Hot Import Nights is an increasingly popular traveling car show where
people show off modified cars, paint jobs, electronics and
whatever else they can think of that is new and cool and
can be added to a car. Tom's Hardware Guide calls it a "mix of
car show, LAN party, and model fest." The show captures
the ongoing trend of modding -- where people modify computers
and electronics. Modding is also popular with
gamers who like to enhance their PCs with added components
and artwork. Hot Import Nights even has a gaming show inside of it run by GameRiot. You can find out when the show is coming to your city and register
your car on the Hot Import Nights website.
Mike Munar, manager of Vision Entertainment, told Tom's Hardware Guide
how Hot Import Nights all began in a recent interview:
We started Hot Import Nights in 1998, with a single show. It soon
grew to two shows a year, then four. Now we have a twenty city tour
each year. Our show is a bit different from the usual auto show.
Those shows are spread out over several days, but Hot Import Nights
crams all that into six hours. At our latest show in Los Angeles,
there were about 24,000 to 30,000 attendees. You can only fit so
many people in the convention hall, and there is a limit to how
many people you can stream through the door. Some people were
lining up at noon to get at five.
