<![CDATA[Jalopnik: 2008 Dream Cruise]]> http://cache.jalopnik.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/jalopnik.com.png <![CDATA[Jalopnik: 2008 Dream Cruise]]> http://jalopnik.com/tag/2008 dream cruise http://jalopnik.com/tag/2008 dream cruise <![CDATA[The Sports Cars And Exotics Of The 2008 Woodward Dream Cruise]]> We've mentioned already the Woodward Dream Cruise attracts all types of cars. In addition to locally-brewed sports car stars like the Chevy Corvette in every imaginable model and engine flavor, and a couple of Dodge Viper ACRs, we're also talking about rarified objects hailing from Italy, Germany and Great Britain costing more than your house. Exotic cars are definitely few and far between on Woodward, but we snapped a smattering of high-buck machinery — and some lower-buck but still just as special — idling alongside the Detroit iron this past Saturday at the 2008 running of the cruisers. More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5037888&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[The Custom Cars Of The 2008 Woodward Dream Cruise]]> We started with the Muscle and now we're taking you to another end of the spectrum of the cult of cars at the 2008 Woodward Dream Cruise, the Customs. — Ed. More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5037882&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[The Muscle Cars Of The 2008 Woodward Dream Cruise]]> One day, 40,000 cars and over a million people spread out on a ten mile stretch of Woodward Avenue in Metro Detroit. Yeah, the sheer size of the Woodward Dream Cruise is hard to express unless you've actually been there. Luckily, one good way's through photos, so here's our first of a series of round-up galleries we'll be running this afternoon showing off the best of the metal from Saturday on Woodward. First up are the muscle cars. — Ed. More »
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]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5037899&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Community College Students Build 550 Horsepower Mid-Engine Ford Five Hundred]]> At Washtenaw Community College near Ann Arbor, MI, you can take algebra and English lit. You can also take Custom Cars & Concepts, where your assignments might include building a mid-engine Ford Five Hundred with a supercharged 5.3-liter Ford GT engine putting out 550 HP. What course would you choose? Instructor Scott Malnar told us this beast was entirely student-built and took first place at the Autorama show two years ago in the "street exhibition and performance" category. One look at the gallery below will tell you it was well-deserved. More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5037873&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Jalopnik Discovers Jake's Unofficial Successor At ZR1 Ice Cream Break, Meet Elwood]]> We were cruising Woodward a couple minutes ago, scoping things out for spontaneous conflagrations of coolness, and we got way more than we bargained for. Parked outside the Dairy Deluxe, an ice cream parlor staple along the Ave, was a pair of Corvette ZR1s. So of course, like moths to a flame we descended for picture taking. Only thing is, the ZR1's kept coming, in all, five of the super-Vettes had been driven in by various members of the GM engineering squad, and that wasn't all we saw, we discovered the unofficial mascot of the ZR1 — he's blue, he has horns, and his name is Elwood. Get it? Jake and Elwood, like the Blues Brothers. Jump for more. More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=400424&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[2008 Woodward Dream Cruise Schedule Broken Down In Excruciating Detail]]> Chalk it up to personal style, but some folks prefer to wander aimlessly through the sea of cars during the big Saturday Woodward Dream Cruise event, while other like to have a plan of attack for the whole day. If you fall into the latter category, the Detroit News has breakdown of every event, by town and price, put together for your planning pleasure. We tend to be more of the former though, so we don't need no stinkin' plans. [Detroit News] More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=400391&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[People-Powered Quadcycle Makes Stop At Woodward On Way To Burning Man]]> Last Saturday we wandered down to metro Detroit's progressive little berg of Ferndale for the Green Cruise, an anti-Woodward Dream Cruise, billed as a gasoline-free alternative to the Big Event. We were hoping for electric cars and grease-burners, but it turned out to be mostly just a big bicycle parade — with one marked exception. Dubbed "The Dogsled" by the father-and-son duo who engineered and built it (each of whom refers to the other as "Dog"), the Dogsled is actually destined to roam the playa at Burning Man. More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=400352&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Woodward Dream Cruise Pictorial Potpourri]]> The tough part about the Woodward Dream Cruise is the staggering array of awesomeness that shows up. Focusing on any one car for more than a couple of minutes would test anybody's concentration. That said, here's a collection of various forms of superlative automotive excellence from last night's wanderings. Also, let us know if you've got something you'd like us to keep an eye open for — might as well provide some cotomer sevis during this festival of style. More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=400338&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Seriously Awesome '34 Ford Hot Rod Hits Woodward]]> We were doing our Woodward Dream Cruise thing again last night and amidst the sea of classics, this gem stuck out like a pin-striped offering to the hot-rodding gods. Name the goodies and its got it: white-walled Coker bias-plys, a supercharged Chevy 350 wearing vintage Corvette valve covers, six single-barrel carbs, individual straight pipes with fish-tailed tips, and the details... oh, the details. We best be seeing this baby win something at next year's Autorama or there is something wrong with the world. Many more pictures after the jump. More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=400336&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Woodward Dream Cruise Week Kicks Off Tonight With Hot Latin Nights]]>

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]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=400104&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[NextCruise To Drag Woodward Dream Cruise Kicking And Screaming Into Future]]> At a press event earlier this morning, representatives from Ford, GM and Chrysler, along with reps from The Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix and event chairman (and TheCarConnection.com guru) Paul Eisenstein announced details on the first inaugural "NextCruise." Billed as a "Lean, Mean, and Green" element to the Dream Cruise, NextCruise will take place August 15th and 16th alongside the normal cruise, and will feature ride and drives of current and future green technologies from major automakers.

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]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=399123&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[2008 Woodward Dream Cruise Expands To Include Nine Days of Unofficially Unsanctioned Events]]> The Woodward Dream Cruise is a perennial favorite here at the house of Jalop and we're happy to see the joy of the event is spreading. For the first time in the Cruise's history, the festivities will be extending below 8 mile, though not by way of the official organizers of Woodward Dream Cruise Inc, but through the work of MotorCities National Heritage Area — an affiliation of the National Parks Department. WDC shot down a plan to modify the run from its current route between Pontiac and Ferndale, to Pontiac all the way into Detroit, but this unofficial change thankfully begins to chip away at the suburban-only aspect of the cruise. More »
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