As the automotive specialty-equipment industry moves into 2012, SEMA News put out a call to the leaders of the association’s councils and networks to seek their views about what might be in store during the coming year. Their responses are instructive and should provide helpful insights for...

NEWS NUGGETS GEICO RENEWS WITH MORGAN LUCAS RACING THROUGH 2014: Insurance giant GEICO has renewed its agreement with Morgan Lucas Racing and NHRA Top Fuel driver Morgan Lucas for three more years. GEICO joined Lucas’ drag racing team in 2009—a career-best season for Lucas that included three...

NMRA Announces New Strange Engineering Coyote Stock Class Presented by 5.0 Mustang & Super Fords Magazine ProMedia, parent company of the NMRA Ford Nationals all-Ford series, has announced a new heads-up drag-racing class for the 2012 NMRA Keystone Automotive Ford Nationals season. Strange...

As a member of the Association, we need your recommendation of industry leaders to serve on the SEMA Board of Directors. Our industry has many individuals who would be an asset to the SEMA Board, but oftentimes those individuals aren’t immediately apparent to the committee that is responsible for...

Brenda Priddy & Co. reports that it was a little more than two months ago when Hyundai introduced the all-new i30 to the world—also known as the Elantra Touring—but the automaker left plans for North American release in limbo. Now, sources have informed Priddy to expect the new i30 to arrive in the...

SEMA eNews highlights the websites of SEMA-member companies through the Hot Links to Cool Sites section each week. SEMA members: To be included in Hot Links to Cool Sites, e-mail your company name and website to enews@sema.org. Note: Make sure to include “Hot Links” in the subject line of the e-mail...

There are three slots left for the inaugural one-on one-meetings with buyers from the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Qatar taking place April 17–20, 2012, in the UAE.

Are you hunting for a new job? The “Positions Available” section in the SEMA Member Classifieds lists more than 50 job openings around the country. Here are some of the latest classifieds posted to the website.

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

A new web page has been created for the SEMA Rapid Prototyping Program—a service that creates ABS plastic prototypes of your designs at a reduced members-only rate.