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
In March 2026 the new electric GLB, CLA and GLC reached Salzburg, Innsbruck, Graz and Martigny, and in Graz a dealer card and the organiser's listing disagreed on the GLB's price.
From the archive 5 shows
Four cars in our Martigny photographs wear award stickers, and each prize was real and already won. Other winners on the same floors wore no sticker, and some had not won yet.
From the archive 3 shows
Messe Congress Graz named its Austrian and Styrian premieres in advance. Our photographs from the Saturday and Sunday include three of them, plus the dealer price boards that tell you more than the labels.
From the archive MotionExpo Graz 2026
Mercedes quotes up to 713 km of WLTP range for the GLC 400 4MATIC, which the Graz organiser listed from €72,450 as a "Steiermark Premiere".
From the archive MotionExpo Graz 2026
The seven-seat GLB 250+ has 200 kW, an 85 kWh battery and up to 631 km WLTP. In Graz, a dealer card, the organiser and the AUTO TV video each gave it a different price.
From the archive MotionExpo Graz 2026
A Mercedes GLB at CHF 13,580 off, an e Vitara at a bonus price, Kia rates with no terms. We read the cards from Switzerland, Austria and Germany and kept francs and euros apart.
From the archive 7 shows
The 36th Tiroler Autosalon filled Halle A at Messe Innsbruck for four days in March, and the organiser's own exhibitor list shows which Tyrolean dealer sells which brand.
From the archive Tiroler Autosalon 2026
Around 40 brands and more than 230 cars shared one ticket with a garden fair and a new leisure fair, and the only premiere the organiser claimed was the leisure fair.
From the archive Automesse Salzburg 2026
Basel's free three-day show is a dealer show, and the offers on the windscreens told us more than the organiser's premiere labels. The organiser published no visitor figure for 2025.
From the archive AUTO/MOBIL Basel 2025
The grey diesel on the Kestenholz stand in Basel was priced at CHF 68,524, against a struck-through CHF 82,104. Mercedes presented the electric successor three months later.
From the archive AUTO/MOBIL Basel 2025
