Ever wonder what it would be like to be part of an industry so big? Ever wonder what you could do to ‘break-in’ to this industry? Well, I have good news for you - you already have.

SEMA just released their numbers for the 2006 year, and the industry - our industry - showed a strong 7.1% growth rate.

For the complete article, check out SEMA.org

We’ve put a ton of time into RPMWare and we’re over 70k lines of code and counting. I’m destined for carpel-tunnel and horrible eyes.

I’m surprised we didn’t have a winner. We’ll have to come up with some more of these quick contests, I’ll make the next one easier.

Just in case there weren’t enough ways to dump a boatload of cash into an Acura Integra this guy decided to convert his to RWD.

Click Here for the full write up

Guess the significance of the number and win a free month of service. E-mail your guess to kyle@rpmware.com or leave a comment on the blog. Only one free month of service is available. Only 1 entry per person. First correct answer wins. I’ll post the answer after the holiday weekend.

Cars and Video Games will go down in history as one of the great match ups of all time - and within this realm there will be the never-ending competition for the top spot. Need for Speed had it’s day until Gran Turismo came in the new king of the street - then things started getting interesting. Enter Forza Motorsports, perhaps the only game to give Gran Turismo a run for it’s money is getting a much deserved (and anticipated) sequel.

Release Date is set for May 29th, enjoy the teaser video - and D/L the demo from XBox Live!!!

For more info check out the Forza Motorsports Hompage

So Kyle and I were talking about getting some new business cards made the other day, so we went out looking for some cool designs. I personally liked this one:

To see the complete collection check out this link: Cool Business Cards

The RPMWare family gets on collective year older today. Our head Data Wrangler and Hand-Eye Coordinator, Ernest Lo hits the 1/4 Century Mark today.

Happy Birtheday Ernest - and thanks for all the effort you have given to the cause.

I’m not sure whether to love or hate this one. On one hand the “Lambo” doors and neon orange wheels ruin the best looking car out right now. On the other a matte black Ferrari is just sexy.

For the full specs check out this post on AutoBlog

We’ve added Information for Manufacturers and the RPMBlog. We’re also working on a refresh of our support pages and even more information on RPMWare.

A little progress update on our database… We’ve now added 66 products lines in 159 different categories. We have 33,587 items in 1,829 product groups. There are 45,030 specific applications and 513,773 links between those applications and our 33,587 items. This list is always growing and you’ll be shocked once you see our numbers next week.