Every 12 months in Las Vegas, there is an occasion that brings together a number of the wildest custom cars, vans, and SUVs below one roof. They call it the SEMA Show.
SEMA, which stands for the Specialty Equipment Market Association, constitutes the very nice in the automobile aftermarket enterprise, especially in North America. In their annual flagship occasion, the SEMA Show, the member groups bring out their very excellent tricked-out rides whether or not they’re meant to tear up the race tune or drop your jaw even as sitting still inside the parking zone.
We’ll begin with the biggest marvel: the Dodge Hellephant. No, it truly is not a production model; the call absolutely refers back to the engine, now not the auto.
The engine is much like the only one discovered inside the Dodge Demon and Hellcat. However, it has been custom designed through Mopar and is being offered on the market. The Hellephant is a 7.Zero-liter V8 built through the Fiat Chrysler group and was tuned to provide one thousand horsepower.
At SEMA, the engine changed into set up in a custom (and antique) Dodge Charger. The engine will be sold in crate form for about $20,000 (or about PhP 1.1 million).
The Ford Motor Company delivered out something unique for this edition of SEMA, and it’s known as the Ford GT Carbon Series; a special model of the 2019 Ford GT, the modern-day day successor to the mythical GT40, which won the 24 Hours of Le Mans 4 instances in the overdue 60s.
The new version capabilities unique design touches and accents, but extra importantly, it changed into constructed to be lighter via the liberal use of carbon fiber all around the automobile, mainly the wheels. With a polycarbonate engine cover, the GT Carbon became capable of shedding an extra 40 pounds (just below 20 pounds) of weight.
Ove over Tesla because Chevrolet wants to show they did not kill the electric automobile with this: the eCOPO Camaro.
For those unexpected with the term, the original Camaro COPO hails from the 60s, an excessive-performance model of the Camaro that used a 7.0-liter V8. Vintage fashions are enormously favorite given their performance and legendary popularity. However, Chevrolet is reviving the call with a modern-day interpretation, in addition to an all-electric model called the eCOPO Camaro.
The electric version was a massive hit at the show. Chevrolet says it has seven hundred horsepower from an 800-volt electric force system. The result is an electric-powered Camaro that could run a quarter mile (four hundred meters) dragstrip in under 10 seconds.
The Korean automaker loves to make properly displaying at SEMA, and 2018 was no exception. Headlining Hyundai’s shows were a sequence of tuned versions of their turbocharged hatchback: the new Veloster.
The business enterprise got here to the display with numerous Velosters, which have been tuned for more horsepower, higher dealing with, and typical higher riding pleasure. Parts inclusive of a higher flow K&N filter out, greater “liberal” exhaust structures from Borla, brief shifters, stiffer springs from Eibach, and greater can be observed on these Velosters.
Kia wasn’t to be outdone by way of larger brother Hyundai on the SEMA Show, and so that they got here prepared… With style.
While Hyundai specialized in enhancing performance, Kia labored with DUB to create elegant versions of the Stinger and K900. The DUB K900 has a widebody kit, a trick custom indoors, and a set of 24-inch rims that refill the wheel arches. DUB gave a similar remedy to the brand new Stinger saloon automobile; it comes with 22-inch wheels, carbon fiber parts including the hood, and a brand new interior. Both vehicles built with the aid of DUB have air suspension systems. Kia additionally had some other marvel at the display. They took a standard Kia Forte (essentially a small, Corolla-sized car) and teamed up with Red Bull and Race Service to shove a massive 3.three-liter V6 below the hood collectively a rear-wheel drivetrain. The result is a Kia which can properly and sincerely glide and appears excellent in Red Bull livery.
