Super-tuned versions of popular enthusiast cars, including the Dodge Viper SRT10 ACR-X, are still potentially strong sellers despite the current economic state.

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

SEMA-member companies have posted several new listings for job opportunities (view all here).

The SEMA Show may be closed to the public, but the annual event is of great interest to auto enthusiasts and consumers throughout the world because of the thousands of modified vehicles and new products on display. Luckily, international consumer publications continue to make the trip to Las Vegas...

More automotive, paint and body manufacturers plan to exhibit at the SEMA Show for the first time, while many return exhibitors are committing to larger space for 2010.

SEMA is opposing legislation to raise the registration fee on antiques, street rods and special-interest vehicles in Kansas.

Working with Mississippi lawmakers and the Mississippi State Troopers Association, SEMA successfully negotiated a compromise on legislation that originally threatened to prohibit public road use of all motor vehicles equipped to supply the engine with nitrous oxide.

A bill targeted for defeat by SEMA to ban the “use and sale of any exhaust pipe that increases the sound emission of any vehicle including motorcycles” was set aside for study by the legislature.

The federal government finalized new fuel-economy standards for model year 2012–2016 cars and trucks and a national carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions tailpipe standard.

New cars with automatic transmissions must now be equipped with an interlock device that requires the brake pedal be pressed before the driver can shift the transmission out of “park." The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration took the action in response to a law passed in 2008 designed to...