From computers to barbecues: latest car accessories on show

0 Comments | AFP, November, 2007

LAS VEGAS, United States (AFP) — An onboard computer that allows passengers to surf the Internet and download music while you drive? A built-in barbecue that folds out of the trunk for tailgate parties?

SEMA 07, the world's biggest auto accessories exhibition taking place in Las Vegas this week, has shown that the only limit on vehicle-owners wanting to customise their four-wheeled friends appears to be their imagination.

The gleaming chrome-plated wheel rims beloved by gangster rappers and wannabes are already threatening to become a thing of the past.

If Bryan Davis, president of Led Wheels has his way, pedestrians and fellow motorists will soon be able to watch televisions mounted inside the wheel rims of other cars driving by.

"We basically...