After walking more than a dozen miles each day covering this year's SEMA festivities, we saw everything there was to see. And given that the show is closed to the public, this is the stuff you need to know about. So kick back, flex that mouse-clicking and/or screen-swiping finger, and savor these SEMA cars you can't miss.
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Michael Simari
Velocity Wheels Custom Ram 1500
A hood mural depicting actress Megan Fox as the Mona Lisa holding a mustachioed Mona Lisa mask? Check.
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Michael Simari
Velocity Wheels Custom Ram 1500
This is the automotive equivalent of a porcupine bristling mid-sneeze.
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Michael Simari
Velocity Wheels Custom Ram 1500
Points for the ancient, Dodge-branded steering wheel.
4Michael Simari
Velocity Wheels Custom Ram 1500
It's sort of like a dump truck—Ram should patent this tech and call it "RamDumpBox."
5Michael Simari
Velocity Wheels Custom Ram 1500
For when your speakers need speakers . . .
6Michael Simari
Porsche 918 Spyder
This may look like a factory Porsche 918 Spyder, but it is in fact a factory Porsche 918 Spyder with aftermarket wheels.
7Michael Simari
Porsche 918 Spyder
We were told this is the first 918 Spyder to be put on custom rims. We're not sure what to make of the achievement.
8Michael Simari
Liberty Walk Porsche 911
The 2014 SEMA show was dominated by Ford's new Mustang, but the dark horse in the Most Popular Booth Car race easily was anything wearing a Liberty Walk wide-body kit.
9Michael Simari
Tractor/Monster Truck/Camouflaged Custom
Quick, can you spot the wild lifted truck? In other news, our pick for "worst photo background choice" at SEMA goes to . . .
10Michael Simari
BMW M4 DTM Race Car
DTM racing is cool, so by default, anything DTM is ice cold, this M4 racer included.
11Michael Simari
BMW M4 DTM Race Car
So much wing.
12Michael Simari
1965 Ford Mustang "Hoonicorn"
Of all the cars at SEMA, Ken Block's latest Gymkhana ride is perhaps THE must-see vehicle.
13Michael Simari
1965 Ford Mustang "Hoonicorn"
Do frontal views come any meaner than this?
14Michael Simari
Rat Rod Pickup
No SEMA show would be complete without a perfectly executed rat rod.
15Michael Simari
2007 Porsche 911
We found this gem in the Toyo Tires booth, and it was absolutely stunning.
16Michael Simari
2007 Porsche 911
Besides rocking a Vollkommen Design wide-body kit, this 911 also wears a carbon-fiber roof and an absolutely bitchin' rear wing.
17Michael Simari
2007 Porsche 911
Let's take a closer look at that wing.
18Michael Simari
2007 Porsche 911 Wide-Body
Even closer, even better.
19Michael Simari
Liberty Walk BMW M4
Because who doesn't need a wide-body BMW M4 with a metallic-finish wrap?
20Michael Simari
Liberty Walk BMW M4
There is just so much hotness here, we can't even.
Alexander Stoklosa
Online Editor
Alexander Stoklosa has been editing, writing, and reviewing cars for Car and Driver since 2010. Occasionally, he takes a subpar photograph or whips together a cheesy illustration to the chagrin of C/D’s art staff. More often he can be found taking needlessly contrarian positions in inter-office car debates.
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