Brisbane Truck Show nearly here!

With just one month to go until showtime, Brisbane Truck Show fans are being urged to book tickets and accommodation for the 2025 showcase, as entry passes and rooms are selling fast!

General admission tickets can be booked here.

For those mulling over whether to attend the Southern Hemisphere’s largest truck and trailer show on May 15-18, indications are that the 2025 Brisbane Truck Show is shaping up to be every bit as good as the 2023 event lauded as the best ever in the show’s 56-year history.

With the entire exhibition space sold out well ahead of the show, attendees are in for an amazing showcase of the latest products from all the big truck, trailer, parts and accessories, and related technologies brands – complemented by a raft of amazing new activations in and around the Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre

All up there’ll be more than 30,000+ square metres of exhibitors showcasing their wares at the 2025 show, led by an impressive 22 truck and engine brands – including Swedish brand Scania, which returns to the show after a brief hiatus.

The big truck brands will have a slew of new products on show, some publicly for the first time, including DAF’s new flagship XG and XG+ models, Scania’s revised V8 range and its all-new 13-litre six-cylinder ‘Super’ engine family, Volvo’s just-released FH Aero range featuring impressive on-road refinement and energy efficiency, Isuzu’s all-new N Series model line-up and Eurocold’s new ‘Balanced’ range of refrigerated trucks.

After taking the show by storm in 2023, low- and zero-emission vehicles will again feature heavily, with Scania to debut the next generation of fully electric zero-tailpipe-emissions BEV trucks, in the shape of the 40 BEV, and Hyundai confirming plans to debut the XCIENT hydrogen fuel cell-powered heavy-duty truck at the event.

Not to be left behind, 34 world-class trailer and body manufacturers and importers will be showcasing their latest innovations at the show, including the recently released Freez-R refrigerated trailer offering from Freighter Group (formerly Maxitrans), developed in collaboration with Schmitz Cargobull.

In an Australian first, Hammar Australia will be flexing its muscles with the local debut of its new flagship model, the Hammar 500, which boasts a 45-tonne lifting capacity and can uniquely stack containers weighing up to 17.1 tonnes two rows deep, achieved with an incredible six-metre reach.

What’s more, Haulmark Trailers – the host of the first-ever Truck Show back in 1968 and member #001 of HVIA’s predecessor, CVIAQ – is returning to the event in 2025 to showcase two new products, including a live bottom floor trailer developed in conjunction with Canadian company Gincor.

Connecting it all together, a record number of parts and accessories and technology providers will be showcasing a raft of product advances that are playing an increasing role in delivering on the show’s themes of innovation, safety, sustainability and knowledge, including MAHA Australia, which will debut its new cutting-edge mobile column, a raft of ground-breaking Ai-powered telematics solutions from the likes of Geotab, Webfleet and Teletrac Navman, as well as the latest e-axle technologies from around the world.

Continuing the show’s evolution into a week-long festival of all things trucking, the event will continue to extend beyond the walls of the Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre into the nearby South Bank Parklands, TAFE Queensland South Bank Campus and right across the city.

With the support of Tourism and Events Queensland and Brisbane City Council, Truck Week 25 – formerly known as Australian Heavy Vehicle Industry Week – will feature an array of new activations, including the first-ever National Show ’N’ Shine Championship at Little Stanley Street featuring as many as 28 of the best custom trucks from around Australia.

In an epic new activation, Truck Week 25 will also include a new careers precinct at the TAFE Queensland South Bank Campus just opposite the main BCEC entrance on Glenelg Street.

Staged in collaboration with TAFE Queensland, The Depot will showcase dynamic career opportunities in Australia’s heavy vehicle industry including hands-on and virtual interactive displays such as a truck driving simulator and the uber-cool Scania Dunk Truck, boasting a half-size basketball court.

For those who like a bit of rough and tumble, Truck Week 25 will also incorporate the Premier Boxing Series at the South Bank Piazza on the Friday and Saturday nights.

Staged in conjunction with leading fight promoter, Ace Boxing, the Premier Boxing Series will feature six professional bouts each night, with a healthy card of elite professional and amateur boxers – crowned by an Australian or regional title bout on each evening.

Following its success in previous years, there will also be an abundance of activities and entertainment in the South Bank Parklands, supported by the precinct’s retailers waiting to welcome visitors with a plethora of great drinking and dining options.

Beyond South Bank, Truck Week 25 will also incorporate the Heavy Equipment and Machinery Show at the Brisbane Showgrounds from Thursday to Saturday; and the incredibly popular Heritage Truck Show, which will be at the Rocklea Showgrounds from May 17-18 with a breathtaking array of classic trucks and machinery on offer.

HVIA CEO Todd Hacking says what started back in 1968 as an event to connect members with their customers has become much more than that – a week-long festival of all things trucking.

“Amazingly, it now ranks as Australia’s largest business-to-business event and there are so many other events that run alongside the Truck Show that make it a compelling opportunity for everyone to get together in Brisbane every two years,” he says.

“A few years ago, we created Australian Heavy Vehicle Industry Week – now Truck Week – to capture the events taking place alongside the show.

“The Queensland Government have been our major partner in that initiative. Brisbane Economic Development Agency is also key to opening doors and breaking down barriers.

“And this evolution will continue in 2025 – plus some new exciting additions we can’t wait to reveal in due course!”

The 2025 Brisbane Truck Show is proudly supported by Platinum Partner NTI, Diamond Partners Caltex Australia and trucksales.com.au, Gold Partners Geotab, BP, Wurth and Truckline, Media Partner ROADBOSS, and Charity Partner Healthy Heads In Trucks & Sheds – plus Truck Week 25 Partners Queensland Government and Brisbane City Council.