A photo gallery of Honda vehicles on display at the 2009 SEMA Show.

Automakers spent a good deal of effort at this year’s auto shows focusing on electrics, plug-in hybrids and a range of alt-technology hopefuls. Interesting future-view sort of stuff. Here in the present tense, there is a quiet reality that warrants the focus of the performance aftermarket: The great...

Dates and locations for several upcoming SEMA-sponsored shows, webinars and activities have been announced.

To highlight the customization possibilities of the just-released Chevy Cruze to the United Arab Emirates, GM Middle East and SEMA partnered to customize two of the all-new global compact cars.

Here are just some of the racing and performance products that debuted at the 2009 SEMA Show.

Seventeen industry professionals are candidates for a seat on the 2010–2011 SEMA Board of Directors, a group that provides strategic direction to the association and helps shape the industry.

The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Senate’s version of health care legislation by a partisan vote of 219-212. President Obama signed the bill mandating health care coverage for most Americans into law.

The House Judiciary Committee held a hearing on legislation that would create an exemption to allow companies to market collision repair parts without infringing a design patent. A design patent covers the ornamental design for an object having practical utility for a 14-year term.

The Senate Judiciary Committee approved a bill to reinstate the doctrine that treats minimum resale price agreements as automatically illegal under the Sherman Antitrust Act. Minimum price agreements allow manufacturers to establish a set pricing system with distributors and retailers in exchange...

In just the first week of exhibitor registration, booth commitments are up 20 percent and many exhibitors are increasing their footprint—positive signs that the industry is getting back on economic track.