GM Main Street in Motion

Main Street in Motion is a great opportunity to test drive dozens of vehicles (with no pressure), this review is for weekend of March 19 – 20, 2011 in Santa Clara CA. It really is a great event, the bad weather actually worked out for me because there were no lines and I had test drives in about 30 different vehicles including Chevy Volt and Corvette (talk about polar opposites!!).
They have show rooms on site for Buick, Chevy and GMC. Also a hospitality area with free coffee, snacks, video games and a clown to entertain the little kids. Test drive areas have car seats and booster seats if you have kids with you.
Suggested improvements:
–Include vehicles that are direct competitors (apples to apples), for example Ford Focus/​Chevy Cruze, Malibu/​Hyndai Sonata. Only Ford sedan they had was Taurus, and Elantra was the only Hyundai sedan. I think competitor models can differ from city to city.
— Test vehicles should include a data sheet to tell you if vehicle is 4 or 6 cylinder and MPG.
— Some of the contractors working test drive areas seemed a bit clueless, one GM guy did not even know that Buick is coming out with Verano this year, basically a more luxurious re-​badged Cruze.
Tip
To avoid lines get there when they open (8am).