The 2012 Annual Market Report, outlining the overall specialty-equipment market, is now available on the research page of SEMA’s website.

Tanner Foust Scores Podium at Charlotte Motor Speedway At the Charlotte Motor Speedway, Rockstar Energy Drink driver Tanner Foust scored his first U.S. podium finish of the 2012 Global Rallycross Championship.

Through a U.S. Commerce Department grant, SEMA members will have access to vehicles popular worldwide that are not sold in the United States in order to prototype product.

Nick Arias Jr. will be honored and officially inducted into the SEMA Hall of Fame during the SEMA Installation Banquet & Gala Fundraiser, Friday, July 27, Sheraton Fairplex Hotel & Convention Center in Pomona, California.

The SEMA tour, from September 2–7, 2012, to two of the most important cities in regards to customization—Shanghai and Beijing—allows participants to gain insight into the growing specialty market for the 1.3 billion Chinese consumers. Learn what products sell, what products are in demand, and for...

Explore opportunities to develop business in Mexico and Central America by exhibiting at or attending the upcoming PAACE Automechanika Show taking place July 18–20, 2012, in Mexico City.

Cobra’s 50th anniversary is celebrated in Speed Merchants of Venice, a new book from Racing Division Los Angeles. Printed and bound in California, where the Cobra was born, the book was produced to accompany a new exhibit at the Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum and commemorate Carroll Shelby’s...

Who is your target consumer? What motivates them to buy aftermarket parts? SEMA-member companies have asked for more information on specialty-equipment consumers.

SEMA-model legislation that would have allowed vehicle hobbyists to install and use aftermarket modified exhaust systems that meet an objective noise limit died when the Hawaii State Legislature adjourned for the year.

A SEMA-supported Colorado bill that originally sought to extend the emissions inspection exemption to vehicles that are eight model years old and newer died when the legislature adjourned for the year.