Nearly 20 years has passed since we took the photos you will find below. Had you told us then, what we would see now; we would have thought you to be crazy!

Whats sad in many ways is that the 2002 Sema show marked the end of an era in sport compact tuning. From the late 90’s through 2002, the scene was bold. Cars made statements. Sometimes those statements looked like an identity crisis, lol. Looking back though the statement was simple, individuality. 

Why did we leave the world of bold flashy, and sometimes gaudy builds to now be almost sterile in what we do? We are classics, we enjoy the simple and timeless builds ourselves. Having said that though, we love to see crazy and wild expressions in car builds.

The days are long gone of tail light conversions but lets take a moment to reminisce on those days and appreciate how they paved the way for todays builds.

We know what you are asking, how did those builds pave the way for todays builds. We will let you browse through the photos below and see if you can catch the hints. Before that though lets get into where we are heading. Read below for our take 

Okay we can all be honest here, We can not predict the next 20 years. What we can do however is start to see a trend emerging. If we are honest, many of us dont know how to feel about it either. You guessed it, EV.

Why are we dead set against EV? I feel like we need co-exist stickers for EV and combustion vehicles. Many people are feeling excited for EV but they want a stark differentiation drawn between the two types of propelling a vehicle. 

Having our cake and eating it too. This is where it gets fun for those of us who sit here hours a day dreaming of building all types of cars. What we at Jspek are seeing is a blend of EV technology and a resurgence of old school cars. 

We are expecting at SEMA 2021 to see a variety of platforms adopting tesla powerplants. everything from s2k’s to Beatles. What we are hoping to see in the “between” of the two worlds is builders taking EV technology and applying it to combustion vehicles.

What is EV technology? To us it is the advanced control features you see on vehicles such as Tesla and some of the advancements in aero technology. 

What do we want to see? Thats easy for any of us here at Jspek to define. We want to see active aero applied across any platform. We want to see things such as internal and external tire temp sensors. Large led displays. Better lighting. active suspensions. We could go on and on but, our bet for 2021 and beyond is you will see more of this incorporated. 

Now the reason you came…Pics are below.