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2008 Woodward Dream Cruise: Autoblog has arrived
The 2008 Woodward Dream Cruise takes place tomorrow, and for those unaware, it's one of the largest single day auto events in the world and attendance should be on your list of things to do before you die. The famed Woodward Ave. will swell under the weight of thousands of classics, exotics, muscle cars, custom jobs and some of the weirdest things on four wheels you will ever see on public roads.
We'll of course show you the displays of GM, Ford, and Chrysler that are guaranteed to contain the best gems from each automaker's past as well as their hottest products on sale today. We'll also keep our cameras at the ready for every cool car on Woodward that idles by at 2 mph. So stay tuned tomorrow, Saturday, August 16th to experience the 2008 Woodward Dream Cruise from the comfort of your computer chair. You can also subscribe to our Woodward '08 RSS feed to ensure you don't miss a thing.
Oh, and one more thing – we will be live streaming a view of Woodward Ave. again this year. That's right – you don't have to come Detroit, we'll bring Detroit to you. Stay tuned for more details. In the meantime, check out some of our favorite past galleries from Woodward after the jump.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
knifetramp 7:52PM (8/15/2008)
Marvelous!! Please post tons of pics!
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azzo45 7:54AM (8/16/2008)
Yes, enjoy the photo of the classic Camaro with the 08 Malibu & the rusted 92 Ford Aerostar cruising alongside. The '50 Mercury next to the '03 Mercury Crown Vic.
This event is not a car event... its a poorly run block party. Many enthusiasts don't run their classics on Friday or Saturday. Too many drunks (on & off the road), too many non classics (regular cars, vintages that never "cruised", & vehicles in different stages of restoration). They park them in secured lots & defeat the purpose of a "cruise".
For the people who live in the surrounding neighborhoods... its just a pain in the a$$ for about 10 days. The Dream Cruise becomes a weeklong traffic jam (with different car groups getting a head-start on the main event).
I'm all for car events... I just prefer to attend proper ones. The Good Guy shows for hotrods & muscle cars. The concourses that only allow actual "classics" & where the photo opportunities are worth posting. The cars sit parked in organized ways & then actually "cruise" up to collect any awards later in the day.
BluePariah 8:51PM (8/15/2008)
Say "Hi" to Kwame for me. I miss him. No, really I do....
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azzo45 8:02AM (8/16/2008)
Sorry, Kwame will not be attending.... his court ordered GPS device prevents him from traveling out of Wayne County without asking a judge!!!
Jim 11:21PM (8/15/2008)
"2008 Woodward Dream Cruise: Autoblog has arrived"
Does anyone really give a crap?
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Pesmo 12:10AM (8/16/2008)
Yeah some people give a crap.
frank 1:50AM (8/16/2008)
I think these people in Detroit should be working overtime on weekends fixing their massive problems. Two automakers will probably end up in BK this year. As the Titanic sank they said the band played on. Nothing changes.
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Doug 2:51AM (8/16/2008)
Except everybody's buying a Toyota, so "these people" don't have any work. By not having any work, they themselves can't afford to buy their own product, propagating the problem even further. "These people" also have no say in how the companies are run from a product standpoint, though they could help the companies out hugely by disbanding the unions that are choking the Big 3 into submission in overhead costs. Next time put some thought into your comment before posting.
azzo45 7:32AM (8/16/2008)
More NON-UNION people currently work for the Detroit 3 than UAW staff. Benefits, specifically the cost of Healthcare to current & retired employees is a helluva lot more draining to these companies than unions.
Some Toyota plants are... SURPRISE staffed by the UAW! Not killing them... yet every automotive AB "expert" blames the unions for the problems of the former Big 3
UAW people don't engineer the product, don't style the product, & don't service the product... they ASSEMBLE it
Doug 12:10PM (8/16/2008)
"More NON-UNION people currently work for the Detroit 3 than UAW staff."
You're absolutely right, which is why they are finally returning to profitability.
"Some Toyota plants are... SURPRISE staffed by the UAW!"
I have yet to find one, and even if there are any, it's very few and far between.
"UAW people don't engineer the product, don't style the product, & don't service the product... they ASSEMBLE it"
Re-read the comment I originally responded to and you'll see that that's precisely my point.
azzo45 2:30PM (8/16/2008)
Doug: Care to drop a link to which of the Detroit 3 are returning to "profitability"???
GM just reports 12 BILLION is losses. Ford was in the red ink (again) & Chrysler being private doesn't have to report quarterly gains or losses. + All 3 of these companies are still laying people off.... not UAW people, but WHITE collar (non union) workers
There are UAW Toyota plants.... Google is you friend Doug
ZingKingX 2:50AM (8/16/2008)
Glad I'm not there this year. The traffic around it was unbearable.
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sk 6:47AM (8/16/2008)
It's my 10's anniversary going to the cruise and sitting at Woodward Ave. watching all the cars drive by. Year after year the same cars show up. They have to spice it up a bit or its going to fail in a couple more years.
For example name a featured classic every year. Organize club meetings from around the States. One year it's Camaro's another Stang's and the next Corvette's.
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moose218 11:40PM (8/16/2008)
So where is this photo at was it a silver aerostar at least its american made.......
wilerbear 2:47PM (8/18/2008)
I have a 68 corvette and enjoy seing all the other classics but soemthing has to be done to get the non-classics off the road or at least adhear to the classics only in the right 2 lanes. these big engines need to move to keep cool. they need to put in some sort of shuttle program to get people back and forth to woodward. i can tell you i don't cruise much because the engine heats up and then I have to park again and let it cool down. everbody would see more cars if less non-classics were cruising. with all of the major parking areas just off the woodward area i don't see why it would be so difficult to create a shuttle up and down woodward to get everbody a better experience.
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Mark 3:20AM (9/10/2008)
Check out more 2008 Woodward Dream Cruise photos at www.weddingimagesonline.com and search on "WDC". Photos are sorted by day and time throughout the entire week.
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