SoCal Test Drive Expo Offers Dozens of Test Drives at Auto Show during Father's Day Weekend
LONG BEACH, Calif., April 11, 2012
-- The streets of Long Beach, home
of the Grand Prix of Long Beach, soon will be
filled with dads and grads test driving auto manufactures newest vehicles. The SoCal Test Drive
Expo , the nation's first-ever all test drive auto show, will take place
in the Long Beach Convention Center on Father's Day Weekend, June 15-17,
2012. Featuring new makes and models from auto manufacturers, the show's
unique, one-stop registration process will allow visitors to test drive dozens
of different vehicles from the automotive brands with a single $10 admission.
Guests at the SoCal Test Drive Expo will begin and end their test
drives indoors, buckling up in their choice of nearly 130 different cars and
then driving outside onto a portion of the same seaside street course used for
the Grand Prix of Long Beach. The show provides
car shoppers with a unique opportunity to test drive multiple vehicles from
competing brands under one roof in a sales free environment.
"This is the first auto show experience in the country that is focused
entirely on test drives," said Todd Leutheuser,
executive director, SoCal Test Drive Expo. "We want to get people behind the
wheels of the cars, and give them the chance to experience many different
vehicles in one afternoon."
The SoCal Test Drive Ex po marks the return of the auto show
circuit to Long Beach for the first time since
1995. Event organizers expect nearly 20,000 test drives will be taken during the
three-day show.
Show hours for the SoCal Test Drive Expo are Friday,
June 15, 12:00 noon - 7:00 p.m.; Saturday, June 16, 10:00 a.m. - 8:00
p.m.; and Sunday, June 17, 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Tickets will be available on line
at www.testdriveexpo.com .
The SoCal Test Drive Expo is owned and operated by the Southland Motor Car Dealers
Association . SMCDA was established in 1932 and represents the majority
of new car and truck dealerships in Southern Los Angeles
County. Visit SMCDA online at www.smcda.org.
SOURCE Southland Motor Car Dealers Association
