Hyundai IONIQ 3 First Look: Hyundai’s New Compact EV Starts At €29,995 In France

Two batteries, a projected range of up to 497 km and a daytime light that spells H in Morse code. The IONIQ 3 was on Hyundai's Paris stand on its way to Auto Zürich.
Motor shows, car by car, filmed on the floor.

Two batteries, a projected range of up to 497 km and a daytime light that spells H in Morse code. The IONIQ 3 was on Hyundai's Paris stand on its way to Auto Zürich.

The N°7 replaces the car that brought in up to half of DS's sales. It comes as a hybrid or an EV, costs €43,900–77,520 in France, and DS brought it to Paris in its most expensive trim.

Dacia calls Paris the world premiere of the Striker, a 4.62-metre crossover with hybrid and LPG versions. French prices run to €31,900, and the Swiss market start is planned for early 2027.

We photographed Alpine's stand at eight shows in three years, from three petrol A110s in Warsaw to an electric A390 in Brussels. The range changed at every stop.

GAC hung a Polish premiere banner over a 496-hp plug-in SUV, Leapmotor came in through Stellantis, and most of the new cars stood on stands run by local dealers.

GAC sells the Emkoo Hybrid in Poland in a single Luxury trim at 144,900 zł. There is still no euro price anywhere in the sources we could find.

We photographed Chinese brands at eleven European shows in four years. They went from filling the gaps at a thin Paris show to standing on Polish dealer stands with price lists.

Alpine, Mercedes dealers and tuned supercars filled our first two years of photographs at Ptak Warsaw Expo. By 2026, Chinese brands that were new to Poland stood beside Volkswagen and Audi.

The electric ID. Polo lists at CHF 24,900 in Switzerland, or CHF 21,900 on contracts signed by 31 October. In Basel's St. Jakobshalle it stood among dealer cars wearing show prices and deadlines.
From the archive AUTO/MOBIL Basel 2026

We filmed a grey PV5 Passenger with the award sticker on its windscreen in Martigny. Kia's Swiss data for it still carries a homologation caveat.
From the archive Passion Auto Show Martigny 2026

We filmed the black four-wheel-drive Actyon on Tanguy's stand in Martigny. In Switzerland the range runs from CHF 42,490 for the front-drive hybrid to CHF 47,490.
From the archive Passion Auto Show Martigny 2026

A blue SQ2 sat on a ramp on the Autocorner stand in Martigny, a few weeks before Audi confirmed that production of the Q2 it is built on had ended.
From the archive Passion Auto Show Martigny 2026