“The most rigid structures, the most impervious to change, will collapse first,” wrote Eckhart Tolle in “A New Earth.” The poet Claudian put it even more directly: “Change or die.”

Enthusiasts and car lovers throughout the world look to the SEMA Show for flashy cars and custom vehicles, but the automotive accessories industry relies heavily on the annual event for conducting business.

SEMA is employing highly targeted methods to attract tire and wheel buyers to this year’s SEMA Show. More than 11,000 tire, wheel and equipment buyers attended last year’s Show.

The images and information provided in “Spy Photos” are supplied by the spy shooters at Brenda Priddy & Co. “Spy Photos” are included each week in SEMA eNews, the association’s electronic newsletter.

Law and Order is an update of some of the most recent federal and state legislative and regulatory issues that could potentially impact the automotive specialty-equipment industry.

Lawmakers are seeking to enact legislation in 2009 that would fundamentally reform how Americans gain access to the nation’s health care system.