{"id":93040,"date":"2023-10-30T18:50:38","date_gmt":"2023-10-31T01:50:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/?p=93040"},"modified":"2023-10-30T18:50:38","modified_gmt":"2023-10-31T01:50:38","slug":"sema-2023-kicks-off-with-top-trending-vehicles-announcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/sema-2023-kicks-off-with-top-trending-vehicles-announcement\/","title":{"rendered":"SEMA 2023 Kicks Off with Top Trending Vehicles Announcement"},"content":{"rendered":"

 <\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
SEMA Awards were presented Oct. 30 at the 2023 SEMA Show, recognizing the Ford Mustang, Toyota Tacoma, Ford F-Series, Ford Bronco, Nissan Z, and Ford Lightning as the best new vehicles for personalization.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As has become the annual tradition, the Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) announced its Vehicle of the Year award winners the night before the official kick-off of the SEMA show in Las Vegas, NV.<\/p>\n

The awards are voted on by exhibiting manufacturers and represent the trends and themes of the past year. This year, Ford was heavily represented, which is no surprise given the customization options of their top sellers. Hopefully, following the intense stand off with the United Auto Workers union over the past few months, the awards will give Ford something to cheer about. Toyota and Nissan were also recognized for Sport Compact Car of the Year (the Nissan Z) and Mid-Sized Truck of the Year (Toyota Tacoma).<\/p>\n

The Mustang in all its many variations took the prestigious Car of the Year award, and it will be heavily represented in the performance spaces around the show, as well as in the featured vehicle areas.<\/p>\n

\u201cSEMA Award-winning vehicles are setting worldwide trends in the automotive enthusiast industry,\u201d said Warren Kosikov, SEMA Vice President of Sales. \u201cThe Awards recognize the best new vehicles on the market that offer the greatest opportunities for customization. Attendees can see many of these unique award-winning vehicles during the 2023 SEMA Show.\u201d<\/p>\n

Car of the Year: <\/strong>Ford Mustang
\nFull-Size Truck of the Year:<\/strong> Ford F-Series
\nMid-Size Truck of the Year:<\/strong> Toyota Tacoma
\n4×4\/SUV of the Year:<\/strong> Ford Bronco
\nSport Compact Car of the Year:<\/strong> Nissan Z
\nElectric Vehicle of the Year: <\/strong>Ford Lightning<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SEMA announced its vehicles of the year prior to the start of the 2023 SEMA Show in Las Vegas on Monday, October 30.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":93041,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3470],"tags":[9362,9972],"class_list":["post-93040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-sema-2023","tag-vehicle-of-the-year"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/BestVehicleWinners.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p42YSK-ocE","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93040"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93040\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":93042,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93040\/revisions\/93042"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}