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SEMA 2019

same time, but they just can’t have anything else going on during SEMA week, simply because the show fills the whole kit and caboodle to the brim – over 3-million square feet of floor space. And then the bastard spills out into the carparks, outside areas, and parts of the famous Westgate Hotel next door. They even build temporary halls!

In other words, we knew that we were looking at a bit more than a light stroll around.

The Speciality Equipment Market Association

Show, now in its 56th year, is not only the world’s biggest car show, but it’s actually the single biggest event ever to hit the massive Las Vegas Convention Center. I mean think about it, this is about the biggest convention centre in the world, and it’s in the mighty Las Vegas – the place where all the big conventions converge. In fact, the LVCC is built to hold three or four massive conventions at the Put it like this, my Fitbit (yes, I know, don’t take the piss) says that we were averaging 12-14 miles a day, and that’s without getting there in the first place.

So why do we do it? Why do we spend our own cash to go all the way to Las Vegas to visit the world’s most important modified car show? Well, that question answers itself, doesn’t it? Here’s what went on for the 2019 instalment…

The cars

Some will tell you that SEMA is about as diverse as it gets, others will insist

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