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Mike Spagnola from SEMA joins us to talk about “Leno’s Law,” EV Mandates, the SEMA Show and more.

CarCast

Bleav + Carolla Digital

Comedy, Automotive, Leisure

4.62.4K Ratings

🗓️ 10 April 2025

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Mike Spagnola, CEO of SEMA, joins Matt to talk about some of the latest government regulations and initiatives they are working and how they will improve the automotive enthusiast industry. They also talk about this year’s SEMA show and SEMA Fest. Presented by DrinkBravago.com

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0:00.0

Hello, welcome to Carcast. I'm Matt, the Motorator DeAndrea.

0:10.6

Goldberg's going to be out today. He's got some stuff to work on his property up at the ranch in Texas.

0:18.7

But I did want to welcome our guest, Mike Spagnola, the CEO of Seema.

0:22.9

Mike, you've been on a few times before.

0:25.2

We kind of got into all the great things that have been happening with Seema over the years.

0:29.7

I know government rules, legislation, that's kind of a hot topic right now.

0:35.8

And previously we were talking and your staff as well.

0:39.7

We were talking a little bit more about SEMA and PRI and the SEMA Fest and how that's kind of evolving.

0:46.9

So we can still get into all of that stuff. But yeah, welcome. How are you? Yeah, great. Thanks for

0:53.6

having me back. It's always fun to be with you.

0:55.8

We've been friends for many years and it's fun always to get to chat.

0:59.2

Yeah, back from the street scene days. Remember that?

1:01.4

Yeah, I do. Because I'm looking at the poster behind you. And that's a, that was a, that Mustang, the California car was you were doing like street scene equipment. This was your,

1:14.0

this was your life before Seema. It was. Before Seema garage. You could talk a little bit about

1:18.7

that, but doing aftermarket body kits. And I think we met back in that day. Probably so. That

1:26.0

car's from 2005.

1:28.3

Yeah.

1:28.7

And it was pretty cool.

1:29.8

We were able to get a body in white.

1:31.1

There were only a few of them, which means just the shell in 2004.

1:35.4

And they were going to introduce this new classic Mustang, you know, at the time.

1:38.9

And we were able to get one in advance.

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