Despite the size of the show (claimed 500+ cars), I found that many manufacturer displays were incomplete - many cars were not there at all.
At Nissan, absent were: cube, Quest, Titan, Frontier, XTerra (not sure there was a Maxima and Versa sedan either). They had a locked GT-R on the floor though. No Fit at Honda, no Chargers, 200 and Avenger at Chrysler. A 42k$ Patriot? Really? Toyota had its entire fleet, but only had two Corollas, their most important name plate, both higher trims than what they sell usually (LE Eco, S). No Navigator, MKT and MKS at Lincoln. If it doesn't sell well, it wasn't there it seems.
Kudos to Ford for having the guts to show base-model car: a fleet-special 18k$ Focus S with one option (PowerShift) and a Mustang coupe with only two options (block heater, aptly-named "Absolutely Green" colour). Even Mercedes-Benz went frugal with a plain-jane B250 with metallic paint and no other box checked.
Mazda had one of the worst displays - only GT trims in leather and un-powered power seats. Why put 4 Mazda3 GT's, no GS and a lone GX on 18" alloys in a remote corner? The stuck-on-the-dash display is a basic radio with buttons in the GX, looks mighty bad.
Jaguar / Land Rover were good sports and had EVERYTHING unlocked and powered up. Now I need a Range Rover. Mercedes had everything accessible too, except the SLS and SL. Ditto at BMW.
Price tag wower of the day: a RAM HD dualie, a few bucks below 80k$.
My personal temptations? (not counting post #1): a base Trendline Passat 1.8 TSI manual, black, and a base Accord LX manual, also in black. Someone followed my shopping pattern...