2012 SEMA Trucks

SEMA has now ended; we all need to get back to reality and back to work. The smell of tire shine in the air, sound of cars drifting outside, and the endless rows of cars are what SEMA is all about. Not only did the show cars shine, but the displays played a big role for showing off the cars and its unique features. Walking about the floors of the Las Vegas Convention Center are 60,000 buyers just looking for the next trend or something they can throw on their ride. Having your car as one of the show cars at SEMA is a big accomplishment. Even though SEMA is taken over by mostly cars, they do have trucks also!  For all of those who missed SEMA here is a glimpse of what SEMA was like for us.  Enjoy! 

The automotive market has been big and continues to expand. For those of you who thought this market was dying down... think again. The automotive industry brings $30 billion annually. Everyone has a different taste for what they like, and that is what makes this industry so big. There is so much room for creativity and uniqueness, the varieties of different automotive parts just might be never ending! Most people who own trucks are known for being very high with bright lights you can’t stand! At SEMA you will see more than just the lifted truck with HID’s. These trucks have the best lift kit money can buy. The craziest paint jobs ever, and the meatiest tires you will see.  Whatever it is for you, we hope you will be able to drive the car of your dreams.

RX 350 F Sport

The RX now has a F Sport package. What does that mean? Well to start off the regular RX is just a crossover right? or is it a SUV? My personal opinion its a crossover, not tall enough to be a SUV. The new RX is actually built on a ES platform. I think it looks not bad for an RX F. The RX has been around for many years now and we know that its one of the best selling crossovers out there. Just look back a few years when the Audi commercial released the new Q5 they were practically saying the RX is the top seller out on the market because every mom has one, so they were trying to tell you to be different and buy the Q5 so you can stand out in the crowd and be a trend setter. Also what we know about this car is the stereotypes that goes along driving it. Like #1 your a woman, #2 your a soccer mom, #3 probably a stay at home mom, #4 your a mom who has kids #5 you just don't see a guy driving it!! That is what Lexus wants to change. That is why Lexus has now made an RX F! It's for all you Husbands and Fathers out there. Now when you want to take your Beloved other to the Lexus dealer ship you wont really have to push her towards the GS or the SC you can be semi happy with driving the RX F around. But what makes it an F? Is it just a badged up RX with cool emblems all over it? It's surprisingly not, they have actually done some mods to it. On a standard RX you only get a six speed automatic, on the F you get an eight speed automatic with paddle shifters! All enthusiasts favorite flappy paddles... You also get all wheel drive instead of the normal front wheel drive. In the F package you get all upgrades on a regular RX like the Premium and Comfort packages as standard package (Moon roof, HID's, heated seats, ect...). Also you get F Sport suspension with rear performance dampers. That is really all the upgrades you get on the F version. How is the drive though... not so well, its a very bumpy ride and not smooth like a Lexus should be. Under the hood you will have a 3.5L V6 pushing 270hp with 248 torque. 0-60 in about 7.7 Seconds with a cap of 112 mph gas is 18 City / 26 HWY and you can get all this for $47,000 (base). (I still wont recommend you taking this on a canyon run or trying to run the ///M X5) Is this the Q5, X5 or, ML killer? Not quite yet.

Pictures credited to www.autoblog.com