{"id":606550,"date":"2026-04-14T16:10:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T16:10:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/606550\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T16:10:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T16:10:30","slug":"motorex-24-2026-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/606550\/","title":{"rendered":"Motorex 24, 2026 preview"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last year saw Meguiar\u2019s MotorEx get a welcome breath of fresh air, with the introduction of a new \u2018Worlds\u2019 concept to better showcase the vast automotive variety on display. This, combined with cruise sessions, the LMCT+ live stage area, a mammoth dyno comp, and a stack of elite unveilings, made the 2025 event one for the history books.<\/p>\n

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This year\u2019s MotorEx is building on that same concept in a very big way indeed. The 2026 event, which takes place at Melbourne Showgrounds over the weekend of 2-3 May, will debut the new All Japan World next to the outdoor drifting, further adding to that already jam-packed precinct.<\/p>\n

\"\"It wouldn\u2019t be an unveiling without a ProFlo Performance car in the mix. This one is Brett Fletcher\u2019s HK Monaro, which rocks a beastly single-turbo 427 LS conversion. In typical ProFlo fashion, it\u2019s slammed on some 15\u00d710 rear meats<\/p>\n

The Vanz Classic World will be another new addition this year, featuring 27 hand-picked Ford panel vans in celebration of that golden era of car customisation. The hall will be located next to the outdoor Car Builders 4\u00d74 World, where there\u2019ll be 200 offroad-capable rigs on display.<\/p>\n

\"\"Rob Guljas is no stranger to elite-level unveilings, and his latest for MotorEx will be a 3000hp-capable, Dandy Engines-built, twin-turbo big block-powered CV8 Monaro, aimed at Drag Challenge duties. \u201cIt\u2019s a fully tubbed and \u2019caged build, and it\u2019ll be mocked up to look like a GTO,\u201d says Rob. It\u2019s his second late-model Monaro build, having previously built the GTO seen here (SM, May \u201920)<\/p>\n

Speaking of outdoor attractions, Real Street will be popping off all weekend, with different cars on display each day. So, if you\u2019re keen to drive your top-grade machine to the event and snag the best value-for-money parking in Melbourne, enter your car in Real Street before spots sell out!<\/p>\n

\"\"Shannon Nanfro\u2019s \u201967 Chevy Nova has been an at-home build with his father and mates, powered by an 800hp, carby-fed, 540-cube fatty. \u201cThe car has definitely been built to be driven, but things went a little further than expected,\u201d says Shannon<\/p>\n

There\u2019ll also be the return of the MotorEx Supercruises, including a Methanol Madness cruise featuring a bunch of Pro Burnout Series regulars thumping their way around the showgrounds. In addition, cruise sessions for slammed JDM icons and exotic supercars will take place throughout both days, offering punters a rare chance to see some of the insane cars at the event moving under their own steam.<\/p>\n

\"\"Kirk Schmidt is unveiling an S13 Nissan Silvia, built with a twist! \u201cIt\u2019s a muscle car-inspired take on a Japanese coupe,\u201d he says. \u201cI hope this car will earn some respect of older petrolheads and younger alike. It\u2019ll still be SR20-powered, but with a full-steel widebody and plenty of unique touches inside and out\u201d<\/p>\n

In a first for MotorEx, a special After Dark show will bring the party on Saturday night, featuring live music, drifting under lights, and a night-time Hot Wheels stunt show with lights, pyrotechnics and the GeeUp bar.<\/p>\n

\"\"We featured Fekete Fabrications\u2019 Project PRERAN in its build phase (SM, Jun\u00a0\u201924), but it\u2019s now set to be unveiled at MotorEx 2026. Robi Fekete has built a prerunner-style truck around a 1970 F100, powered by a forged, blown Coyote, with every mod ticked off for street-legal registration in Victoria<\/p>\n

During the day, punters who enter via Gate 1 at the Epsom Road end of the showgrounds will be thrown head-first into our own Street Machine Custom World. We\u2019ll have a merchandise stand to grab all your swag, as well as two of our old SM giveaway cars on display: VUFORU<\/a> and the \u2018Sony Scorcher<\/a>\u2019 two-door EA Falcon!<\/p>\n

\"\"Remember the Sony Scorcher, our two-door EA Falcon giveaway car? It\u2019s still alive and kicking, and you\u2019ll have the chance to check it out in person at MotorEx on our stand in the Street Machine Custom World<\/p>\n

As well as being MotorEx\u2019s biggest show hall, with 150 cars on display, our Street Machine Custom World also plays host to the elite unveilings on Saturday afternoon, where over 20 cars will be seen in public for the very first time.<\/p>\n

\"\"Another Fekete Fabrications build to be unveiled at MotorEx \u201926 is a customer\u2019s 1958 Chevy 3100 truck, which has been given a unibody conversion, all-new chassis, airbags, and rear-mounted turbos under the tub to feed the LS up front. It\u2019ll be sitting on one-off billet wheels, and will also be a fully street-legal machine<\/p>\n

Tickets and limited car entries are live now at motorex.com.au<\/a>, so make sure you mark your calendars, grab some passes, and come hang with us at Melbourne\u2019s best automotive show this May!<\/p>\n

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