GM's Main Street in Motion lets you test drive 70+ new cars, and its coming back next March
I'm sorry, you've missed it this year. But they're coming back 1st Quarter next year. They have everything from honda civics, to massive Denalis, to Corvettes for you to drive on obstacle courses and high performance courses.
I went on the last day, late in the afternoon. It was overcast so there wasn't a whole lot of people there, which meant I only had to wait a few minutes between test drives of most of the cars. The only exception was the high performance course.
While most of the cars I've test driven (I managed to fit over a dozen test drives on the courses) performed as you would expect, there were a few standouts:
1. Acura MDX = Hands down the best performing SUV in its class.
2. 2011 Chevy Traverse handled extremely well as a crossover for it's size.
3. 2011 Ford Explorer was the absolute worst performer on the obstacle course. This was just the road course, no obstacles to climb over, just cones to avoid.
4. Overall most of the big trucks handled pretty well on the work / off road type course and not bad on the highway course.
5. The Chevy Volt: (GM's answer to most people's idea of a commuting car) seems to live up to all the hype as Motor Trend's 2011 Car of the Year.
Be sure to check out my test drive video.
Under the Chevy Volt's hood. Almost looks like a regular car.
The high performance course features the Corvette, Mustang, and Camaro.
I highly recommend registering for this event and attending it when it comes back around. Click here for more details.