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Volkswagen CC Eco Performance Concept: Flashing Bling Ain’t VW’s Thing

While most cars at the SEMA Show can be characterised as chrome-dipped, gold-plated and diamante-encrusted examples of styling gone amok, it’s easy to forget that there are still a few show cars hidden in those giant Las Vegas halls that don’t provoke strong bouts of nausea.

Islands of common sense and tasteful restraint in a [...]

HKS Tuned Hyundai Genesis Coupe Appears At SEMA

With no less than seven tuned Hyundai Genesis Coupes on display at SEMA this year, there’s no shortage of bolt on bits to add more show and go to the Korean blaster. Of all the big names taking a spanner to Hyundai’s first foray into the RWD sports car segment, the HKS example looks (from [...]

Pontiac G8 ST Headed To SEMA

Joining the Pontiac G8 GXP Street concept at SEMA this year will be Pontiac’s version of our trusty SS ute, the G8 ST. This ’show special’ will reportedly be close to the production model slated for release in late 2009 and provides a glimpse into what options may be available when the G8 ST hits [...]

Pontiac G8 GXP Street Concept At SEMA

Much like our beloved Holden does just about every year down here in Australia, Pontiac will take the opportunity presented by SEMA to unveil a seriously slick street-worthy show special - the G8 GXP Street Concept (although Holden usually keeps its specials secret until the day of the unveiling).

Aesthetically, the GXP Street Concept bears a [...]

GM Gearing Up To Release LS9 Crate Motor

Crate motors. Is there anything more joyous than being able to flip through a catalogue, select a donk with the power output that best suits your tyre budget, wait a few weeks and then open your front door to see a brand-spanking-new, fully-assembled performance engine sitting on your patio? The guys and gals at GM [...]

Challenger, Ready! Dodge Gets Set For SEMA

Despite its various fiscal misfortunes and reputation for churning out soul-less and unexciting pickups and minivans, Chrysler did get at least two things right: it built the Dodge Viper way back in the 1990s, and earlier this year, it revived a long-dead nameplate and launched the beautiful, brawny and incredibly popular third-generation Challenger.

So then, what [...]

Fox Marketing and Artisan Preparing 600HP Lexus IS-F

SEMA patrons will have one more tricked-out vehicle to feast their collective eyes on this year, with American tuner Fox Marketing and Artisan (FMA) busily working on one of the numerous modified Lexus IS-Fs, expected to make an appearance at this year’s show.

While the visuals are certainly eye-catching, the stand-out feature for many will be [...]

HKS Tuned Hyundai Genesis Coupe Headed for SEMA

For those of you who don’t know, the Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) show in Las Vegas is one of the world’s largest automotive exhibitions, and is a Mecca for the performance aftermarket industry.

It’s also the perfect venue for automakers to show off what their cars are capable of after some third-party modification. Hyundai has [...]

Hyundai Genesis at SEMA: Rhys Millen Racing

Any suggestion that the upcoming Hyundai Genesis Coupe doesn’t have the potential to be one of the hottest coupes of the last decade has now officially been blown out of the water.

Rhys Millen Racing, the team owned by Formula D star Rhys Millen (which makes sense, really) has been commissioned by Hyundai to put together [...]

GM shoehorns the LS7 into the H3 Hummer

The Hummer H3 is currently selling up a storm in Australia, with a waiting list that was recently stretching back six months as buyers lined up for the well priced and very capable SUV. Not one to let a little thing like Global Warming get in the way of a good time, the General has [...]

Lotus Design Hotwheels Concept

Lotus have just released details of their latest concept car, the Hotwheels inspired Lotus which was a feature at the recent SEMA show in Las Vegas. Not your usual concept car, this one is a 1:5 scale model. A 1:64 scale version will become part of the Hotwheels toy car range.

Lotus have let on that [...]

Volvo S80 Concept by Heico Sportiv Official video

The Heico Sportiv Volvo that has stolen all of the limelight recently is the aluminium look S80 that like the C30 we’ve also featured was prepared for the SEMA show in Las Vegas. This video gives you an idea what was involved in taking a garden variety S80 and turning it into a shiny “metallic [...]