The SEMA Garage gives SEMA member businesses access to the special high-tech tools and equipment they need to get their products—whether a $10 set of replacement wiper blades or a $10,000 engine modification—off the drawing board and into customer hands. It is the only known facility of its kind in the United States.

Covering 15,000 square feet and filled with nearly $2 million of equipment, the SEMA Garage includes all the tools specialty product developers could hope for and then some, including two vehicle lifts, a portable coordinate measuring machine (CMM) for 3D scanning, a 3D printer for fast prototyping, digital race car scales for the most precise vehicle weight measurements, a dynamometer for power output measurements and more.

The SEMA Garage gives SEMA member businesses access to the special high-tech tools and equipment they need to get their products—whether a $10 set of replacement wiper blades or a $10,000 engine modification—off the drawing board and into customer hands. It is the only known facility of its kind in the United States.

Covering 15,000 square feet and filled with nearly $2 million of equipment, the SEMA Garage includes all the tools specialty product developers could hope for and then some, including two vehicle lifts, a portable coordinate measuring machine (CMM) for 3D scanning, a 3D printer for fast prototyping, digital race car scales for the most precise vehicle weight measurements, a dynamometer for power output measurements and more.

This is the ’18 Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk, caught testing in Northern Michigan.

The long-rumored Trackhawk will combine the Grand Cherokee with the 707hp Hellcat engine found in the Dodge Charger and Challenger. Jeep plans to compete with performance SUVs, such as the BMW X5 M, Range Rover Sport SVR and Mercedes GLE63 AMG.

The upcoming Jeep Grand Cherokee TrackHawk is expected to have a 0–60-mph acceleration time of just 3.5 seconds, according to sources.

Jeep has also freshened the styling of the Grand Cherokee with a more aggressive front fascia. The company has hinted the Trackhawk will not replace the old Grand Cherokee SRT, but live above that model.

Expect to see the Trackhawk in showrooms in July 2017.

Photo credit: Brian Williams, SpiedBilde

This is the ’18 Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk, caught testing in Northern Michigan.

The long-rumored Trackhawk will combine the Grand Cherokee with the 707hp Hellcat engine found in the Dodge Charger and Challenger. Jeep plans to compete with performance SUVs, such as the BMW X5 M, Range Rover Sport SVR and Mercedes GLE63 AMG.

The upcoming Jeep Grand Cherokee TrackHawk is expected to have a 0–60-mph acceleration time of just 3.5 seconds, according to sources.

Jeep has also freshened the styling of the Grand Cherokee with a more aggressive front fascia. The company has hinted the Trackhawk will not replace the old Grand Cherokee SRT, but live above that model.

Expect to see the Trackhawk in showrooms in July 2017.

Photo credit: Brian Williams, SpiedBilde

This is the ’18 Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk, caught testing in Northern Michigan.

The long-rumored Trackhawk will combine the Grand Cherokee with the 707hp Hellcat engine found in the Dodge Charger and Challenger. Jeep plans to compete with performance SUVs, such as the BMW X5 M, Range Rover Sport SVR and Mercedes GLE63 AMG.

The upcoming Jeep Grand Cherokee TrackHawk is expected to have a 0–60-mph acceleration time of just 3.5 seconds, according to sources.

Jeep has also freshened the styling of the Grand Cherokee with a more aggressive front fascia. The company has hinted the Trackhawk will not replace the old Grand Cherokee SRT, but live above that model.

Expect to see the Trackhawk in showrooms in July 2017.

Photo credit: Brian Williams, SpiedBilde

This is the ’18 Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk, caught testing in Northern Michigan.

The long-rumored Trackhawk will combine the Grand Cherokee with the 707hp Hellcat engine found in the Dodge Charger and Challenger. Jeep plans to compete with performance SUVs, such as the BMW X5 M, Range Rover Sport SVR and Mercedes GLE63 AMG.

The upcoming Jeep Grand Cherokee TrackHawk is expected to have a 0–60-mph acceleration time of just 3.5 seconds, according to sources.

Jeep has also freshened the styling of the Grand Cherokee with a more aggressive front fascia. The company has hinted the Trackhawk will not replace the old Grand Cherokee SRT, but live above that model.

Expect to see the Trackhawk in showrooms in July 2017.

Photo credit: Brian Williams, SpiedBilde

This is the ’18 Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk, caught testing in Northern Michigan.

The long-rumored Trackhawk will combine the Grand Cherokee with the 707hp Hellcat engine found in the Dodge Charger and Challenger. Jeep plans to compete with performance SUVs, such as the BMW X5 M, Range Rover Sport SVR and Mercedes GLE63 AMG.

The upcoming Jeep Grand Cherokee TrackHawk is expected to have a 0–60-mph acceleration time of just 3.5 seconds, according to sources.

Jeep has also freshened the styling of the Grand Cherokee with a more aggressive front fascia. The company has hinted the Trackhawk will not replace the old Grand Cherokee SRT, but live above that model.

Expect to see the Trackhawk in showrooms in July 2017.

Photo credit: Brian Williams, SpiedBilde

This is the ’18 Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk, caught testing in Northern Michigan.

The long-rumored Trackhawk will combine the Grand Cherokee with the 707hp Hellcat engine found in the Dodge Charger and Challenger. Jeep plans to compete with performance SUVs, such as the BMW X5 M, Range Rover Sport SVR and Mercedes GLE63 AMG.

The upcoming Jeep Grand Cherokee TrackHawk is expected to have a 0–60-mph acceleration time of just 3.5 seconds, according to sources.

Jeep has also freshened the styling of the Grand Cherokee with a more aggressive front fascia. The company has hinted the Trackhawk will not replace the old Grand Cherokee SRT, but live above that model.

Expect to see the Trackhawk in showrooms in July 2017.

Photo credit: Brian Williams, SpiedBilde

This is the ’18 Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk, caught testing in Northern Michigan.

The long-rumored Trackhawk will combine the Grand Cherokee with the 707hp Hellcat engine found in the Dodge Charger and Challenger. Jeep plans to compete with performance SUVs, such as the BMW X5 M, Range Rover Sport SVR and Mercedes GLE63 AMG.

The upcoming Jeep Grand Cherokee TrackHawk is expected to have a 0–60-mph acceleration time of just 3.5 seconds, according to sources.

Jeep has also freshened the styling of the Grand Cherokee with a more aggressive front fascia. The company has hinted the Trackhawk will not replace the old Grand Cherokee SRT, but live above that model.

Expect to see the Trackhawk in showrooms in July 2017.

Photo credit: Brian Williams, SpiedBilde

By SEMA Washington, D.C., Staff

Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil has again issued a proclamation designating July 2016 as Automotive Heritage Month in the province.

Thanks to the efforts of the National Association of Automobile Clubs of Canada, Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil has again issued a proclamation designating July 2016 as Automotive Heritage Month in the province. Since 2010, the U.S. Senate has passed resolutions at the SEMA Action Network’s (SAN) request to acknowledge Collector Car Appreciation Day, which serves to raise awareness of the vital role automotive restoration and collection plays in American society. This year’s celebration is scheduled for Friday, July 8.  

For details, contact Steve McDonald at stevem@sema.org.