By Gavin Knapp

The new SEMA Employment Outlook Report provides a broad overview of the industry’s hiring plans, recruiting challenges and employment environment.

What are the hot jobs available in the automotive specialty-equipment industry? The SEMA Employment Outlook Report is now available to answer that question.

With growth and change in the industry comes shifting demand for new talent. The new SEMA Employment Outlook Report provides a broad overview of the industry’s hiring plans, recruiting challenges and employment environment. Download this new report to see how your company’s recruitment plans compare to the industry.

For more information on the specialty-equipment market, the recently released 2016 SEMA Market Report can be downloaded at SEMA’s website.

Also, look for these upcoming SEMA Market Research reports:

• Pickup Truck Accessorization Report will be released September 15, 2016.
• U.S. Racing Market Report will be released October 13, 2016.

Thanks to SEMA’s partnership with Experian, the SEMA Member Vehicles in Operation (VIO) Counts Program enables the association to provide members with no-cost estimates of vehicles currently registered in the United States.

Check out all of SEMA’s market research reports online. 

By Gavin Knapp

The new SEMA Employment Outlook Report provides a broad overview of the industry’s hiring plans, recruiting challenges and employment environment.

What are the hot jobs available in the automotive specialty-equipment industry? The SEMA Employment Outlook Report is now available to answer that question.

With growth and change in the industry comes shifting demand for new talent. The new SEMA Employment Outlook Report provides a broad overview of the industry’s hiring plans, recruiting challenges and employment environment. Download this new report to see how your company’s recruitment plans compare to the industry.

For more information on the specialty-equipment market, the recently released 2016 SEMA Market Report can be downloaded at SEMA’s website.

Also, look for these upcoming SEMA Market Research reports:

• Pickup Truck Accessorization Report will be released September 15, 2016.
• U.S. Racing Market Report will be released October 13, 2016.

Thanks to SEMA’s partnership with Experian, the SEMA Member Vehicles in Operation (VIO) Counts Program enables the association to provide members with no-cost estimates of vehicles currently registered in the United States.

Check out all of SEMA’s market research reports online. 

This is the ’18 Volkswagen CC, caught for very the first time while hot-weather testing.

Expected to take lots of cues from the Sport Coupe Concept GTE from 2015, the next CC will take the European-market Passat and put a more seductive spin on it, just as the current model did back in 2008. The new CC will have a similar profile to the existing car, but the wheelbase should increase and the front should appear slimmer and wider, with options such as LED headlights expected. The prototype shows a short rear deck, but it's rumored the CC will become a liftback like the Audi A7.

Inside, the CC will also take a more upscale approach with features from the Euro Passat, such as a TFT instrument panel and full-length air vents. A production version of the gesture control system VW has previewed should debut here.

Powertrains should mimic what’s offered on the latest VWs, including 2.0 turbos and maybe a V6. A plug-in hybrid using the powertrain on the Passat GTE is expected to be offered at least in Europe, though it’s unclear whether it would be offered in the United States.

Expect the CC to appear at an auto show next year with a 2018 on-sale date.

Photo credit: Brian Williams, SpiedBilde

This is the ’18 Volkswagen CC, caught for very the first time while hot-weather testing.

Expected to take lots of cues from the Sport Coupe Concept GTE from 2015, the next CC will take the European-market Passat and put a more seductive spin on it, just as the current model did back in 2008. The new CC will have a similar profile to the existing car, but the wheelbase should increase and the front should appear slimmer and wider, with options such as LED headlights expected. The prototype shows a short rear deck, but it's rumored the CC will become a liftback like the Audi A7.

Inside, the CC will also take a more upscale approach with features from the Euro Passat, such as a TFT instrument panel and full-length air vents. A production version of the gesture control system VW has previewed should debut here.

Powertrains should mimic what’s offered on the latest VWs, including 2.0 turbos and maybe a V6. A plug-in hybrid using the powertrain on the Passat GTE is expected to be offered at least in Europe, though it’s unclear whether it would be offered in the United States.

Expect the CC to appear at an auto show next year with a 2018 on-sale date.

Photo credit: Brian Williams, SpiedBilde

This is the ’18 Volkswagen CC, caught for very the first time while hot-weather testing.

Expected to take lots of cues from the Sport Coupe Concept GTE from 2015, the next CC will take the European-market Passat and put a more seductive spin on it, just as the current model did back in 2008. The new CC will have a similar profile to the existing car, but the wheelbase should increase and the front should appear slimmer and wider, with options such as LED headlights expected. The prototype shows a short rear deck, but it's rumored the CC will become a liftback like the Audi A7.

Inside, the CC will also take a more upscale approach with features from the Euro Passat, such as a TFT instrument panel and full-length air vents. A production version of the gesture control system VW has previewed should debut here.

Powertrains should mimic what’s offered on the latest VWs, including 2.0 turbos and maybe a V6. A plug-in hybrid using the powertrain on the Passat GTE is expected to be offered at least in Europe, though it’s unclear whether it would be offered in the United States.

Expect the CC to appear at an auto show next year with a 2018 on-sale date.

Photo credit: Brian Williams, SpiedBilde

This is the ’18 Volkswagen CC, caught for very the first time while hot-weather testing.

Expected to take lots of cues from the Sport Coupe Concept GTE from 2015, the next CC will take the European-market Passat and put a more seductive spin on it, just as the current model did back in 2008. The new CC will have a similar profile to the existing car, but the wheelbase should increase and the front should appear slimmer and wider, with options such as LED headlights expected. The prototype shows a short rear deck, but it's rumored the CC will become a liftback like the Audi A7.

Inside, the CC will also take a more upscale approach with features from the Euro Passat, such as a TFT instrument panel and full-length air vents. A production version of the gesture control system VW has previewed should debut here.

Powertrains should mimic what’s offered on the latest VWs, including 2.0 turbos and maybe a V6. A plug-in hybrid using the powertrain on the Passat GTE is expected to be offered at least in Europe, though it’s unclear whether it would be offered in the United States.

Expect the CC to appear at an auto show next year with a 2018 on-sale date.

Photo credit: Brian Williams, SpiedBilde

This is the ’18 Volkswagen CC, caught for very the first time while hot-weather testing.

Expected to take lots of cues from the Sport Coupe Concept GTE from 2015, the next CC will take the European-market Passat and put a more seductive spin on it, just as the current model did back in 2008. The new CC will have a similar profile to the existing car, but the wheelbase should increase and the front should appear slimmer and wider, with options such as LED headlights expected. The prototype shows a short rear deck, but it's rumored the CC will become a liftback like the Audi A7.

Inside, the CC will also take a more upscale approach with features from the Euro Passat, such as a TFT instrument panel and full-length air vents. A production version of the gesture control system VW has previewed should debut here.

Powertrains should mimic what’s offered on the latest VWs, including 2.0 turbos and maybe a V6. A plug-in hybrid using the powertrain on the Passat GTE is expected to be offered at least in Europe, though it’s unclear whether it would be offered in the United States.

Expect the CC to appear at an auto show next year with a 2018 on-sale date.

Photo credit: Brian Williams, SpiedBilde

This is the ’18 Volkswagen CC, caught for very the first time while hot-weather testing.

Expected to take lots of cues from the Sport Coupe Concept GTE from 2015, the next CC will take the European-market Passat and put a more seductive spin on it, just as the current model did back in 2008. The new CC will have a similar profile to the existing car, but the wheelbase should increase and the front should appear slimmer and wider, with options such as LED headlights expected. The prototype shows a short rear deck, but it's rumored the CC will become a liftback like the Audi A7.

Inside, the CC will also take a more upscale approach with features from the Euro Passat, such as a TFT instrument panel and full-length air vents. A production version of the gesture control system VW has previewed should debut here.

Powertrains should mimic what’s offered on the latest VWs, including 2.0 turbos and maybe a V6. A plug-in hybrid using the powertrain on the Passat GTE is expected to be offered at least in Europe, though it’s unclear whether it would be offered in the United States.

Expect the CC to appear at an auto show next year with a 2018 on-sale date.

Photo credit: Brian Williams, SpiedBilde

This is the ’18 Volkswagen CC, caught for very the first time while hot-weather testing.

Expected to take lots of cues from the Sport Coupe Concept GTE from 2015, the next CC will take the European-market Passat and put a more seductive spin on it, just as the current model did back in 2008. The new CC will have a similar profile to the existing car, but the wheelbase should increase and the front should appear slimmer and wider, with options such as LED headlights expected. The prototype shows a short rear deck, but it's rumored the CC will become a liftback like the Audi A7.

Inside, the CC will also take a more upscale approach with features from the Euro Passat, such as a TFT instrument panel and full-length air vents. A production version of the gesture control system VW has previewed should debut here.

Powertrains should mimic what’s offered on the latest VWs, including 2.0 turbos and maybe a V6. A plug-in hybrid using the powertrain on the Passat GTE is expected to be offered at least in Europe, though it’s unclear whether it would be offered in the United States.

Expect the CC to appear at an auto show next year with a 2018 on-sale date.

Photo credit: Brian Williams, SpiedBilde

By SEMA Washington, D.C., Staff

More than a dozen of racing’s most recognizable faces released a new video calling on all motorsports fans and industry members to take action and support the RPM Act—a bipartisan bill now pending in the U.S. Congress that would make it clear that modification of street vehicles into dedicated racecars is legal now and in the future. While the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has formally withdrawn its proposed racing regulation, the agency continues to assert authority under the Clean Air Act to regulate the modification of vehicles used for competition. The RPM Act addresses any doubts regarding regulation of racecars and gives the public and racecar industry much-needed certainty regarding how the Clean Air Act is applied.

You can answer the call to support the RPM Act by contacting Congress at www.sema.org/rpmact.