For all you lovers of body on frame chassis and four wheel drive, we bring you our favorite trucks of the 2010 SEMA Show.
If you prefer big motors, Made In America and think that lifting a truck is better than slamming a sport compact, check out the gallery below for all sorts of pickup-bed goodness. And for the record, our favorite trucks were anything based on the Ford Raptor.
Gallery: Trucks Of SEMA
Our second installment of the Best In Show series profiles the cars that made SEMA what it is – sport compacts. Yes, some of these cars push the boundaries of taste, but others are fairly creative and actually enhance the looks of the stock car.
The dominant cars this year seemed to be the Mitsubishi Lancer Evo and the Nissan GT-R. Honda products seem to have fallen from their once hegemonic dominance of the tuner crowd, while Scion and Hyundai have taken some crucial market share.
We assembled a gallery of some of the choicest sport compact. Check it out below.
SEMA is so vast that it’s hard to truly see it all. Thanks to our eagle-eyed photographers, we’ve been able to cherry pick the best cars over the past few days, starting with the cars of the wheel and tire exhibit.
Rather than the usual dubs and donks, the wheel and tire exhibit had everything from a Lexus LFA to a gaggle of Ferraris to a perfectly restored 1953 MG TD. We even saw a Gumpert Apollo, a rare beast on this side of the Atlantic. The full gallery is below – it’s massive, but definitely worth your time.
Gallery: Wheel & Tire Expo
Pardon the bad Spanish puns, but the Ford Fiesta isn’t the only game in town at the Blue Oval’s stand at this year’s SEMA Show. Ford’s pony car came galloping into Vegas with 6 variations of the Mustang, including V6 and V8 versions.
While most of the cars were packing the 5.0 V8, the V6 still made an appearance in the form of the Mobsteel Mustang, which features a very trick remote-mounted turbo system and an exterior treatment that was more import tuner than American muscle.
The other cars range from atrocious to badass, but we won’t tell you which – you’ll have to make up your own mind.
Ford F-150 F150
The “bro truck” is a distinctly local phenomenon, common in the Southwestern United States, where a stereotypical bro drives a souped-up pickup, usually with an enormous and inappropriate lift kit. Ever concious of this important demographic, Ford made sure to bring some outrageous F-Series concepts to SEMA, in the hopes of capturing the all-important flat-bill baseball cap crowd.
This year, Ford is also highlighting their 6-cylinder Ecoboost powertrain option with two concept trucks, the Godfather Customs F-150 and an F-150 put together by an imaginatively named outlet called “The Custom Shop”. While they don’t quite fit the “bro truck” model, they do look like vehicles that those with discerning taste would avoid…making them perfect for SEMA!
Gallery: Mickey Thompson F-150
Gallery: F150 Custom Shop
Gallery:F-Series Super Duty Skyjacker Suspensions
Gallery: Ford F-350 Super Duty by Cars by Kris and Airhead Kustoms
Hit the jump to check out the official press release
2011 Dodge Durango
Dodge‘s new Durango is a pretty nice looking truck, and its shared components with the Jeep Grand Cherokee, especially the interior, should finally take it from its current status as a warmed over Dodge truck to a contender in the upscale SUV segment.
The Durango Citadel Black & Tan is a special edition of the upcoming Durango Citadel, the top of the line 2011 Durango. The interior is supposedly “inspired by supercars” but to us, it just looks nice. See for yourself in the gallery below or watch the video of the SUV’s reveal after the jump.
Although images of the Dodge Mopar ’10 Challenger have previous surfaced, we managed to get some live shots of the first special edition Challenger.
The Mopar ’10 Challenger is actually based on the Challenger R/T rather than the SRT-8, giving customers the choice of an automatic or manual transmission. Upgrades include a cold-air intake, front and rear strut tower braces, 20″ forged wheels, hood pins, unique badging.
The Mopar ’10 Challenger will only be available in a run of 500, and will be offered only in Brilliant Black. Check out the gallery below for more pictures.
Gallery: Mopar ’10 Challenger
Honda CR-Z
It’s safe to say that the Honda CR-Z has been given a solid reception by everyone outside the “enthusiast” community. Sales have been brisk and reviews are generally positive, but car lovers seem unable to accept the “hybrid” part of the equation.
Honda gave a few tuners the chance to trick out a CR-Z, and some came back with turbocharged monsters, while others returned with vinyl wraps and big wheels. We think the six cars cover the spread pretty well, but we’ll let you decide. You can check out the pictures below, and hit the jump for the official specs.
Gallery: Bismoto Honda CR-Z
Gallery: Fortune Honda CR-Z
Gallery: Eibach Honda CR-Z
Gallery: Honda Tuning Honda CR-Z
Gallery: Wraptivo Honda CR-Z
For the first time ever, SEMA awarded three vehicles the distinction of “Hottest Car”, “Hottest Truck” and “Hottest SUV”. Not surprisingly, the winners were all domestics, with the Chevrolet Camaro, Ford F-Series and Jeep Wrangler winning their respective categories.
The vote is something of a popularity contest, as organizers used the “influence” of the cars, to judge the winners. Since these three cars are everywhere at SEMA, their victories make sense.
Hit the jump to read the official press release
After bringing you a preview of the Ford Fiesta SEMA exhibit, we now bring you pictures of Ford’s newest compact in the flesh, looking quite a bit different from the Fiestas you might see at college campuses or 16th birthday celebrations across the country.
For the Fiesta’s SEMA debut, Ford enlisted the services of a variety of tuners, among them H&R Springs, Steeda, 3D Carbon, L&G Enterprises, FSWerks and the hilariously named UTI Inc., which is actually a technical college. We have galleries of each of the Fiestas, and the official details on each car are listed in the press release below.
Gallery: Ford Fiesta Steeda
Gallery: Ford Fiesta 3D Carbon
Gallery: Ford Fiesta Custom Accessories
Gallery: Ford Fiesta FSWerks
Gallery: Ford Fiesta UTI
Gallery: Ford Fiesta L&G Enterprises
Gallery: Ford Fiesta H&R Springs
Hit the jump to check out the official press release
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