{"id":33,"date":"2010-11-07T12:22:32","date_gmt":"2010-11-07T19:22:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/importimage.com\/?p=33"},"modified":"2018-10-16T14:08:42","modified_gmt":"2018-10-16T21:08:42","slug":"sema-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/importimage.com\/?p=33","title":{"rendered":"SEMA 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/importimage.com\/?p=33\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1633 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/importimage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/226524_158198134244790_2065583_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/importimage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/226524_158198134244790_2065583_n.jpg 640w, https:\/\/importimage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/226524_158198134244790_2065583_n-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/importimage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/226524_158198134244790_2065583_n-230x173.jpg 230w, https:\/\/importimage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/226524_158198134244790_2065583_n-350x263.jpg 350w, https:\/\/importimage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/226524_158198134244790_2065583_n-480x360.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s that time of year again when the auto-aftermarket industry comes together and puts on a trade show only second in size to CES at the Las Vegas Convention Center.<\/p>\n<p>I was fortunate enough to do the &#8220;scooter&#8221; tour of SEMA this year where I covered a lot of ground in record time.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Although the economy has been down, SEMA this year wasn&#8217;t bad at all.\u00a0 There were still many cars and products to look at, and this year was the year of drifting.\u00a0 The front open area of the convention center had a large open track this year dedicated to drifting exhibitions.\u00a0 It&#8217;s good that the greater auto community is now recognizing drifting as a growing and established culture.\u00a0 Enjoy the coverage, and find more pictures on our <a title=\"SEMA 2010\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/media\/set\/?set=a.158197467578190&amp;type=1&amp;l=2c7d0ea77b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">facebook fan page<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>About SEMA (<em>From official fact sheet<\/em>):<\/p>\n<p><em>Founded in 1963, the Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) is a trade association dedicated to helping businesses involved with vehicle customizations. SEMA is governed by a board of directors who volunteer their time to lead and guide the association, and professional staff is responsible for the day-to-day execution of the programs and services.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>SEMA consists of a diverse group of manufacturers, distributors, retailers, publishing companies, auto restorers, street-rod builders, restylers, car clubs, race teams and more. The typical SEMA member company is a small to midsize business, with an owner entering the industry as an enthusiast whose passion led to a career.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>For more information, visit www.sema.org.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.semashow.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2005 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/importimage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Sema-Show-Logo-1-8289-300x90.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"90\" srcset=\"https:\/\/importimage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Sema-Show-Logo-1-8289-300x90.jpg 300w, https:\/\/importimage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Sema-Show-Logo-1-8289-768x231.jpg 768w, https:\/\/importimage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Sema-Show-Logo-1-8289-1024x308.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/importimage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Sema-Show-Logo-1-8289-830x250.jpg 830w, https:\/\/importimage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Sema-Show-Logo-1-8289-230x69.jpg 230w, https:\/\/importimage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Sema-Show-Logo-1-8289-350x105.jpg 350w, https:\/\/importimage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Sema-Show-Logo-1-8289-480x144.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s that time of year again when the auto-aftermarket industry comes together and puts on a trade show only second in size [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,3,10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/importimage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/importimage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/importimage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/importimage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/importimage.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/importimage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2013,"href":"https:\/\/importimage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33\/revisions\/2013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/importimage.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/importimage.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/importimage.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}