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Originally Published at on Nov 19 2011 • view original

My publisher and all my automotive-enthusiast writers and friends who have been to the SEMA show tell me it will be the most fantastic event I will attend all year. Going through past SEMA editions of Bumper to Bumper, spending countless hours on the SEMA website, and compiling information from exhibitors has lead me to believe they are completely right with this first week of November promising to be the highlight of my year.

The concept that I will be able to visit a showcase of new products numbering well over a thousand is in itself exhilarating. With over 2,000 exhibitors taking up the entirety of ten large halls tells me that I need to trade in my Vegas stiletto’s for something more practical, bummer.

Another thing I am absolutely sure of is that on this trip “what happens in Vegas will definitely NOT stay in Vegas” because I will be wearing out my camera, my pen, my notebooks, and my digital recorders as I move from exhibition hall to exhibition hall and from booth to booth taking it all in. I’m sure it will be a monumental task due to 71 separate press conferences to attend – more than I have ever seen occur at any single event I have ever attended. I will want to cover every one, but realistically know I will have to settle for as many of them as a human being can.

My goal will be to bring you reader’s updates on the future of the automotive and automotive aftermarket industry in future issues of Bumper to Bumper which will be published after the show as well as on websites and blogs that I update frequently. Especially watch for our next SEMA edition which is being targeted for mid-to-late November, (depending on how fast the half-dozen editors, writers and photographers from our publications work).

Virtually every major auto manufacturer will have displays and will hold press conferences to detail what special things they have coming over the next year. Marlon Hanson, our publisher, will be intent on looking especially at new vehicles which will become available for consumers over the next few months.

This is why I’m writing this article this year rather than him. He will be evaluating, researching and contributing a special article for Consumer’s Digest detailing what to expect in the top 10 vehicles coming out in 2012. He just finished judging duties for the Consumers Digest Best Buy Recommendations for this year. To see those recommendations pick up the November issue of Consumers Digest, on newsstands now. He has also already begun looking over the horizon to see what is about to round the bend next year and beyond.

Those of you at the show will have the inside track on many of the newest breakthroughs in terms of mobile electronics (where technology is ever-changing and upgrading from previous models). At this year’s event you’ll also be treated to the latest methods and product availabilities for classic vehicle restoration (Central Hall), Tires, Wheels and Accessories which have yet to be seen in your neighborhood but soon will be (South Halls), and a favorite of most people in my adopted state of Texas, Trucks, SUVs and Utility Vehicles (South Halls, upper level).

Thinking Americans know that the automobile industry is essential to the vitality of our nation. Not only do the majority of Americans need a motor vehicle to get to work each day, everyone’s life is either directly or indirectly affected by that industry.

Those who don’t work directly for an auto manufacturer or supplier may instead work for a company that depends on the auto industry to buy, receive and ship services through a manufacturer or carrier.

The SEMA show is unique in terms of conventions because it caters to all the key decision makers, designers, media, and businesses which form the most powerful voice in the industry.

Executives, engineers, and designers consider the SEMA show critical to their understanding of the overall industry and the trends which are likely to influence current and future vehicle sales.

Currently the trends are moving in the direction of massive, innovative, and efficient economies (in terms of fuel usage with hybrids, electric vehicles, propane driven vehicles and even hydrogen powered cars) which are becoming part of our landscape.

It cannot be said with any degree of certainty which form of propulsion will win out and power the next century of transportation methods, but it can be said that it is highly certain that it won’t be the fossil fuels which carried us through the past millennium.

This year has been a great one for the industry. There is hardly a manufacturer who has not experienced double-digit gains in sales. While many companies are afraid to invest, those in the auto industry are forging forward with new vigor. Those of us attending SEMA this year have a ring-side seat, and I intend to put readers in the seat next to me in coming weeks.

The show this year runs from Tuesday, November 1 through Friday, November 4. show will be open to attendees from 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. each day until 4:00 p.m. Friday when the show ends.

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