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Photo collection of the Volkwagen project vehicles from the 2008 SEMA Show.

The 2009 PAACE Automechanika Mexico is set for July 15–17.

Information on the top-selling passenger cars, SUVs, minivans and pickups in Germany for 2008 is now available online.

It turns out that headlights, spark plugs and plant seed have something in common: sales actually have the potential to go up during recession.

Legislation introduced in the U.S. Senate to establish a one-year national vehicle scrappage program includes a SEMA provision to prevent cars that are 25 years or older from being crushed.

SEMA members can stay up-to-date on all the current state legislation affecting the specialty equipment industry by visiting the SEMA Action Network at www.semasan.com.

Several exhibitors of the 2009 SEMA Show are offering products to SEMA Show project-vehicle builders for free or at a substantial discount.

Despite efforts from manufacturers to make diesel vehicles more understood, uncertainties remain about their availability, even about what vehicles are produced.