Auto Shows Gallery: Hottest Corvettes at SEMA 2019

First Look! SEMA 2019 Move-In Gallery Inside the Las Vegas Convention Center

This is your first look at SEMA 2019 inside the Las Vegas Convention Center before the show begins.Each year, right around Halloween, the world of automotive everything converges Las Vegas, Nevada, for the biggest aftermarket car show south of the North Pole. This is the place to be if you want to see the latest trends and newest parts. Oh, and who could forget that some of the most renowned hot rod and custom car builders tend to show up and unveil their hottest new builds every year at the show.

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SEMA is all things to the world of performance, making it the "end all be all" to the world of modified cars and trucks—especially Corvettes. Performance is something we think of in terms of horsepower and torque, but performance can also be measured in terms of build styles, wild paint, and the "kool" factor. Well, SEMA has it all—in huge measures.

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Within the world of performance, it can be broken down into any number of types of cars and trucks. Performance, as mentioned, can be attributed to horsepower and torque; handling, which can be measured in cornering and braking ability; or looks, which can be viewed as wild paint jobs, the application of chrome where none has ever been seen, or styling cues that boggle the imagination. Performance is taking the norm and accelerating its outcome.

Behind the Scenes at SEMA 2019: Photo Gallery

HOT ROD takes a behind-the-scenes look at what’s going on outside the Las Vegas Convention Center before the official start of SEMA 2019.More SEMA 2019: Shelby GT500 Dragon Snake Concept!

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To this end, the Corvette is all things when it comes to performance. Under the hood, underpinnings or winner of a beauty contest. The Corvette represents itself well in all phases of performance. The Corvette is, or at least should be, the calling card for SEMA. While there are always Corvettes at SEMA, there are hundreds of other examples of cars and trucks to tantalize one's imagination.

Walking both inside and outside the massive acreage that makes up the SEMA Show, we have found stock to modified Corvettes. Take a look at what we found on our first hot lap of the show on opening day.

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