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The annual Specialty Equipment Market Association, or more commonly known as SEMA, is widely regarded as the one of the world’s largest automotive trade show that attracts more than 2400 car manufacturers and aftermarket parts suppliers from around the world.

Held over four days in the first week of November at the Las Vegas Convention Centre, SEMA is a confluence of nearly every facet of the automotive world, showcasing wild hotrod projects, customised 4×4 big rigs, highly-tuned performance cars, and the latest in electronic gadgets.

With such a wide variety of specialties and genres, the number of aftermarket products featured at SEMA usually number in the thousands with just about any aftermarket automotive product imaginable.

Being a trade-show, SEMA is not open to the public. Instead attendees are required to register themselves as a buyer, exhibitor or media before the show. Official site: https://www.semashow.com

News

New luxury electric cars coming to Australia in 2024

Your guide to fully electric luxury cars and SUVs heading to Australian showrooms in 2024

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Would congestion pricing work in Australia?

New road-user charges are being considered to ease the traffic nightmare holding up our busiest roads, but would it really help?

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2025 Volkswagen Golf R Mk8.5 facelift teased

Following the reveal of the Mk 8.5 Golf, the refreshed Golf R has been teased at Ice Race in Zell am See

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SOLD! ‘NSW 1’ fetches millions, rewrites record books

It’s official: NSW 1 is Australia’s most expensive number plate. But how far past $10 million did the bidding go?

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2024 Toyota GR Yaris adds WRC editions, brings ‘Donut mode’

Developed by Toyota’s WRC drivers, the new models feature different driving modes and unique styling tweaks

News

Ioniq 5 N is a bigger deal for Hyundai than i30 N

Hot hatches have been around for donkey’s, but 478kW electric SUVs with synthesised soundtracks and gears? Not so much…

Reviews

2024 Hyundai IONIQ 5 N preview drive & suspension deep dive

We join Hyundai Australia’s ride and handling team to find out how they’re perfecting the first electric N car for local roads

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New vs old! 2024 electric Porsche Macan vs ICE Macan spec comparison

The Porsche Macan has evolved. Here’s how the new electric model compares to its predecessor

News

2024 Porsche Macan electric SUV revealed: Australian pricing and features

Porsche’s first electric SUV is coming to Australia with up to 470kW and a starting price of $133,700 before on-road costs

Reviews

2024 Kia Sorento review: Australian first drive

A worthy suite of updates for the class leader

News

F1: Drive to Survive season 6 confirmed for February

The latest instalment in the wildly popular Netflix series Drive to Survive will hit screens on February 23

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LEAKED! This is the all-electric 2024 Porsche Macan

Porsche’s hot-selling small SUV boasts a fresh look and bigger dimensions

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New Chery models coming: Tiggo 8 Pro, electric Omoda 5, and more

Chery’s product portfolio is vast in China, but what will it choose for its Australian expansion? Here’s what’s coming – and what could be coming – down the pipeline

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Volkswagen T-Cross: ‘Rubber Ducky’ floated on UK options list

This one might not fit in your bathroom, though

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2024 Skoda Octavia SportLine adds free upgrades: Pricing and features

The Octavia SportLine trim has finally arrived in Australia, following the wider range’s debut in 2021

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2024.5 Ford Transit Custom pricing and features: Prices up; double cab variant due in Q3

Ford’s second-generation Transit Custom offers new tech, more safety, a lowered ride height, and an uprated 2.5-tonne braked towing capacity

Best Large SUVs

Best Large SUV Under $80K

Mazda’s new CX-90 faces off against the also-fresh Jeep Grand Cherokee, the Hyundai Palisade, and our Megatest-winning Kia Sorento in a battle of sub-$80,000 seven-seater SUVs.

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Volkswagen shows tough Amarok-based SUV

Official render shows VW was considering its own version of the Ford Everest after all!

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2025 Volkswagen Golf Mark 8.5 facelift revealed, Australian timing confirmed

The updated Volkswagen Golf small car, due in Australia in early 2025, features a revised look, new infotainment, physical steering wheel controls, and more power for the GTI hot hatch

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2024 Toyota Yaris and Yaris Cross updates revealed, in line for Australia

The Toyota Yaris hatch and Yaris Cross light SUV have received a minor update in Japan with light design changes, new infotainment, and improved safety tech

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Mazda 6 to continue in Australia, axed in Japan

The Mazda 6 will be discontinued in Japan in April, but production is set to continue for export markets including Australia

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POLL: Ford shows new 48-inch display – should huge screens be allowed?

Ford has pushed its entire hand to the centre of the table, declaring itself all-in on dash-wide infotainment – 48 inches of it! We ask: should these increasingly huge and powerful systems be allowed in cars?

BMW 530d for NSW Police fleet rear
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Australia Day Double Demerits in force from 25-28 January in ACT and NSW

Highway Patrol will be out in force over the Australia Day long weekend with double demerits for those breaking the rules

Opinion

Let’s leave the pick-up truck obsession for the US

Size matters, but not always in a good way.