 7,000. The Fiat 500 is an iconic car, one with tremendous nostalgic charm, but it was never really much good as a car until they redid it a few... 

5-11-2009

The controversially-styled T/A Concept wasn’t the only car that Lingenfelter Performance Engineering brought out to SEMA this year. Yesterday the legendary performance company unveiled its 2010 Camaro SS, and we made sure to stop by the Hotchkis booth to see the car in person. With a modified... 

5-11-2009

It’s arrived. Finally. The wickedly awesome Rhys Millen Racing mid-engine V8 version the Hyundai Genesis Coupe is here, and it took every fiber of our being not to hop in and drive it off the SEMA show floor. The RM460 is why we’re in Sin City — it’s the embodiment of the... 

5-11-2009