[The_Colonel]

To avoid confusion, the Mercedes cars are from 80s or 90s. Not new ones, which are completely unaffordable by most locals.

[stuckkeys]

Not sure what you mean by that, but my last trip was last year, and it was new models also. Mercedes is like the Theme there. Most lovable car in Albania.

[The_Colonel]

Fair enough, I've visited 10 years ago and it was mostly old Mercedes cars. (I was mostly in the countryside)

Albania has an (upper) middle class as well, so surely there are some new ones as well.

[xenospn]

Tirana is full of coffee shops that are full of groups of 3-4 guys who sit around smoking and drinking coffee all day, eventually leaving in brand new 2024 S-Class Mercedes or range rovers. There are tons of brand new luxury German cars everywhere.

[wil421]

My coworkers in the former Yugoslavia countries said they import cars from Germany after TUF denies them. I think they are getter “newer” cars now, newer meaning 10-15 years old.