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SEMA 2014: crazy cars from the world’s craziest car show - pictures

Car customisation is taken to extremes at the 2014 Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) show

By:Auto Express team
6 Nov 2014

Car fans interested in the wackiest and most heavily modified motors will find their dreams coming true at the SEMA show 2014.

Based in Las Vegas, SEMA calls itself the largest and most diverse automotive speciality products show in the world, showcasing the best customised cars from companies small and large as well as being a mecca for car parts.

Spread out over more than one million square feet of space, the show taps into a car parts market worth more than $33billion. If proof is needed that Americans love modifying their cars, the SEMA show is it. 

From floor mats to full-on customised cars with obscene stereos and bonkers bhp figures, SEMA is the place where small companies show off their one-off creations and big car firms try and out-do each other to take show honours.

American big-guns Ford and General Motors are joined by Fiat Chryslers Group, Hyundai, Toyota, Honda, Mazda and Nissan. Auto Express popped along to the trade-only show – it isn’t open to the public – for a look around. Here are our top sights.

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  • Everyone loves a Viper and this is perhaps the ultimate example. The ACR Concept is a track car and, as such, has been stripped-out and been put through a weight-loss programme. Unnecessary equipment has been ditched and that even i

  • Dodge Viper ACR Concept - front

    Everyone loves a Viper and this is perhaps the ultimate example. The ACR Concept is a track car and, as such, has been stripped-out and been put through a weight-loss programme. Unnecessary equipment has been ditched and that even i

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  • Taking centre stage on the massive and overwhelmingly Pony car-themed Ford stand is this mad version of the latest Mustang. It uses a name last employed in the 1970s for a Mustang, but when it comes down to performance, there’s very li

  • Taking centre stage on the massive and overwhelmingly Pony car-themed Ford stand is this mad version of the latest Mustang. It uses a name last employed in the 1970s for a Mustang, but when it comes down to performance, there’s very li

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  • Hyundai doesn’t expect to sell many of its Genesis luxury saloons in the UK – 20 at most – but we think it would sell a great deal more if the Korean outfit brought over this mad Genesis AR550. Extensively tweaked by ARK Performance

  • It wasn’t just Mustangs attracting the crowds on the Ford stand, the Blue Oval’s dinky Fiesta ST took its fair share of the limelight too. This beige-coloured example tuned by All Star was joined by a more lurid-coloured version by Bok

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  • It wasn’t just Mustangs attracting the crowds on the Ford stand, the Blue Oval’s dinky Fiesta ST took its fair share of the limelight too. This beige-coloured example tuned by All Star was joined by a more lurid-coloured version by Bok

  • Chevrolet Camaro Green Flash Edition

    Chevy is marking the run-out of the current Camaro with a whole host of special one-offs at SEMA, and the one that caught our eye was this – the Green Flash Editon. Using a name that is more Dunlop plimsoll than hard-core tuner, the Gr

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  • American muscle car fans will look upon this Challenger concept and see a lot of retro appeal. The T/A Concept revives the package available on the original Challenger of the 1970s so there is lots of matt black detailing with typical

  • American muscle car fans will look upon this Challenger concept and see a lot of retro appeal. The T/A Concept revives the package available on the original Challenger of the 1970s so there is lots of matt black detailing with typical

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  • You’ll have to wait until next year for the new Jazz supermini. It’s dependable engines, conservative styling and spacious interior will make it a top choice for the UK’s mature buyers. However, at SEMA, the Japanese firm went mad and

  • Taking the award for most shocking has to be this mad Camry dragster. The body looks like any other mid-sized, conventional and conservative Camry but jack up the front and hinge the body back, the inside reveals a completely different

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  • Taking the award for most shocking has to be this mad Camry dragster. The body looks like any other mid-sized, conventional and conservative Camry but jack up the front and hinge the body back, the inside reveals a completely different

  • SEMA is home to the hottest one-offs around. But Kia decided to turn up to the event sporting a slightly mean K900 saloon, two Sedona MPVs, a racing car and an ice cream van based on the Kia Soul EV. The all-electric hatchback is the r

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  • Toyota Yaris DUBS Edition

    Much like the Jazz, the Yaris is hardly the type of car you’d expect to receive a tuned makeover. But that’s exactly what the Japanese firm has done for SEMA. The little&nbsp;<a href="https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/toyota/yaris">Yaris</

  • American Sports Car manufacturer Panoz unveiled its Esperante Spyder GT 25th Anniversary edition. It has a supercharged 560bhp 4.6-litre V8, a carbon-composite and aluminium body, and side exit exhausts. The front end is styled to look

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  • This mad customized Expedition won't be off-roading any time soon. With extreme lowering via air-lift struts, it also features magnificently expensive custom Rotiform wheels. it's powered by an uprated 405bhp 3.5-litre Ecoboost V6.

  • Lexus created this customized RC-F coupe by using Instagram to find out what fans would like to see. It was then given to tuner Clark Ishihara for him to apply the selected mods to the powertrain, brakes, suspension, body and the custo

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  • Liberty Walk Lamborghini Aventador

    Liberty Walk Lamborghini Aventador, with custom Forgiato wheels

  • Forgiato Mercedes S-Class Coupe

    Forgiato Mercedes S-Class Coupe

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  • La Mona Lisa by Velocity Wheels

    La Mona Lisa Dodge Charger by Velocity Wheels

  • Mercedes RENNTech Party/DJ Van

    Mercedes RENNTech Party/DJ Van

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  • Ford Mustang SEMA Custom

  • Lexus RC F GT3 SEMA

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  • Lexus RC F GT3 SEMA

  • 360 Elite Motorworks Lexus NX200t

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  • 360 Elite Motorworks Lexus NX200t SEMA

  • Tanner Foust ENEOS RWB VW Beetle SEMA

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  • Liberty Walk BMW M4

  • Hyundai BTR Genesis Coupe SEMA

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  • TRD Toyota Pick-Up at SEMA 2014

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