SEMA Show Highlights Cutting Edge Technology and Design and Outrageous Automotive Foolishness in Las Vegas
THE ENTHUSIAST’S GUIDE TO LIFE BEHIND THE WHEEL VOLUME 4 NUMBER 1 JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2005 SEMA Show Highlights Cutting edge technology and design and outrageous automotive foolishness in Las Vegas VEHICLES • EQUIPMENT • SAFETY • PERFORMANCE • MAINTENANCE • MOTORSPORTS • EVENTS • DESTINATIONS • ATTRACTIONS START YOUR ENGINES : FROM THE PUBLISHER —the Specialty Equipment Market Association—has grown from a small collection of aftermarket suppliers in Southern SEMA California to being synonymous with the SEMA Show, each MAGAZINE November in Las Vegas. This is one of the most significant venues worldwide for the launch of a few new models, but more than anything to push beyond the cutting PUBLISHER/EXECUTIVE EDITOR: edge with new ideas, technologies, styles and forecasts, not only for the after- Joe Sage market and supporting industries, but increasingly for vehicle manufacturers CONTRIBUTING WRITERS: themselves. Whether displaying, announcing and revealing or not, everyone shows Jill Amadio, Pilar Covarrubias, up for this one. This is the supreme “idea show,” and it’s also a really good time. Be Mark Cox, Larry Edsall, prepared to walk many miles per day just within the exhibition halls. And don’t Dan J. Gardner, Gary Goldzweig, forget to grab an autographed poster from the Pirelli girls. Bob Kroener, Jim Rogers, Las Vegas is right on the fly/drive cusp from metro Phoenix, but of course we Bill & Barbara Schaffer, Tim Sharp always drive. It’s a chance to see sunset reflected on the Aquarius Mountains or CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS: sunrise on the Hualapai Mountains along US 93 between Wickenburg and Jean-Pierre Brietta, Rich Cox, Luis DeBonoPaula, Larry Edsall, Kingman, and now we’re watching progress on the impressive new Colorado River Dan J.
[Show full text]