By SEMA Washington, D.C., Staff

SEMA-opposed legislation that would have provided counties with the authority to remove from private property motor vehicles deemed to be a “nuisance” died when the legislature adjourned for the year.

SEMA-opposed legislation that would have provided counties with the authority to remove from private property motor vehicles deemed to be a “nuisance” died when the legislature adjourned for the year. In Kansas, maintaining a public nuisance means “intentionally causing or permitting a condition to exist, which injures or endangers the public health, safety or welfare.”

This definition provides no real guidance for motor vehicle owners maintaining inoperable vehicles on private property.

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

By SEMA Washington, D.C., Staff

SEMA-opposed legislation that would have provided counties with the authority to remove from private property motor vehicles deemed to be a “nuisance” died when the legislature adjourned for the year.

SEMA-opposed legislation that would have provided counties with the authority to remove from private property motor vehicles deemed to be a “nuisance” died when the legislature adjourned for the year. In Kansas, maintaining a public nuisance means “intentionally causing or permitting a condition to exist, which injures or endangers the public health, safety or welfare.”

This definition provides no real guidance for motor vehicle owners maintaining inoperable vehicles on private property.

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

By SEMA Washington, D.C., Staff

SEMA-opposed legislation that would have provided counties with the authority to remove from private property motor vehicles deemed to be a “nuisance” died when the legislature adjourned for the year.

SEMA-opposed legislation that would have provided counties with the authority to remove from private property motor vehicles deemed to be a “nuisance” died when the legislature adjourned for the year. In Kansas, maintaining a public nuisance means “intentionally causing or permitting a condition to exist, which injures or endangers the public health, safety or welfare.”

This definition provides no real guidance for motor vehicle owners maintaining inoperable vehicles on private property.

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

By SEMA Washington, D.C., Staff

The House and Senate approved legislation that originally repealed the six-year limitation for applying a salvage brand to a motor vehicle whose cost of being repaired exceeded its value.

Legislation that originally repealed the six-year limitation for applying a salvage brand to a motor vehicle whose cost of being repaired exceeded its value was approved by the House and Senate and now goes to the governor for his signature and enactment into law. A SEMA-supported amendment to the bill protects from the salvage brand all vehicles that qualify as collector’s items, horseless carriages or street rods at the time of damage.

The measure now protects collector cars from a permanent “salvage” blemish on the vehicle’s title, which would have made it suspect even if the vehicle is expertly restored or modified.

For more information, visit the SEMA Action Network (SAN) website. For details, contact Steve McDonald at stevem@sema.org.

By SEMA Washington, D.C., Staff

The House and Senate approved legislation that originally repealed the six-year limitation for applying a salvage brand to a motor vehicle whose cost of being repaired exceeded its value.

Legislation that originally repealed the six-year limitation for applying a salvage brand to a motor vehicle whose cost of being repaired exceeded its value was approved by the House and Senate and now goes to the governor for his signature and enactment into law. A SEMA-supported amendment to the bill protects from the salvage brand all vehicles that qualify as collector’s items, horseless carriages or street rods at the time of damage.

The measure now protects collector cars from a permanent “salvage” blemish on the vehicle’s title, which would have made it suspect even if the vehicle is expertly restored or modified.

For more information, visit the SEMA Action Network (SAN) website. For details, contact Steve McDonald at stevem@sema.org.

By SEMA Washington, D.C., Staff

The House and Senate approved legislation that originally repealed the six-year limitation for applying a salvage brand to a motor vehicle whose cost of being repaired exceeded its value.

Legislation that originally repealed the six-year limitation for applying a salvage brand to a motor vehicle whose cost of being repaired exceeded its value was approved by the House and Senate and now goes to the governor for his signature and enactment into law. A SEMA-supported amendment to the bill protects from the salvage brand all vehicles that qualify as collector’s items, horseless carriages or street rods at the time of damage.

The measure now protects collector cars from a permanent “salvage” blemish on the vehicle’s title, which would have made it suspect even if the vehicle is expertly restored or modified.

For more information, visit the SEMA Action Network (SAN) website. For details, contact Steve McDonald at stevem@sema.org.

By SEMA Washington, D.C., Staff

The House and Senate approved legislation that originally repealed the six-year limitation for applying a salvage brand to a motor vehicle whose cost of being repaired exceeded its value.

Legislation that originally repealed the six-year limitation for applying a salvage brand to a motor vehicle whose cost of being repaired exceeded its value was approved by the House and Senate and now goes to the governor for his signature and enactment into law. A SEMA-supported amendment to the bill protects from the salvage brand all vehicles that qualify as collector’s items, horseless carriages or street rods at the time of damage.

The measure now protects collector cars from a permanent “salvage” blemish on the vehicle’s title, which would have made it suspect even if the vehicle is expertly restored or modified.

For more information, visit the SEMA Action Network (SAN) website. For details, contact Steve McDonald at stevem@sema.org.

By SEMA Editors

The use of UTVs has grown dramatically over the past 10 years. SEMA's “Powersports: UTV Accessorization” report highlights the existing opportunities in the utility task vehicle (UTV) market for a range of specialty-equipment companies.

Did you know 82% of UTV owners have purchased or plan to purchase upgrades to their vehicle? This means more than 410,000 households in the United States buy UTV accessories with the average accessorizer spending $1,700 on these parts.

With growth in powersports and crossover into other automotive sectors, the UTV market offers potential for many SEMA members. In fact, SEMA research shows more than one-third of automotive accessory enthusiasts may own a powersports vehicle. Understanding these types of purchase patterns allows companies to more easily identify and reach buyers who are interested in their own products.

Learn more about your customers and crossover opportunities by reading SEMA’s “Powersports: UTV Accessorization” report. Members are invited to download a free copy at www.sema.org/utvreport.

By SEMA Editors

The use of UTVs has grown dramatically over the past 10 years. SEMA's “Powersports: UTV Accessorization” report highlights the existing opportunities in the utility task vehicle (UTV) market for a range of specialty-equipment companies.

Did you know 82% of UTV owners have purchased or plan to purchase upgrades to their vehicle? This means more than 410,000 households in the United States buy UTV accessories with the average accessorizer spending $1,700 on these parts.

With growth in powersports and crossover into other automotive sectors, the UTV market offers potential for many SEMA members. In fact, SEMA research shows more than one-third of automotive accessory enthusiasts may own a powersports vehicle. Understanding these types of purchase patterns allows companies to more easily identify and reach buyers who are interested in their own products.

Learn more about your customers and crossover opportunities by reading SEMA’s “Powersports: UTV Accessorization” report. Members are invited to download a free copy at www.sema.org/utvreport.

The Fusion-inspired facelift for the lesser Foci have already been revealed, but the shooters at KGP Photography have a new batch of shots of the overhauled ’15 Focus ST's front fascia. Behind the camouflage, there are signs of a more aggressive nose for the new ST, with some new angular flares intermingling beneath a version of Ford's corporate grille. The new face, which also shows a new chiseled and stepped chin spoiler design, will get a little more edge compared to the current ST's front fascia.

The prototype is also disguised at the rear, but those changes are expected to be closely related to the facelift already revealed. The ST's central rear exhaust is changed to a single pipe on this prototype, although this treatment is there most likely for simple testing reasons. Exhaust tips similar to the current ST are expected.

The nose on this Focus ST prototype likely provides something of a preview of the frontal treatment that will be applied to an even hotter Focus variant—the long-awaited Focus RS. While the RS has always been forbidden fruit for U.S. customers, we have heard many insider reports that the next Focus RS is expected to reach American showrooms in much the same state of tune given to the European market.

Photo credit: KGP Photography