Our 25 Favorite Cars and Trucks from SEMA 2022
Cars, trucks, SUVs, and everything else.
One of at least two Eleanors on the show floor.
“What is an ‘ELEANOR,” asks the website eleanor-mustang.com. “She’s the Star Car character from the 2000 Halicki Films movie ‘Gone in 60 Seconds,’ which was a remake of the H.B. Halicki’s 1974 movie Gone in Sixty Seconds starring ELEANOR.”
EMPI has been making VW parts for decades. Anyone who has ever owned an air-cooled Volkswagen has spent lots of money on parts from EMPI.
The 1964 Chevrolet is a favorite among lowrider builders.
From Apocalypse Manufacturing, a 6X6 with a matte finish so thick it looks like fur.
Chevy Nova. Did you have one of these back in the day?
Powered by a supercharged 362 V8.
This looks like it’d be really fun to drive.
This XRE Hemi engine makes 3800 hp. It’s used in drag racing.
This Type 2 Transporter has been stolen and recovered twice. It sports a 2443-cc engine making 180 hp.
The Lexus Electrified Sport has been out for a while, but it still looks cool in the flesh. Looking forward to an electric future with this car in it. Lexus promises 0-60 mph in the low-two-second range and a range of 430 miles.
The Impala convertible. Note the Felix Chevrolet license plate frame, a favorite dealership in L.A.
Look for this and many like it in King of the Hammers.
The guys at Honnigan are never at a loss for creativity.
So excited to see the SVT EVIL Mustang by Sigala Designs that the camera stopped focusing. Sorry.
Articulation
“Bill Thomas’ iconic Cheetah race car from the 1960s garnered a huge following for its radical looks, backdoor inception at General Motors and its near arrival as a Cobra killer on America’s race tracks,” says cheetahevolution.com. “Yes, if the Cheetah had been born earlier, or had General Motors not imposed a competition ban in 1963, the fuel-injected 327-powered Cheetah may have met or exceeded the universal popularity the Shelby Cobra enjoys today.”
There were not a lot of rat rods at the show this year. But the few that made it stood out, which is the point of a rat rod, after all. ’35 Ford with a cammed 500 Cadillac engine, by Ian Vance.
Believe it or not, this was once the coolest car to which you could aspire.
This Tesla Model S was completely redone. It was parked in the Toyo Tires space.
Another Toyo Tires featured ride was this lowered , indeed slammed, GMC pickup, complete with a pair of electric dirt bikes.
This has to be one of the coolest Toyota 86s ever. Wonder what all the aerodynamics do? Downforce or drag?
Larry Chen said of this build, “@cam.cocalis was 17 years old when he started this project. He is now 21 years old. He built everything on this car including the fab and paint. Check out the cantilever air bag setup. I’ve never seen anything like it.”
OMG, never seen an SL Roadster like this.
This was the movie car from a Batman movie, supposedly built by the Bat Man himself. Note the Mickey Thompson tires.
Chopped and lowered.
