Nominations for the 2011 SEMA Chairman-Elect and Board of Directors are due Thursday, January 6, 2011.

Dear SEMA Member:

As a member of the Association, we need your recommendation of industry leaders to serve on the SEMA Board of Directors. Our industry has many individuals who would be an asset to the SEMA Board, but oftentimes those individuals aren’t immediately apparent to the committee that is responsible for selecting the final candidates.

This year, the SEMA elections have the additional importance in selecting our future Chairman of the Board. Please take a moment to tell us about whom you would recommend as a potential nominee for the Chairman-Elect position, and/or for a Board member position. Please include information to help the Nominating Committee know more about the qualifications of the nominees, such as background, experience and achievements from a leadership standpoint.

Nominations for the 2011 SEMA Chairman-Elect and Board of Directors are due Thursday, January 6, 2011. Please complete and submit the nomination form, and be sure to include the qualification information noted above.

Your Association is vitally important to the industry and your company. Your participation in helping to ensure strong leadership for the SEMA Board of Directors is essential.

Thank you for your attention to this important request.

Chris Kersting, CAE
SEMA President & CEO

	Nominations for the 2011 SEMA Chairman-Elect and Board of Directors are due Thursday, January 6, 2011.

Dear SEMA Member:

As a member of the Association, we need your recommendation of industry leaders to serve on the SEMA Board of Directors. Our industry has many individuals who would be an asset to the SEMA Board, but oftentimes those individuals aren’t immediately apparent to the committee that is responsible for selecting the final candidates.

This year, the SEMA elections have the additional importance in selecting our future Chairman of the Board. Please take a moment to tell us about whom you would recommend as a potential nominee for the Chairman-Elect position, and/or for a Board member position. Please include information to help the Nominating Committee know more about the qualifications of the nominees, such as background, experience and achievements from a leadership standpoint.

Nominations for the 2011 SEMA Chairman-Elect and Board of Directors are due Thursday, January 6, 2011. Please complete and submit the nomination form, and be sure to include the qualification information noted above.

Your Association is vitally important to the industry and your company. Your participation in helping to ensure strong leadership for the SEMA Board of Directors is essential.

Thank you for your attention to this important request.

Chris Kersting, CAE
SEMA President & CEO

	Nominations for the 2011 SEMA Chairman-Elect and Board of Directors are due Thursday, January 6, 2011.

Dear SEMA Member:

As a member of the Association, we need your recommendation of industry leaders to serve on the SEMA Board of Directors. Our industry has many individuals who would be an asset to the SEMA Board, but oftentimes those individuals aren’t immediately apparent to the committee that is responsible for selecting the final candidates.

This year, the SEMA elections have the additional importance in selecting our future Chairman of the Board. Please take a moment to tell us about whom you would recommend as a potential nominee for the Chairman-Elect position, and/or for a Board member position. Please include information to help the Nominating Committee know more about the qualifications of the nominees, such as background, experience and achievements from a leadership standpoint.

Nominations for the 2011 SEMA Chairman-Elect and Board of Directors are due Thursday, January 6, 2011. Please complete and submit the nomination form, and be sure to include the qualification information noted above.

Your Association is vitally important to the industry and your company. Your participation in helping to ensure strong leadership for the SEMA Board of Directors is essential.

Thank you for your attention to this important request.

Chris Kersting, CAE
SEMA President & CEO

	Nominations for the 2011 SEMA Chairman-Elect and Board of Directors are due Thursday, January 6, 2011.

Dear SEMA Member:

As a member of the Association, we need your recommendation of industry leaders to serve on the SEMA Board of Directors. Our industry has many individuals who would be an asset to the SEMA Board, but oftentimes those individuals aren’t immediately apparent to the committee that is responsible for selecting the final candidates.

This year, the SEMA elections have the additional importance in selecting our future Chairman of the Board. Please take a moment to tell us about whom you would recommend as a potential nominee for the Chairman-Elect position, and/or for a Board member position. Please include information to help the Nominating Committee know more about the qualifications of the nominees, such as background, experience and achievements from a leadership standpoint.

Nominations for the 2011 SEMA Chairman-Elect and Board of Directors are due Thursday, January 6, 2011. Please complete and submit the nomination form, and be sure to include the qualification information noted above.

Your Association is vitally important to the industry and your company. Your participation in helping to ensure strong leadership for the SEMA Board of Directors is essential.

Thank you for your attention to this important request.

Chris Kersting, CAE
SEMA President & CEO

	Nominations for the 2011 SEMA Chairman-Elect and Board of Directors are due Thursday, January 6, 2011.

Dear SEMA Member:

As a member of the Association, we need your recommendation of industry leaders to serve on the SEMA Board of Directors. Our industry has many individuals who would be an asset to the SEMA Board, but oftentimes those individuals aren’t immediately apparent to the committee that is responsible for selecting the final candidates.

This year, the SEMA elections have the additional importance in selecting our future Chairman of the Board. Please take a moment to tell us about whom you would recommend as a potential nominee for the Chairman-Elect position, and/or for a Board member position. Please include information to help the Nominating Committee know more about the qualifications of the nominees, such as background, experience and achievements from a leadership standpoint.

Nominations for the 2011 SEMA Chairman-Elect and Board of Directors are due Thursday, January 6, 2011. Please complete and submit the nomination form, and be sure to include the qualification information noted above.

Your Association is vitally important to the industry and your company. Your participation in helping to ensure strong leadership for the SEMA Board of Directors is essential.

Thank you for your attention to this important request.

Chris Kersting, CAE
SEMA President & CEO

The spy shooters at Brenda Priddy & Co. have reported sightings of several of these early "mule" vehicles around Metro Detroit. At first, they assumed the vehicle pictured was just the updated Mondeo with camouflage left on. While it's not unusual to see foreign-market cars in Detroit, the shooters did find it odd to see at least a dozen of these test cars undergoing lots of testing from the engineers in Detroit. When Priddy's team asked their Ford contacts what the car was, they received an answer along the lines of "you know the next Fusion, MKX and Mondeo are moving to one global chassis, right?"

Compared to the mules the team saw last time, this sighting has all the heavy camouflage removed from the front end. While Priddy says this obviously does not represent the final design, she thinks this mish-mash of tacked-on parts are there to make room for components related to turbo-charging.

Priddy reports that the new Fusion and Lincoln MKZ will be the first vehicles to ride on this new platform, with production starting in June 2012. Priddy reports that powertrains will consist of a 1.6L 4-cylinder and a 2.0L 4-cylinder, both featuring ecoboost turbo-charging.

Styling-wise, we were told the next Fusion and Mondeo would share large parts of the design, much like the U.S and European versions of the 2012 Focus. That means we can expect more of Ford's "Kinetic" design language for the 2013 Fusion. While the early development vehicle in our photos does not represent the final design, the new front clip appears to be tacked on for some initial powertrain and cooling tests.

Referred to as "CD4," this new, global platform will see heavy use, much like Toyota's "MC" platform. The Fusion, MKZ and Mondeo will be the first to get this new chassis. In the fall of 2013, the Edge and MKX will move to CD4. Then, in the fall of 2014, the Taurus and MKS will also make the jump. Several other Ford Europe products will also utilize CD4.

While Ford Europe was set to spearhead this program, that changed roughly a year ago. Now Ford North America has the engineering lead and the heavy testing activity we've seen certainly backs that up!

Photo Credit: Chris Doane/Brenda Priddy & Company

The spy shooters at Brenda Priddy & Co. have reported sightings of several of these early "mule" vehicles around Metro Detroit. At first, they assumed the vehicle pictured was just the updated Mondeo with camouflage left on. While it's not unusual to see foreign-market cars in Detroit, the shooters did find it odd to see at least a dozen of these test cars undergoing lots of testing from the engineers in Detroit. When Priddy's team asked their Ford contacts what the car was, they received an answer along the lines of "you know the next Fusion, MKX and Mondeo are moving to one global chassis, right?"

Compared to the mules the team saw last time, this sighting has all the heavy camouflage removed from the front end. While Priddy says this obviously does not represent the final design, she thinks this mish-mash of tacked-on parts are there to make room for components related to turbo-charging.

Priddy reports that the new Fusion and Lincoln MKZ will be the first vehicles to ride on this new platform, with production starting in June 2012. Priddy reports that powertrains will consist of a 1.6L 4-cylinder and a 2.0L 4-cylinder, both featuring ecoboost turbo-charging.

Styling-wise, we were told the next Fusion and Mondeo would share large parts of the design, much like the U.S and European versions of the 2012 Focus. That means we can expect more of Ford's "Kinetic" design language for the 2013 Fusion. While the early development vehicle in our photos does not represent the final design, the new front clip appears to be tacked on for some initial powertrain and cooling tests.

Referred to as "CD4," this new, global platform will see heavy use, much like Toyota's "MC" platform. The Fusion, MKZ and Mondeo will be the first to get this new chassis. In the fall of 2013, the Edge and MKX will move to CD4. Then, in the fall of 2014, the Taurus and MKS will also make the jump. Several other Ford Europe products will also utilize CD4.

While Ford Europe was set to spearhead this program, that changed roughly a year ago. Now Ford North America has the engineering lead and the heavy testing activity we've seen certainly backs that up!

Photo Credit: Chris Doane/Brenda Priddy & Company

The spy shooters at Brenda Priddy & Co. have reported sightings of several of these early "mule" vehicles around Metro Detroit. At first, they assumed the vehicle pictured was just the updated Mondeo with camouflage left on. While it's not unusual to see foreign-market cars in Detroit, the shooters did find it odd to see at least a dozen of these test cars undergoing lots of testing from the engineers in Detroit. When Priddy's team asked their Ford contacts what the car was, they received an answer along the lines of "you know the next Fusion, MKX and Mondeo are moving to one global chassis, right?"

Compared to the mules the team saw last time, this sighting has all the heavy camouflage removed from the front end. While Priddy says this obviously does not represent the final design, she thinks this mish-mash of tacked-on parts are there to make room for components related to turbo-charging.

Priddy reports that the new Fusion and Lincoln MKZ will be the first vehicles to ride on this new platform, with production starting in June 2012. Priddy reports that powertrains will consist of a 1.6L 4-cylinder and a 2.0L 4-cylinder, both featuring ecoboost turbo-charging.

Styling-wise, we were told the next Fusion and Mondeo would share large parts of the design, much like the U.S and European versions of the 2012 Focus. That means we can expect more of Ford's "Kinetic" design language for the 2013 Fusion. While the early development vehicle in our photos does not represent the final design, the new front clip appears to be tacked on for some initial powertrain and cooling tests.

Referred to as "CD4," this new, global platform will see heavy use, much like Toyota's "MC" platform. The Fusion, MKZ and Mondeo will be the first to get this new chassis. In the fall of 2013, the Edge and MKX will move to CD4. Then, in the fall of 2014, the Taurus and MKS will also make the jump. Several other Ford Europe products will also utilize CD4.

While Ford Europe was set to spearhead this program, that changed roughly a year ago. Now Ford North America has the engineering lead and the heavy testing activity we've seen certainly backs that up!

Photo Credit: Chris Doane/Brenda Priddy & Company

While groups of any kind naturally lend themselves to job opportunities, social networks can give your next career move a real bounce if used expertly. Not surprisingly, the best places to start are on the networks with millions of users: LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook. [Read more]

While groups of any kind naturally lend themselves to job opportunities, social networks can give your next career move a real bounce if used expertly. Not surprisingly, the best places to start are on the networks with millions of users: LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook. [Read more]