While the current look of the Chevrolet Camaro has taken a turn for the worse, the fifth-generation car went a long way in reestablishing a classic. Someone at this yearās Woodward Dream Cruise found a way to make it look even betterāthey made it a wagon.
The Woodward Dream Cruise on Saturday brought thousands of immaculate Mustangs, Corvettes, Camaros and Bel Airs out of their climate-controlled garages and onto Michiganās M-1. But as cool as those were, they werenāt the true heroes of Woodward; that title belongs to all the meticulosity maintained āmehā cars likeā¦
Jalopnik is in Detroit to cover the wonderful automobile gathering that is the Woodward Dream Cruise, so come on out tonight and cruise Michiganās M-1 with us.
The Woodward Dream Cruise is tomorrow, but you donāt have to wait until then to enjoy Michiganās M-1. The street has been blossoming for weeks now with gorgeous displays of mobile iron from all around the world. Hereās what I saw sitting in one spot for just 30 minutes on Tuesday.
Most, if not all, U.S. states have laws on their books about how loud a vehicleās exhaust is allowed to be. But sometimes theyāre unjust. Even if fart cans are really annoying.
The Woodward Dream Cruise is a celebration of car culture in all of its forms. Because of this, the cars I saw on Saturday in metro Detroit spanned the entire automotive spectrum from gorgeous Italian exotics, to America donks, to classic muscle cars, to shoddily-built homebrew kit-cars. It was glorious.
It took 485 horsepower and tires that were way too skinny to make me realize something profound: Iām a bit of an asshole.
This yearās Woodward Dream Cruise, while dampened a bit by rain, still brought out some exceptionally quirky cars, along with some fantastically compelling ones. Hereās what I saw on Michiganās M-1.
Remember how yesterday we told you some jackass stole that 1971Ā½ Chevy Camaro Z28 we once helped pizza viscount Papa John find in the first place? Well, itās been found again, and all is once again right in Pizzadom.
While most of us are watching vintage GT350s and GT40s at Mazda Raceway at Laguna Seca, our man David Tracy is at the Woodward Dream Cruise watching the newer cars representing in Detroit. Either way, Mustangs are ubiquitous anywhere someone is celebrating car culture. As per usual.
From Jalopnik Detroit: "Do they still make cars in Detroit?" "Do they only drive American cars in Detroit?" I've had a year and a half of these questions in the comments of Jalopnik Detroit. If this doesn't convince you, I don't know what else will.
(Editor's note: Our guy Jerry Villagrana took a ton of Dream Cruise Photos, so as not to disrupt Kinja, we're breaking up the photo spread in multiple posts here and here.)
(Editor's note: Our guy Jerry Villagrana took a ton of Dream Cruise Photos, so as not to disrupt Kinja, we're breaking up the photo spread in multiple posts here and here.)
"Do they still make cars in Detroit?" "Do they only drive American cars in Detroit?" I've had a year and a half of these questions in the comments of Jalopnik Detroit. If this doesn't convince you, I don't know what else will.
It's shady, it's got big, cushiony patio chairs and it's got cold drinks. If you're headed out to Woodward later, come here.
...and that's not a bad thing. At all. As the historic car show cruises into its 20th year and the classics become newer, more and more younger enthusiasts will be around to keep the tradition alive.
Everyone asks this every year, but maybe it's time to have a serious conversation about it: Why hasn't the Woodward Dream Cruise been extended to the Motor City?
I didn't really get it at first. In fact, it took me a few hours before I really understood what was going on. Sort of like a first time at Mardi Gras ā you know you're doing something fun, and everyone else is having fun, you're just not sure why you're there, or how this whole thing even got started in the firstā¦
The genius of Detroit's Woodward Dream Cruise is that it's mostly free, excepting fuel costs and if one avoids entanglements with Royal Oak's finest. But it was an expensive trip for the owner of this 1970 Plymouth Superbird, who got sandwiched on the ride home.
The Woodward Dream Cruise on Metro Detroit's historic Woodward Avenue is one of the top ten greatest car events in the world. Each year, Jalopnik picks a special car as its staff cruiser.
