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
We filmed the black GT-line in Graz. Kia Austria lists it at €54,590, while the lettering on its windscreen read from €42,590 for the EV5.
From the archive MotionExpo Graz 2026
American Motors Graz, a US-car importer, lists its two new C8s at €174,800 and €184,800 (AutoScout24, 15 October 2026), and the power figure depends on whom you ask.
From the archive MotionExpo Graz 2026
A Graz dealer that advertises US-car imports since 1998 brought the F-150 Lightning, a Raptor and a Corvette to MotionExpo. No organiser text mentions any of them.
From the archive MotionExpo Graz 2026
An EV bonus sticker in Erfurt, three fairs on one ticket in Salzburg, a dealer map of Tyrol and 450 vehicles in Graz. We photographed all four regional shows; here is what each reported, with every full report linked.
From the archive 6 shows
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
Thuringia's regional car show opened four days after Berlin announced a new electric-car bonus, and the dealers' windscreens were already advertising it before anyone could apply.
From the archive Automobilmesse Erfurt 2026
Ford Germany sells the Convertible only as a GT. We filmed this grey example on the Thuringian Ford dealers' stand in Erfurt on 23 and 24 January 2026.
From the archive Automobilmesse Erfurt 2026
