The U.S. Senate was unable to agree on a SEMA-supported bill (H.R. 5297) to provide smaller banks with access to $30 billion in funds intended to be loaned to small businesses. While the Senate may reconsider the measure, the defeat meant that the House of Representatives would not consider the bill...

Tuner shops in China are looking for imported performance-enhancing accessories such as suspensions, turbochargers, intake valves and brakes. Shock absorbers, body kits and wheels are the top three modifications at his shop, which works on primarily Japanese models, said Zhang Yu, owner of a Beijing...

The Indonesian government will soon require labels in the Indonesian language to be affixed to a range of products, including auto parts, as of September 1, 2010.

A photo collection of Mitsubishi EVOs and other models at the 2009 SEMA Show. The images are part of the Cool Rides photo database available at www.enjoythedrive.com. The database is searchable by make, model, year, exhibiting company name and more.

I-CAR, the Inter-Industry Conference on Auto Collision Repair, will offer six training courses and live welding demonstrations November 2–3 at the 2010 SEMA Show designed to help collision industry professionals to achieve a complete and safe repair.

Exhibiting at the 2010 SEMA Show, I-CAR, the Inter-Industry Conference on Auto Collision Repair, will introduce the TechPro World Tour and four additional collision-repair training sessions. The TechPro World Tour is a new, live welding event that includes demonstrations on the showroom floor and...

The Society of Collision Repair Specialists (SCRS) educational track, entitled Repairer Driven Education (RDE), will feature more than 21 seminars, many of which will be offered for the first time during the 2010 SEMA Show. Attendees will have the opportunity to hear from author Charles Coonradt...

Chrysler has been on a roll with product development, as Brenda Priddy’s cameras have recently caught the ’11 Town & Country minivan, forthcoming Jeep Patriot and the ’11 Dodge Journey. Now Priddy’s lenses have found the ’11 Dodge Avenger R/T.

Dover Motorsports, owner of Gateway International Raceway in Madison, Ill., has told NASCAR it will not ask for events to be sanctioned at the track in 2011 and that it is seeking a buyer for the 1.25-mile facility.

The 2010 SEMA DEALER DAY will provide dealers with the concrete feedback, tools, and resources necessary to expand accessory operations or to integrate a new program.