---
title: "The 10 Most Absurd Custom Cars at the 2016 SEMA Show"
description: "Believe us, winnowing it down to that number wasn't easy."
date: "2016-11-04"
modified: "2016-11-04"
authors:
  - name: "Aaron Brown"
    job_title: "Staff Editor"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/aaron-brown"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/5873/the-10-most-absurd-custom-cars-at-the-2016-sema-show"
categories:
  - "Culture"
  - "News"
tags:
  - "car shows"
  - "Custom Cars"
  - "SEMA"
---

# The 10 Most Absurd Custom Cars at the 2016 SEMA Show

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Each year, automakers, custom car builders, and aftermarket part manufacturers invade Las Vegas to show off their most outrageous and drool-worthy vehicles at the Specialty Equipment Manufacturers Association's annual trade show in Las Vegas—better known to everyday people as SEMA. For a week, the automotive world gathers together to cast aside

Some of the case on display are beautiful; others offensive; still others, ugly enough send you scrambling to find bleach to throw into your own eyes. So we pulled together a list of 10 cars from all three of those categories to give you a sense of just how mad SEMA can be. But trust us—for every car on this list, there are three more almost just as worthy of your praise or damnation.

**Engraved Subaru WRX STI With Widebody Kit**

https://youtube.com/embed/M3hrmvCJ2QA

This custom STI on the SEMA show floor shows off a custom, metal-engraved widebody kit, built by Japanese company Corazon, which includes fender flares, a custom front spoiler, custom side skirts, a new rear diffuser, and a new front bumper. There's also a new [titanium exhaust](<https://www.autoevolution.com/news/engraved-subaru-wrx-sti-with-widebody-kit-is-pure-art-at-2016-sema-112741.html#>), third-party taillights, and an aftermarket spoiler. Those wheels that are fitted right under those massive flares were built by ACE Flowform. Oh, *and* it's [right-hand drive](<https://www.autoevolution.com/news/engraved-subaru-wrx-sti-with-widebody-kit-is-pure-art-at-2016-sema-112741.html#>), which makes it JDM A.F.

**NASCAR-Engined Nissan 370Z Drift Car**

https://youtube.com/embed/fd5-2umwckI

It's one thing to stuff an LS motor into some random, non-General Motors car, but it's a whole other thing to use a 600-plus-horsepower NASCAR racing V8 engine in a drift car build. And this build isn't even done. *Carscoops* reports that when the owner is finished with this 370Z, the [V8 will be pumping out 850 hp](<https://www.carscoops.com/2016/11/nascar-v8-powered-nissan-370z-drifter.html>).

**2,000-Horsepower Toyota Land Speed Cruiser**

![2000hp\_land\_speed\_cruiser\_inline.jpeg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content/archive-images/2000hp_land_speed_cruiser_inline.jpeg>)
**Toyota**

We at *The Drive* can't get enough of this [2,000-horsepower Toyota Land Cruiser](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/5815/toyota-built-a-2-000-hp-220-mph-land-cruiser-for-sema>) concept. As we told you before, this mind-numbing SUV has a top speed of 220 miles per hour. Why? We couldn't tell you. There's no legitamate reason why anyone should ever need to drive that fast in a truck like this. Then again...sometimes the only reason to build something is because you can.

**Kuhl Racing Gold Engraved Nissan GT-R**

https://www.instagram.com/p/BMYE9SAj3iA

Before we even knew about the engraved STI, this GT-R, customized by Kuhl Racing, was strutting its aftermarket engraved gold body panels at the [Tokyo Auto Show](<https://www.thedrive.com/accelerator/1779/kuhl-racing-turns-a-nissan-gt-r-into-pagan-idolatry>). Now it's at SEMA to show America what's up.

**Dodge Challenger Shakedown**

![Dodge](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content/archive-images/challenger_inline_shakedwnb.jpeg>)
*Dodge*

Somehow, the maniacs over at Dodge managed to stuff the heart of a [modern Challenger](<https://www.thedrive.com/muscle-cars/5791/the-dodge-challenger-shakedown-packs-485-modern-horses-in-a-classic-body>) into a lowered, 1971 Challenger body. That means it has a [485-horsepower 6.4-liter V8](<https://www.thedrive.com/muscle-cars/5791/the-dodge-challenger-shakedown-packs-485-modern-horses-in-a-classic-body>); it also borrowed a six-speed manual from the Viper. And yet, it still looks almost identical to a 40-year-old muscle car. It's wild.

**Ram ProMaster Pit Stop**

![ram-promaster-pitstop-concept-sema-2016-720x340.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content/archive-images/ram-promaster-pitstop-concept-sema-2016-720x340.jpg>)
**Ram**

The Ram ProMaster Pit Stop is the ultimate tailgating vehicle. No cooler-equipped pickup could ever deliver anywhere near the parking lot, beer-sharing, barbecuing experience that this van can. There are built-in kegs and a tap system, a convenient sunshade, and some sick wall-mounted neon lights.

**Ryan Tuerck's Ferrari-Engined Toyota GT86 Drift Car**

![ryan\_tuerck\_4586\_inline12.png](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content/archive-images/ryan_tuerck_4586_inline12.png>)
**Donut Media/Facebook**

After the build was finished, [Ryan Tuerck's GT86 drift missile](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/5790/watch-ryan-tuercks-ferrari-engined-toyota-gt86-drift-circles-around-an-actual-ferrari>) was brought to SEMA so it could achieve appropriate levels of gawking. Though we don't have any official drool stats or gawking numbers, we've assured ourselves that this highly-customized, Ferrari 458-engined Japanese sports car was well-received at the custom car show. Because why wouldn't it be? It's amazing.

**Chevrolet Camaro SS Slammer**

![chevy\_camaro\_slammed\_inline\_sema.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content/archive-images/chevy_camaro_slammed_inline_sema.jpg>)
**Chevy**

The Slammer concept is GM's best attempt at stance. Its 22-inch wheels front and rear ride beneath an air suspension system, and the whole thing is pushed around by a 455-horsepower 6.2-liter LT1 V8 engine. Useless? Maybe.

**Dazer** **Off-Road Toyota Prius**

https://www.instagram.com/p/BMT-FKig5Pq

We found this hot piece of ridiculousness while scavenging SEMA social media posts. Though details on the build are slim, it appears we have found a Prius that's modified by a Japanese company called Dazer. The hybrid (assuming it's still a hybrid) looks to be lifted, have METHOD race wheels, a push bar, all-terrain wheels, fender flares, and a new front bumper.

**1,000-Horsepower 1965 Ford Mustang**

![mustang1000\_horsepower\_sema\_inline.jpeg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content/archive-images/mustang1000_horsepower_sema_inline.jpeg>)
**Timeless Kustoms**

Take a [1965 Ford Mustang, add nine months](<https://www.thedrive.com/muscle-cars/5836/this-1-000-hp-1965-ford-mustang-will-melt-your-face-off>) of track-readying treatment by Timeless Kustoms in California, and you wind up with a maniacal 1,000-horsepower customized ponycar. Absolutely everything from the roof to the motor appears to have been replaced—and all for the better. [From the inside](<https://www.thedrive.com/muscle-cars/5836/this-1-000-hp-1965-ford-mustang-will-melt-your-face-off>), you can't even tell you're still in a Mustang. Especially not one that was born more than 50 years ago.

## Author
Aaron was previously a contributing writer with Jalopnik and has also written for Business Insider covering cars. When he's not in the office writing the news, you'll probably find him thrashing a beater car around a RallyCross.

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